'The Learning Economy and the Economics of Hope' offers original insights in processes of innovation and learning and draws implications for economic theory and public policy. The book introduces the reader to important concepts such as innovation systems and the learning economy. It throws new light on economic development and opens up horizons for a new kind of economics
the economics of hope.
By:
Bengt-Åke Lundvall Imprint: Anthem Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 153mm,
Spine: 26mm
Weight: 454g ISBN:9781783085965 ISBN 10: 1783085967 Series:Anthem Studies in Innovation and Development Pages: 422 Publication Date:01 December 2016 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Preface; Part I : Introduction; 1. Contributions to the Learning Economy - Overview and Context; Part II : Innovation as Interactive Process; 2. Product Innovation and User-Producer Interaction; 3. Innovation as an Interactive Process - from User-Producer Interaction to National Systems of Innovation; 4. National Systems of Innovation: Towards a Theory of Innovation and Interactive Learning; 5. The Learning Economy Part III: Economics of Knowledge and Learning; 6. From the Economics of Knowledge to the Learning Economy; 7. Forms of Knowledge and Modes of Innovation; 8. How Europe's Economies Learn: A Comparison of Work Organisation and Innovation Mode for the EU-15; 9. Post Script: Innovation System Research -Where it Came From and Where it Might Go; Part IV: Continental Transformations and Global Challenges; 10. China's Innovation System and the Move toward Harmonious Growth and Endogenous Innovation; 11. The 'New Deal' as a Response to the Euro-Crisis; 12. Growth and Structural Change in Africa: Development Strategies for the Learning Economy; 13. National Innovation Systems and Globalisation; Part V: Economics of Hope or Despair: What Next?14. The Learning Economy and the Economics of Hope; Notes on Contributors; Index
Bengt-ke Lundvall is professor in economics at Aalborg University and world leading expert on innovation and development.