The Globalizing Learning Economy: Major Socio-Economic Trends and European Innovation Policy

by Daniele Archibugi (Editor), Bengt-oAke Lundvall (Editor)

Overview

Knowledge is becoming increasingly important in contemporary economic systems, and economic growth and welfare depends on how promptly economic agents are able to exploit the benefits derived from technological innovations. In a landscape characterized by globalization, the contributors to this volume offer a new perspective on the transformation undertaken by firms, universities, and other agents. They urge for a wider involvement of public policies to foster learning and innovation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199241095
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/03/2001
Pages:	326
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Daniele Archibugi is a Technological Director at the Italian National Research Council and a Commissioner of the Authority for Public Services of the Rome City Council. He has written extensively on the globalization of technology, the measurement of innovation, and the impact of innovation on economic performance. He has worked and taught at the universities of Roskilde, Sussex, Naples, Cambridge, and Rome. He is an adviser to the European Commission, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and several UN specialized agencies. Bengt-oAke Lundvall is Professor of Economics at the Department for Business Studies at Aalborg University, Denmark. He has introduced the concepts of national innovation systems and of learning economy in economics. In 1992-5 he was Deputy Director at the Directorate for Science, Technology, and Industry of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and from February to July 1995 he was Visiting Professor at the University Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg. Currently, he is Research Manager for the nationwide Danish network DRUID (Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics) and Project Director for DISKO - a project on the Danish innovation system in a comparative perspective.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Europe and the Learning Economy, Daniele Archibugi and Bengt-Ake LundvallPart One: Europe in Global Competition1. The NewEconomy: A European Perspective, Luc Soete2. Europe at the Crossroads: The Challenge from Innovation-Based Growth, Jan FagerbergPart Two: New Trends in Firm Organization, Competition, and Cooperation3. The Production of Technological Knowledge: New Issues in a Learning Economy, Patrick Cohendet and Pierre-Benoit Joly4. Universities in the Learning Economy: Balancing Institutional Integrity with Organizational Diversity, Pedro Conceição and Manuel Heitor5. A New Role for Business Services in Economic Growth, Mark TomlinsonPart Three: The Globalizing Innovation Process6. The Globalization of Technology and National Policies, Daniele Archibugi and Simona Iammarino7. Mergers, Acquisitions, and Inter-firm Technology Agreements in the Global Learning Economy, Lynn K. MytelkaPart Four: New Challenges for Europe: Inequality, Sustainability, and Organizational Innovation8. The Learning Economy and International Inequality, Chris Freeman9. Social Exclusion in the Learning Economy, Gerd Schienstock10. Industrial Innovation and Sustainability: Conflicts and Coherence, Frieder Meyer-Krahmer11. Organizational Innovation in European Firms: A Critical Overview of the Survey Evidence, Benjamin CoriatPart Five: Innovation Policy in the New Context12. Innovation Policy: A Systemic Approach, Charles Edquist13. The Need for New Perspectives in European Commission Innovation Policy, Margaret Sharp14. Innovation Policy in the Knowledge-Based Economy: Can Theory Guide Policy Making?, Jens Nyholm, Lars Normann, Clauss Frelle-Petersen, Matk Riis, and Peter Torstensen15. Innovation Policy in the Globalizing Learning Economy, Bengt-Ake Lundvall