List of Tables and Figures .................................... vii
Acknowledgements ............................................... ix
List of Contributors ............................................ x
1 Innovation, Participation and 'Constructivist Society' ....... 1
Bjørn Gustavsen
2 Learning, Innovation and Participation: Nordic Experiences
in a Global Context with a Focus on Innovation Systems and
Work Organization ........................................... 15
Bjørn T. Asheim
3 The Organization of Work and Systems of Labour Market
Regulation and Social Protection: A Comparison of the
EU-15 ....................................................... 50
Edward Lorenz and Bengt-Åke Lundvall
4 Promoting Innovative Organization ........................... 70
Bjørn Gustavsen
5 Discourse and Change in Organizations ....................... 93
Hans Christian Garmann Johnsen
6 Incremental Innovations in Organizational Performance
in Health Care ............................................. 104
Marianne Ekman and Beth Maina Ahlberg
7 Research in Action: The Development of Cluster-Specific
Innovation Strategies in the Oslo Region ................... 120
Øyvind Pålshaugen
8 The Initiation and Organization of Regional Innovation
Processes .................................................. 150
Helena Eriksson, Trond Haga and Bernd Hofmaier
9 Proactive Labour Market Policy as a Step Towards New
Regional Innovation Policy: The Case of Tampere Region ..... 170
Pasi Koski and Anu Järvensivu
10 Participative Democracy and the Diffusion of
Organizational Innovations: The Long, Winding Road from
a Plant Level 'Field Experiment' to Regional Economic
Development ................................................ 187
Thoralf Ulrik Qyale
11 Shared Learning Spaces as Enablers in Regional
Development and Learning ................................... 206
Tarja Kantola, Sirpa Lassila, Hans Mäntylä, Anne
Äyväri, Sisko Kalliokoski, Jarmo Ritalahti, Anu Sipilä
and Tuovi Soisalon-Soininen
12 Innovating Regional Co-operation between the Local and
the National ............................................... 226
Henrik Dons Finsrud, Jan-Evert Nilsson and Åke Uhlin
13 Gender, Work and Innovation ................................ 245
Agneta Hansson
14 Strategies to Promote Workplace Innovation:
A Comparative Analysis of Nine National and Regional
Approaches ................................................. 253
Tuomo Alasoini
References .................................................... 273
Index ......................................................... 290
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