Denne rapporten tar for seg forskermobiliteten i næringslivet. Vi ser både på dem som skifter arbeidsplass permanent og på dem som er innlånt eller utlånt for kortere perioder. Den underliggende hypotesen er at personmobilitet er en viktig del av kunnskapsspredningen i samfunnet. Det ble...

The aim of this paper is to discuss the relationship between theory and data in the corporate governance literature from a policy perspective. This is a literature dominated by a neo-classical approach to economic issues. Does the empirical work done in this tradition confirm the claim that...

The report gives a detailed statistical exposition of flows of personnel between the research-producing sector and other sectors of the economy for the period 1988-1998 in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Complete annual matched employee/employer datasets for the four countries make up the...

Although much ICT-related innovation activities take place in non-ICT industries, it has hitherto been difficult to measure the extent of such activities in a quantitative and comparative way. Most ICT -overviews have used traditional producer-focused classifications (like net employment in...

We find that one-third of both Finnish and Norwegian employment will be highly susceptible to computerization in the next decade or two. Low-wage and low-skill occupations appear to be more threatened. Service and public sector jobs are relatively more sheltered than those in manufacturing and...

This is the summary report from the project “Flows of human capital in the Nordic countries”. It draws on three project reports and two papers, where further details can be found. It displays selected statistical information for the period 1988-98 about • Nordic migration – win-win or...

The aim of this report is to map the activities of the business sector in the Oslo region, especially the strengths and capabilities of the regional innovation system. Key aspects to address include describing the business sector in the Oslo region in terms of employment and share of firms, and...

This report is part of the FAKTA programe of the Norwegian Research Council, more specifically the project “Competences, mobility and value creation”. Together with other reports from this project on ICT personel, on technologist it tries to look at stocks and flows of knowledge in the...