How does the management and resolution of the current crisis compare with the response of the Nordic countries in the early 1990s, widely regarded as exemplary? We argue that, while intervention has been prompter, the measures taken so far remain less comprehensive and in-depth. In particular,...

The current financial crisis has sparked intense debate about how weak banks should be resolved. Despite international efforts to coordinate and converge on such policies, national policy advice and resolution practices differ. The resolution methods adopted in the Nordic banking crises in the...

Estonia has long been held as a leading example of e-Governance. Estonia's ubiquitous e- Governance is enabled by the X-Road, an open-source data exchange layer that allows the secure exchange of data. This paper explores the X-Road integration between Estonia, Finland, the Faroe Islands, the...

Foreword / by Lars Hulgaard -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Social entrepreneurship and social enterprises in the Nordics : narratives emerging from -- Social movements and welfare dynamics / Linda Lundgaard Andersen, Malin Gawell, and Roger Spear -- Social entrepreneurship demolition of the...