Small Country Innovation Systems

Edited by Charles Edquist, Professor, CIRCLE, Lund University, Sweden and the late Leif Hommen, formerly in CIRCLE, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

• Contents:Preface1. Comparing National Systems of Innovation in Asia and Europe: Theory and Comparative FrameworkCharles Edquist and Leif HommenPART I: FAST GROWTH COUNTRIES2. The Rise and Growth of a Policy-driven Economy: TaiwanAntonio Balaguer, Yu-Ling Luo, Min-Hua Tsai, Shih-Chang Hung, Yee-Yeen Chu, Feng-Shang Wu, Mu-Yen Hsu and Kung Wang3. From Technology Adopter to Innovator: SingaporePoh Kam Wong and Annette Singh 4. Towards Knowledge Generation with Bipolarization NSI: KoreaChaisung Lim 5. High Growth and Innovation with Low R&D: IrelandEoin O’Malley, Nola Hewitt-Dundas and Stephen Roper6. From Trade Hub to Innovation Hub: Hong KongNaubahar Sharif and Erik BaarkPART II: SLOW GROWTH COUNTRIES7. Reconsidering the Paradox of High R&D Input and Low Innovation: SwedenPierre Bitard, Charles Edquist, Leif Hommen and Annika Rickne8. Low Innovation Intensity, High Growth and Specialized Trajectories: NorwayTerje Grønning, Svein Erik Moen and Dorothy Sutherland Olsen9. Challenged Leadership or Renewed Vitality? The Netherlands Bart Verspagen10. Not Just Nokia: FinlandVille Kaitila and Markku Kotilainen11. An NSI in Transition? DenmarkJesper Lindgaard Christensen, Birgitte Gregersen, Björn Johnson, Bengt-Åke Lundvall and Mark Tomlinson12. Globalization and Innovation PolicyLeif Hommen and Charles EdquistAppendix: Statistical Bases of Comparison for Ten ‘Small Country’ NSIPierre Bitard, Leif Hommen and Jekaterina NovikovaIndex

'What are the challenges that small countries face concerning innovation and what are the effects of globalization on their innovation systems? In this very interesting, rich and timely book, Edquist and Hommen compare ten different small national innovation systems from the Asia Pacific and Northern Europe that are rather advanced in their development. The answers that the authors give are convincing and relate not only to the unique characteristics of each national system that shapes innovative activity, but also to some commonalities that exist across these countries.'