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Author:   Edward Lorenz (, Professor of Economics, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis) ,  Bengt-Åke Lundvall (, Professor, Department of Business Studies, University of Aalborg)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.859kg
ISBN:  

9780199203192

ISBN 10:   0199203199
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   07 December 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Edward Lorenz and Bengt-Åke Lundvall: Understanding European systems of competence building Part I Diversity in European Systems of Competence Building 2: Mark Tomlinson: Do national systems converge? 3: Mei Ho and Bart Verspagen: Do national borders matter for knowledge flows and innovation diffusion? 4: Aadne Cappelen: Differences in learning and inequality Part II Organization, Labour Markets and Corporate Governance 5: Alice Lam and Bengt-Åke Lundvall: Learning organizations and national systems of competence building 6: Edward Lorenz and Antoine Valeyre: Organizational forms and innovative performance: a comparison of the EU-15 7: Peter Nielsen and Bengt-Aake Lundvall: Learning organizations and industrial relations: How the Danish economy learns 8: Andrew Tylecote: Organizational structure and the diffusion of new forms of corporate governance in Europe Part III Education Systems and Science-industry Links 9: Giovanni Dosi, Patrick Llerena and Mauro Sylos Labini: Science-technology-industry links and the 'European Paradox' 10: Patrick Cohendet, , Chantale Mailhot and Véronique Schaeffer: European universities under the pressure of globalization 11: Eric Verdier: European education systems and their contribution to the learning economy 12: Caroline Lanciano-Morandat and Hiroatsu Nohara: Science-industry links and the labour markets for PhDs 13: Christian Bessy: Competence certification and the reform of vocational education: a comparison of the UK, France and Germany Part IV Multi-level Governance and Policy Options 14: Richard Whitley: Innovation systems and institutional regimes in Europe: The impact of multi-tiered governance on national and sectoral levels of organization 15: Maria Rodrigues: National strategies of transition to a knowledge economy in the European Union- learning, innovation and the open method of coordination 16: Bengt- Åke Lundvall and Edward Lorenz: Welfare systems and national systems of innovation

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This book is the most elaborated attempt to bridge three crucial theoretical and policy-oriented agendas: innovation, labour market and human resources. These are the very key sources for a successful European economic performance. The European Council - the most authoritative institution of the Old Continent - has clearly recognized it since its Summit in Lisbon. But what conditions should be met to transform Europe into the most dynamic knowledge economy of the world? The essays in this volume show what transformations are required to benefit from current technological opportunities. The contributors indicate that Europe can pioneer a new way of managing innovation and human resources in the world learning society. Daniele Archibugi, Professor, Italian National Research Council We have long been familiar with 'learning by doing' and 'learning by using'. The editors of this book have each contributed a great deal to our understanding of both of these types of learning. But these and other types of learning often depend on comparisons between a variety of cases... The developing European Union offers a wonderful opportunity for the deployment of this technique and the book takes full advantage of this opportunity for the original and creative method of international comparisons in learning. Chris Freeman, Emeritus Professor SPRU, Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex The knowledge economy is said to be the future of Europe. The scholars, here assembled, display their quite extensive and diversified expertise in order tocarefully investigate why and how the learning economy requires definite complementarities between the academic world, the innovation system, the organisation of welfare and firms. They argue that the diversity of institutionalized learning processes is a chance and an invitation to redesign most domestic and European policies. The clarity of the diagnosis is a source of hope for renewed economic dynamism in Europe. Robert Boyer, Directeur de Recherche, CNRS-CEPREMAP

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Edward Lorenz was awarded a BS in Economics from MIT in 1975, an MA in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1977, and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Cambridge in 1983. He is currently Professor of Economics at the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis. He also holds the posts of Research Associate at the Centre d'Etudes de l'Emploi, France and Assigned Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark. His research interests include innovation systems, knowledge management, and organisational behaviour. Bengt-Åke Lundvall is Professor in Economics at the University of Aalborg.

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