This comprehensive Handbook explores the interactions between the practice, policy, and theory of innovation. The goal is twofold: to increase insight into this dynamic process, searching for options to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of both policy and innovative practice, and to...

This comprehensive Handbook explores the interactions between the practice, policy, and theory of innovation. The goal is twofold: to increase insight into this dynamic process, searching for options to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of both policy and innovative practice, and to...

It is a general understanding that the advanced economies are currently undergoing a fundamental transformation into knowledge-based societies. There is a firm belief that this is based on the development of high-tech industries. Correspondingly, in this scenario low-tech sectors appear to be...

This report is an overview of existing information on the Oslo region, drawn up as part of the Oslo region RITTS project. The objective of this part of the project is to collect, summarise and interpret existing information relevant to production, innovation and technology transfer in the Oslo...

This paper addresses a central problem for economic analysis and public policy in Europe. Should Europe focus on so-called high-technology or science-based industries in attempting to solve growth and employment problems? Or should it look to the growth prospects within the industries on which...

Bakgrunnen for denne artikkelen er ideen om at en industris vekst og utvikling er avhengig av dens teknologiske fundament. De industrier som innehar teknologiske muligheter for produkt-og prosessinnovasjoner, betegner vi som dynamiske industrier. Det er disse underliggende innovasjonsmulighetene...

Hvilken betydning har andre faktorer enn forskning og utvikling for innovasjon. Det er velkjent at bedrifter anvender store ressurser på design, opplæring, markedsutvikling og liknende i tillegg til FoU. Design dreier seg om ikke kun om estetiske kvaliteter ved et produkt, men også om...

The objective of this report is to describe and analyse policy debates on information and communication technology (ICT) in Norwegian and international policy milieus. While there are many directions from which such debates could be analysed, we approach the issue in terms of basic policy...

The EU commission initiated a large-scale project for the collection of innovation data on a European basis. The aim was to create a co-ordinated ";European Innovation Survey";. The project began in 1992 with the development and testing of questionnaires, and was followed in 1993-94 by the...

Although the impacts of greenhouse gas build-up remain uncertain, they have the potential to be very serious and possibly catastrophic. If the outcomes are serious then neither improving energy efficiency nor adaptation policies will cope with the problems of warming. Reducing climate impacts...