When Small States Make Big Leaps : : Institutional Innovation and High-Tech Competition in Western Europe /

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 biotechnolog...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Ornston, Darius,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Cornell Studies in Political Economy
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Physical Description:1 online resource (248 p.) :; 4 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Recasting Corporatism
  • 1. The Paradox of High-Tech Corporatism
  • 2. The Crisis of Low-Tech Production in Denmark, Finland, and Ireland
  • 3. From Price-Fixing Cartels to Research Consortia: Rapid Restructuring in Finland
  • 4. From Social Protection to Skill Formation: Diversified High-Tech Production in Denmark
  • 5. A Low-End Producer in High-Tech Markets: Economic Adjustment in Ireland
  • 6. Comparing Corporatisms
  • Conclusion: Explaining Institutional Innovation
  • References
  • Index

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