Readership: Students and scholars across the social sciences with an interest in innovation and the knowledge society; Policy advisers on innovation, science, technology, and information strategies.
Edited by Daniele Archibugi, Technological Director, National Research Council, Rome, and Bengt-Åke Lundvall, Department of Business Studies, Aalborg University
"... most chapters included in this volume constitute brilliant pieces of academic work that should be strongly recommended to university students, scholars and policy makers." - Technovation
"A very rich and coherent book highlighting, from an original perspective, the opportunities and the issues raised by the process of globalization in the context of the learning economy ... Contains many stimulating contributions by authors who have an outstanding competence in their fields." - Research Policy
Daniele Archibugi and Bengt-Åke Lundvall: Introduction: Europe and the Learning Economy Part One: Europe in Global Competition 1: Luc Soete: The New Economy: A European Perspective 2: Jan Fagerberg: Europe at the Crossroads: The Challenge from Innovation-Based Growth Part Two: New Trends in Firm Organization, Competition, and Co-operation 3: Patrick Cohendet and Pierre-Benoît Joly: The Production of Technological Knowledge: New Issues in a Learning Economy 4: Pedro Conceição and Manuel Heitor: Universities in the Learning Economy: Balancing Institutional Integrity with Organizational Diversity 5: Mark Tomlinson: A New Role for Business Services in Economic Growth Part Three: The Globalizing Innovation Process 6: Daniele Archibugi and Simona Iammarino: The Globalization of Technology and National Policies 7: Lynn K. Mytelka: Mergers, Acquisitions, and Inter-firm Technology Agreements in the Global Learning Economy Part Four: New Challenges in Europe: Inequality, Sustainability, and Organizational Innovation 8: Chris Freeman: The Learning Economy and International Inequality 9: Gerd Schienstock: Social Exclusion in the Learning Economy 10: Frieder Meyer-Krahmer: Industrial Innovation and Sustainability: Conflicts and Coherence 11: Benjamin Coriat: Organizational Innovation in European Firms: A Critical Overview of the Survey Evidence Part Five: Innovation Policy in the New Context 12: Charles Edquist: Innovation Policy: A Systemic Approach 13: Margaret Sharp: The Need for New Perspectives in European Commission Innovation Policy 14: Jens Nyholm, Lars Normann, Clauss Frelle-Petersen, Matk Riis, and Peter Torstensen: Innovation Policy in the Knowledge-Based Economy: Can Theory Guide Policy Making? 15: Bengt-Åke Lundvall: Innovation Policy in the Globalizing Learning Economy
