Innovation, Path Dependency, and Policy
The Norwegian Case
Published on 19. December 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-0-19-968847-0 (ISBN)
Description
The concept of National Innovation Systems is well established in academic research and enthusiastically adopted by policymakers. Yet there are relatively few in-depth studies of how individual national innovation systems have evolved to their present stance. This book provides just that. The contributions of the book are threefold. First, it develops an evolutionary and historically oriented approach to the study of the development of these policies that may have wide applicability. Second, it focuses on a particular type of innovation, innovation in resource-based activities, that differs in many respects from the more commonly studied case of innovation in high-tech industries. Third, the book advances our understanding of the roles played by institutions and politics in innovation. The book includes contributions from historians, economists, and sociologists, and offers an unparalleled account of the development of one of the world's most successful economies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
620 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-968847-0 (9780199688470)
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Jan Fagerberg | David Mowery | Bart Verspagen
Innovation, Path Dependency, and Policy
The Norwegian Case
Book
02/2009
Oxford University Press
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Persons
Jan Fagerberg is Professor at the Department of Business and Management at Aalborg University in Denmark and the Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture (TIK) at the University of Oslo.
David Mowery is Professor at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley,
Bart Verspagen is Professor at Maastricht University, Department of Economics, and UNU-MERIT.
David Mowery is Professor at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley,
Bart Verspagen is Professor at Maastricht University, Department of Economics, and UNU-MERIT.
Content
1. Introduction: Innovation in Norway ; SECTION I: THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION AND CURRENT STRUCTURE OF THE NORWEGIAN NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEM ; 2. The Layers of National Innovation Systems: The Historical Evolution of a National Innovation System in Norway ; 3. Public sector research and industrial innovation in Norway: a historical perspective ; 4. Policies for Path Creation: The rise and fall of Norway's research-driven strategy for industralisation ; 5. Historical Fingerprints? A Taxonomy of Norwegian innovation ; SECTION II: SECTORAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS IN NORWAY: OLD AND NEW PATHS ; 6. Innovation and Production in the Norwegian Aluminium Industry ; 7. The Development of the Norwegian Petroleum Innovation System: A Historical Overview ; 8. The Innovation System of Norwegian Aquacultured Salmonids ; 9. The Biotechnology industry in Norway: A marginal sector or future core activity ; 10. Slow Growth and Revolutionary Change: The Norwegian IT Industry Enters the Global Age, 1970-2005 ; SECTION 3: INNOVATION POLICY AND INSTITUTIONS IN CONTEMPORARY NORWAY ; 11. University-Industry Relations in Norway ; 12. The Technical-Industrial Research Institutes in the Norwegian Innovation System ; 13. Industrial R&D Policy in Norway: who gets the funding and what are the effects?