The paper outlines a systemic based approach to policy learning – to the development of policy making capabilities and competences – and the role of social science and related policy analysis to the policy making process. The accompanying essay, Hauknes and Koch (R-18-2003), outlined some...

The STEP-group has been asked by Technopolis to provide information on the User oriented involvement of the Research Council of Norway (RCN). The information is to be used by the team evaluating the Research Council of Norway on behalf of the Norwegian Ministry of Education, Research and Church...

STEP er blitt bedt om å utarbeide en rapport om nye virkemidler i andre land. I oppdragsbeskrivelsen heter det at man for et utvalg av sammenlignbare land ønskes klarlagt. Omfang og innretning av direkte virkemidler for innovasjon, næringsutvikling og internasjonalisering. Hvordan apparatet...

The main objective of Good Practices in Nordic Innovation Policies has been to develop a survey and an analysis of Nordic innovation policy instruments that directly or indirectly are targeting small and medium sized enterprises. The project is to provide Nordic policy makers with information to...

The main objective of Good Practices in Nordic Innovation Policies has been to develop a survey and an analysis of Nordic innovation policy instruments that directly or indirectly are targeting small and medium sized enterprises. The project is to provide Nordic policy makers with information to...

The main objective of Good Practices in Nordic Innovation Policies has been to develop a survey and an analysis of Nordic innovation policy instruments that directly or indirectly are targeting small and medium sized enterprises. The project is to provide Nordic policy makers with information to...

The purpose of this paper is neither to give a new synthetic basis for the future development of the Oslo Manual, nor to provide a full review of all relevant issues. The purpose is limited to locating and raising some questions at the border of the Oslo Manual approach. Through this we hope to...

Rapporten gir en beskrivelse av det svenske innovasjonsrettede forskningsland-skapet basert på en spørreskjemaundersøkelse og supplerende informasjonsinn-henting som ble gjennomført i 2002 på oppdrag fra VINNOVA, KK-stiftelsen og Strategiska stiftelsen. Prosjektets siktemål var å gi en...

This paper studies the links between corporate governance and one of the major technological innovations of the modern era, mobile telephony. We focus on three countries of the Nordic area – Sweden, Norway and Finland – asking why this relatively small and indeed peripheral region has become...

Med dette notatet ønsker vi å bidra til en økt forståelse av tjenestesektorens økonomiske og teknologiske betydning i Norge. Denne sektoren har nå et omfang som i seg selv skaper behov for en slik forståelse. På den annen side peker de klare tegnene på et gjensidig økonomisk og...