Innovation, Competence Building and Social Cohesion in Europe: Towards a Learning Society (New Horizons in the Economics of Innovation series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1840649801 ISBN 13: 9781840649802

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

It is almost universally accepted that we are moving increasingly towards an information society, where knowledge and learning are the new currency of power. This book seeks to challenge this axiom by looking in more detail at the subtle relationships between knowledge and social development. The editors are at pains to differentiate the process of knowledge creation from the simple accumulation of knowledge.

The original contributions within this book are aimed at capturing new socio-economic trends and finding policy strategies promoting the learning society in Europe through joint efforts and integrated actions on innovation, competence building and social cohesion.

Innovation, Competence Building and Social Cohesion in Europe will be of special interest to researchers and scholars of science and innovation and technical change. Its policy recommendations will ensure that the book will also appeal to social scientists of education policy.

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About the Author

Edited by Pedro Conceição, Strategic Policy Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, UNDP New York, US, Manuel V. Heitor, Center for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal and Bengt-Åke Lundvall, Professor of Economics, Department of Business and Management, Aalborg University, Denmark

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840649801
• ISBN 13: 9781840649802
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 362
• Editor: Conceição Pedro, Heitor Manuel V., Lundvall Bengt-Åke