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When small states make big leaps : institutional innovation and high-tech competition in Western Europe, Darius Ornston

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At the close of the twentieth century, Denmark, Finland, and Ireland emerged as unlikely centers for high-tech competition. In When Small States Make Big Leaps, Darius Ornston reveals how these historically low-tech countries managed to assume leading positions in new industries such as biotechnology, software, and telecommunications equipment. In each case, countries used institutions that are commonly perceived to delay restructuring to accelerate the redistribution of resources to emerging enterprises and industries. Ornston draws on interviews with hundreds of politicians, policymakers, and industry representatives to identify two different patterns of institutional innovation and economic restructuring. Irish policymakers worked with industry and labor representatives to contain costs and expand market competition. Denmark and Finland adopted a different strategy, converting an established tradition of private-public and industry-labor cooperation to invest in high-quality inputs such as human capital and research. Both strategies facilitated movement into new high-tech industries but with distinctive political and economic consequences. In explaining how previously slow-moving states entered dynamic new industries, Ornston identifies a broader range of strategies by which countries can respond to disruptive challenges such as economic internationalization, rapid technological innovation, and the shift to services
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (x, 234 pages)
Contents
  • Introduction : recasting corporatism
  • The paradox of high-tech corporatism
  • The crisis of low-tech production in Denmark, Finland, and Ireland
  • From price-fixing cartels to research consortia : rapid restructuring in Finland
  • From social protection to skill formation : diversified high-tech production in Denmark
  • A low-end producer in high-tech markets : economic adjustment in Ireland
  • Comparing corporatisms
  • Conclusion : explaining institutional innovation
Isbn
9780801465963
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When small states make big leaps : institutional innovation and high-tech competition in Western Europe
Title
When small states make big leaps
Title remainder
institutional innovation and high-tech competition in Western Europe
Statement of responsibility
Darius Ornston
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
At the close of the twentieth century, Denmark, Finland, and Ireland emerged as unlikely centers for high-tech competition. In When Small States Make Big Leaps, Darius Ornston reveals how these historically low-tech countries managed to assume leading positions in new industries such as biotechnology, software, and telecommunications equipment. In each case, countries used institutions that are commonly perceived to delay restructuring to accelerate the redistribution of resources to emerging enterprises and industries. Ornston draws on interviews with hundreds of politicians, policymakers, and industry representatives to identify two different patterns of institutional innovation and economic restructuring. Irish policymakers worked with industry and labor representatives to contain costs and expand market competition. Denmark and Finland adopted a different strategy, converting an established tradition of private-public and industry-labor cooperation to invest in high-quality inputs such as human capital and research. Both strategies facilitated movement into new high-tech industries but with distinctive political and economic consequences. In explaining how previously slow-moving states entered dynamic new industries, Ornston identifies a broader range of strategies by which countries can respond to disruptive challenges such as economic internationalization, rapid technological innovation, and the shift to services
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E7B
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1978-
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Ornston, Darius
Dewey number
338.4/76094
Index
index present
Language note
In English
LC call number
HC360.H53
LC item number
O75 2012eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
Series statement
Cornell studies in political economy
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • High technology industries
  • High technology industries
  • High technology industries
  • Corporate state
  • Corporate state
  • Corporate state
  • Industrial policy
  • Industrial policy
  • Industrial policy
  • BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
  • BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
  • Technologie de pointe
  • Politique industrielle
  • Innovations technologiques
  • Science économique
  • Corporatisme
  • Compétitivité
  • Partenariat public-privé
  • Danemark
  • Finlande
  • Irlande
  • Europe occidentale
  • Corporate state
  • High technology industries
  • Industrial policy
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • Ireland
  • Kleinstaat
  • Technologiepolitik
  • Dänemark
  • Finnland
  • Irland
  • Högteknologisk industri
  • Högteknologisk industri
  • Högteknologisk industri
  • Industripolitik
  • Industripolitik
  • Industripolitik
Label
When small states make big leaps : institutional innovation and high-tech competition in Western Europe, Darius Ornston
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction : recasting corporatism -- The paradox of high-tech corporatism -- The crisis of low-tech production in Denmark, Finland, and Ireland -- From price-fixing cartels to research consortia : rapid restructuring in Finland -- From social protection to skill formation : diversified high-tech production in Denmark -- A low-end producer in high-tech markets : economic adjustment in Ireland -- Comparing corporatisms -- Conclusion : explaining institutional innovation
Control code
808341954
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (x, 234 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780801465963
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other control number
  • 10.7591/9780801465963
  • ebc3138355
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
22573/ctt8hdp9
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)808341954
Label
When small states make big leaps : institutional innovation and high-tech competition in Western Europe, Darius Ornston
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction : recasting corporatism -- The paradox of high-tech corporatism -- The crisis of low-tech production in Denmark, Finland, and Ireland -- From price-fixing cartels to research consortia : rapid restructuring in Finland -- From social protection to skill formation : diversified high-tech production in Denmark -- A low-end producer in high-tech markets : economic adjustment in Ireland -- Comparing corporatisms -- Conclusion : explaining institutional innovation
Control code
808341954
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (x, 234 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780801465963
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other control number
  • 10.7591/9780801465963
  • ebc3138355
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
22573/ctt8hdp9
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)808341954

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