Finland as a Knowledge Economy : Elements of Success and Lessons Learned

In the early 1990s, Finland went through watershed developments due to a severe economic recession, during which unemployment rates rose from around 2 percent to over 15 percent and GDP decreased by more than 10 percent. However, in one decade Finl...

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Main Authors:	Dahlman, Carl J., Routti, Jorma, Ylä-Anttila, Pekka
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURE ATM AUTOMATION BASIC BENCHMARKING BROADBAND CAPITAL MARKETS CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS COLLABORATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES SECTOR COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES COMPETITIVENESS COMPONENTS COMPUTING CONNECTIVITY DATA PROCESSING DEBT DECISION MAKERS DEREGULATION DIGITAL DIGITAL DIVIDE ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC SITUATION ECONOMIC THEORIES ECONOMIES OF SCALE EGOVERNMENT ELASTICITY ELECTRONICS ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY END USERS ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXPORTS FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FISCAL POLICIES FREE TRADE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HIGH TECHNOLOGY HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES ICT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIALIZATION INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION STORAGE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION SYSTEMS INNOVATIONS INTERNATIONAL TRADE KNOWLEDGE CREATION KNOWLEDGE ECONOMIES KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY KNOWLEDGE FOR DEVELOPMENT KNOWLEDGE STRATEGIES LEARNING LINUX LOCAL AREA NETWORK MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MARKETING MEDIA MESSAGING NANOTECHNOLOGY NATIONAL ECONOMIES NATIONAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE NATURAL RESOURCES NATURAL SCIENCES NETWORKING NEWLY INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES NII OPEN ECONOMY PATENTS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROGRAMS PTO PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLISHING PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY R&D REAL GDP STRUCTURAL CHANGE TAX REVENUES TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES TECHNOLOGY POLICIES TECHNOLOGY POLICY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELEPHONES TEXT TRADE BLOCS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNIVERSITIES VALUE ADDED WELFARE SYSTEM WIRELESS WOOD WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO
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Finland as a Knowledge Economy : Elements of Success and Lessons Learned

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