When Small States Make Big Leaps : Institutional Innovation and High-Tech Competition in Western Europe /

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At the close of the twentieth century, Denmark, Finland, and Ireland emerged as unlikely centers for high-tech competition. In When Small States Make Big Leaps, Darius Ornston reveals how these historically low-tech countries managed to assume leading positions in new industries such as biotechnolog...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ornston, Darius, 1978-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Industripolitik > Irland.
Industripolitik > Finland.
Industripolitik > Danmark.
Högteknologisk industri > Ireland.
Högteknologisk industri > Finland.
Högteknologisk industri > Danmark.
Technologiepolitik
Kleinstaat
Industrial policy.
High technology industries.
Corporate state.
Partenariat public-prive.
Competitivite.
Corporatisme.
Science economique.
Innovations technologiques.
Politique industrielle.
Technologie de pointe.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > General.
Politique industrielle > Irlande.
Politique industrielle > Finlande.
Politique industrielle > Danemark.
Corporatisme > Irlande.
Corporatisme > Finlande.
Corporatisme > Danemark.
Industries de pointe > Irlande.
Industries de pointe > Finlande.
Industries de pointe > Danemark.
Industrial policy > Ireland.
Industrial policy > Finland.
Industrial policy > Denmark.
Corporate state > Ireland.
Corporate state > Finland.
Corporate state > Denmark.
High technology industries > Ireland.
High technology industries > Finland.
High technology industries > Denmark.
Irland
Finnland
Dänemark
Ireland.
Finland.
Denmark.
Europe occidentale.
Irlande.
Finlande.
Danemark.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : recasting corporatism
  • The paradox of high-tech corporatism
  • The crisis of low-tech production in Denmark, Finland, and Ireland
  • From price-fixing cartels to research consortia : rapid restructuring in Finland
  • From social protection to skill formation : diversified high-tech production in Denmark
  • A low-end producer in high-tech markets : economic adjustment in Ireland
  • Comparing corporatisms
  • Conclusion : explaining institutional innovation.

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