Readership: Academics and students at advanced undergraduate level and above across the social sciences, but in particular those studying business and management, information and communication technology (ICT), sociology, and politics; Professional: policy makers and planners, ICT professionals
Manuel Castells, Professor of Sociology and Professor of City and Regional Planning, University of California at Berkeley, and Pekka Himanen, Director, Berkeley Information Society Research Center
"... this is an important piece of work that contains an impressive range of imformation about present-day Finland and it information society." - Enterprise & Society
"... discusses the lessons from both Nokia, and the Finnish Innovation model, for business and national technology policies. Essential reading for anyone with responsibilities in those areas - as well as being of interest to many general readers." - Long Range Planning
Introduction: The Finnish Information Society in Global Context 1: The Mobile Valley: Nokia, Finland, and the Transformation of the Finnish Economy 2: Innovative about Innovating: The Unlikely Innovation System — The State, Corporate Business, Universities, and Hackers 3: The Welfare of the Nation: The Information Society and the Welfare State 4: The Local Information Society: Spatial Dynamics, Information Technology, and Public Policy 5: The Power of Identity: Identity Driving the Information Society and the Information Society Building Identity 6: The Finnish Model of the Information Society 7: Conclusion I: The Challenges for Finland 8: Conclusion II: Lessons from Finland
