Globalizing Learning Economy, The

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ISBN:

9780199241095

Publication Date:

15 Feb 2001

Language:

English

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Pages:

326 pages

Format:

Hardback

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This volume analyses some of the major current trends and policy challenges in the 'new economy' from the point of view of technical innovation and competence building. It brings together the leading European expertise on different topics in this field. Together the authors give a picture of the most dramatic new challenges in a world where competition is becoming increasingly knowledge-based and global. Why has the US economy been able to realise a so-called new economy based on the effective exploitation of information technology while Europe still suffers from chronic high rates of unemployment? How is it that contemporary economic systems have become more knowledge-intensive but social inequality, both within and across countries, is increasing? The contributors to this volume share the belief that knowledge is a fundamental component of economic growth and welfare. However, the ways in which knowledge is transmitted and distributed among economic agents requires shaping by public policies. The individual chapters report on the most significant policies adopted and assess them in the light of the European experience in comparison with the United States and Japan.

Introduction: Europe and the Learning Economy ; PART ONE: EUROPE IN GLOBAL COMPETITION ; 1. The New ; ECONOMY: A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE ; 2. Europe at the Crossroads: The Challenge from Innovation-Based Growth ; PART TWO: NEW TRENDS IN FIRM ORGANIZATION, COMPETITION, AND COOPERATION ; 3. The Production of Technological Knowledge: New Issues in a Learning Economy ; 4. Universities in the Learning Economy: Balancing Institutional Integrity with Organizational Diversity ; 5. A New Role for Business Services in Economic Growth ; PART THREE: THE GLOBALIZING INNOVATION PROCESS ; 6. The Globalization of Technology and National Policies ; 7. Mergers, Acquisitions, and Inter-firm Technology Agreements in the Global Learning Economy ; PART FOUR: NEW CHALLENGES FOR EUROPE: INEQUALITY, SUSTAINABILITY, AND ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION ; 8. The Learning Economy and International Inequality ; 9. Social Exclusion in the Learning Economy ; 10. Industrial Innovation and Sustainability: Conflicts and Coherence ; 11. Organizational Innovation in European Firms: A Critical Overview of the Survey Evidence ; PART FIVE: INNOVATION POLICY IN THE NEW CONTEXT ; 12. Innovation Policy: A Systemic Approach ; 13. The Need for New Perspectives in European Commission Innovation Policy ; 14. Innovation Policy in the Knowledge-Based Economy: Can Theory Guide Policy Making? ; 15. Innovation Policy in the Globalizing Learning Economy

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Globalizing Learning Economy, The

Hardback by Archibugi, Daniele (Technological Director, Technological Director, National Research Council, Rome, Italy); Lundvall, Bengt-Ake (Professor, Department of Business Studies, Professor, Department of Business Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark)

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