The Information Society and the Welfare State: The Finnish ModelOxford University Press, 2002 - 200 sivua Silicon Valley has been considered as the model that societies must imitate to succeed in the information age. However, recently another alternative has attracted strong international interest: the Finnish model. This is equally dynamic in technological and economic terms, but combines the information society with the welfare state. The Information Society and the Welfare State is the first accessible academic study of what the Finnish model really is. The authors analyse the factors that have enabled Nokia to become one of the world's leading telecommunications companies, for example, and Linux to become the biggest challenger to Microsoft in the operating systems market. They discuss the development of Nokia and the Finnish innovation model, with important lessons for businesses and national technology policies. |
Sisältö
INTRODUCTION The Finnish Information Society in a Global Context | 11 |
THE MOBILE VALLEY Nokia Finland and the Transformation of the Finnish Economy | 19 |
INNOVATION ABOUT INNOVATING The Unlikely Innovation System The State Corporate Business Universities and Hackers | 45 |
THE WELFARE OF THE NATION The Information Society and the Welfare State | 77 |
THE LOCAL INFORMATION SOCIETY Spatial Dynamics Information Technology and Public Policy | 103 |
THE POWER OF IDENTITY Identity Driving the Information Society and the Information Society Building Identity | 127 |
THE FINNISH MODEL OF THE INFORMATION SOCIETY | 140 |
CONCLUSION I The Challenges for Finland | 151 |
CONCLUSION II Learning from Finland | 166 |
Appendices | 171 |
Bibliography | 180 |
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The Information Society and the Welfare State: The Finnish Model Manuel Castells,Pekka Himanen Esikatselu ei käytettävissä - 2004 |
Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet
areas Castells centers challenge communication competitive cooperation countries created culture dynamic electronic entrepreneurialism Espoo Etla European example expertise financial markets Finnish economy Finnish identity Finnish information society Finnish innovation system Finnish IT cluster Finnish model Finnish welfare Gini index global networks goals hacker ethic Helsingius Helsinki Stock Exchange Helsinki Uusimaa Himanen idea important industrial information society information technology information-society informational economy informationalism Internet labor force learning legitimacy Linus Torvalds Linux major ment metropolitan Ministry mobile phone network enterprise network society nodes Nokia Nordic open-source operating percent Pirkanmaa political population productivity regional development research and development role sector share Silicon Valley Singapore Sitra social hackerism Social injustice Soviet Union spatial Statistics Finland strategy structure survival Technology Policy Council Tekes telecommunications telephone tion Torvalds transformation trend Turku United Uusimaa