Daniele Archibugi is a Technological Director at the Italian National Research Council. He has written extensively on the globalization of technology, the measurement of innovation, and the impact of innovation on economic performance. He has worked and taught at the universities of Roskilde, Sussex, Naples, Cambridge, Madrid, and Rome. He is an adviser to the European Commission, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and several UN specialized agencies.Bengt-Åke Lundvall is Professor of Economics at the Department for Business Studies at Aalborg University, Denmark. He has introduced the concepts of national innovation systems and of learning economy in economics. In 1992-5 he was Deputy Director at the Directorate for Science, Technology, and Industry of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and from February to July 1995 he was Visiting Professor at the University Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg. Currently, he is Research Manager for the nationwide Danish network DRUID (Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics) and Project Director for DISKO - a project on the Danish innovation system in a comparative perspective.

The interest of the topic and the non-technical character of the contributions make this book suitable for a very large audience. This includes not only scholars and policy makers specialised in the field but whoever is interested in better understanding the impact of the new technological revolution on various aspects of the society and the policy challenges opened up by this revolution as economies become more and more globalised.

• Introduction: Europe and the Learning Economy ; PART ONE: EUROPE IN GLOBAL COMPETITION ; 1. The New ; ECONOMY: A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE ; 2. Europe at the Crossroads: The Challenge from Innovation-Based Growth ; PART TWO: NEW TRENDS IN FIRM ORGANIZATION, COMPETITION, AND COOPERATION ; 3. The Production of Technological Knowledge: New Issues in a Learning Economy ; 4. Universities in the Learning Economy: Balancing Institutional Integrity with Organizational Diversity ; 5. A New Role for Business Services in Economic Growth ; PART THREE: THE GLOBALIZING INNOVATION PROCESS ; 6. The Globalization of Technology and National Policies ; 7. Mergers, Acquisitions, and Inter-firm Technology Agreements in the Global Learning Economy ; PART FOUR: NEW CHALLENGES FOR EUROPE: INEQUALITY, SUSTAINABILITY, AND ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION ; 8. The Learning Economy and International Inequality ; 9. Social Exclusion in the Learning Economy ; 10. Industrial Innovation and Sustainability: Conflicts and Coherence ; 11. Organizational Innovation in European Firms: A Critical Overview of the Survey Evidence ; PART FIVE: INNOVATION POLICY IN THE NEW CONTEXT ; 12. Innovation Policy: A Systemic Approach ; 13. The Need for New Perspectives in European Commission Innovation Policy ; 14. Innovation Policy in the Knowledge-Based Economy: Can Theory Guide Policy Making? ; 15. Innovation Policy in the Globalizing Learning Economy

Daniele Archibugi is a Technological Director at the Italian National Research Council. He has written extensively on the globalization of technology, the measurement of innovation, and the impact of innovation on economic performance. He has worked and taught at the universities of Roskilde, Sussex, Naples, Cambridge, Madrid, and Rome. He is an adviser to the European Commission, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and several UN specialized agencies.Bengt-Åke Lundvall is Professor of Economics at the Department for Business Studies at Aalborg University, Denmark. He has introduced the concepts of national innovation systems and of learning economy in economics. In 1992-5 he was Deputy Director at the Directorate for Science, Technology, and Industry of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and from February to July 1995 he was Visiting Professor at the University Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg. Currently, he is Research Manager for the nationwide Danish network DRUID (Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics) and Project Director for DISKO - a project on the Danish innovation system in a comparative perspective.

The interest of the topic and the non-technical character of the contributions make this book suitable for a very large audience. This includes not only scholars and policy makers specialised in the field but whoever is interested in better understanding the impact of the new technological revolution on various aspects of the society and the policy challenges opened up by this revolution as economies become more and more globalised.

• Introduction: Europe and the Learning Economy ; PART ONE: EUROPE IN GLOBAL COMPETITION ; 1. The New ; ECONOMY: A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE ; 2. Europe at the Crossroads: The Challenge from Innovation-Based Growth ; PART TWO: NEW TRENDS IN FIRM ORGANIZATION, COMPETITION, AND COOPERATION ; 3. The Production of Technological Knowledge: New Issues in a Learning Economy ; 4. Universities in the Learning Economy: Balancing Institutional Integrity with Organizational Diversity ; 5. A New Role for Business Services in Economic Growth ; PART THREE: THE GLOBALIZING INNOVATION PROCESS ; 6. The Globalization of Technology and National Policies ; 7. Mergers, Acquisitions, and Inter-firm Technology Agreements in the Global Learning Economy ; PART FOUR: NEW CHALLENGES FOR EUROPE: INEQUALITY, SUSTAINABILITY, AND ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION ; 8. The Learning Economy and International Inequality ; 9. Social Exclusion in the Learning Economy ; 10. Industrial Innovation and Sustainability: Conflicts and Coherence ; 11. Organizational Innovation in European Firms: A Critical Overview of the Survey Evidence ; PART FIVE: INNOVATION POLICY IN THE NEW CONTEXT ; 12. Innovation Policy: A Systemic Approach ; 13. The Need for New Perspectives in European Commission Innovation Policy ; 14. Innovation Policy in the Knowledge-Based Economy: Can Theory Guide Policy Making? ; 15. Innovation Policy in the Globalizing Learning Economy

Daniele Archibugi is a Technological Director at the Italian National Research Council. He has written extensively on the globalization of technology, the measurement of innovation, and the impact of innovation on economic performance. He has worked and taught at the universities of Roskilde, Sussex, Naples, Cambridge, Madrid, and Rome. He is an adviser to the European Commission, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and several UN specialized agencies.Bengt-Åke Lundvall is Professor of Economics at the Department for Business Studies at Aalborg University, Denmark. He has introduced the concepts of national innovation systems and of learning economy in economics. In 1992-5 he was Deputy Director at the Directorate for Science, Technology, and Industry of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and from February to July 1995 he was Visiting Professor at the University Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg. Currently, he is Research Manager for the nationwide Danish network DRUID (Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics) and Project Director for DISKO - a project on the Danish innovation system in a comparative perspective.

The interest of the topic and the non-technical character of the contributions make this book suitable for a very large audience. This includes not only scholars and policy makers specialised in the field but whoever is interested in better understanding the impact of the new technological revolution on various aspects of the society and the policy challenges opened up by this revolution as economies become more and more globalised.

• Introduction: Europe and the Learning Economy ; PART ONE: EUROPE IN GLOBAL COMPETITION ; 1. The New ; ECONOMY: A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE ; 2. Europe at the Crossroads: The Challenge from Innovation-Based Growth ; PART TWO: NEW TRENDS IN FIRM ORGANIZATION, COMPETITION, AND COOPERATION ; 3. The Production of Technological Knowledge: New Issues in a Learning Economy ; 4. Universities in the Learning Economy: Balancing Institutional Integrity with Organizational Diversity ; 5. A New Role for Business Services in Economic Growth ; PART THREE: THE GLOBALIZING INNOVATION PROCESS ; 6. The Globalization of Technology and National Policies ; 7. Mergers, Acquisitions, and Inter-firm Technology Agreements in the Global Learning Economy ; PART FOUR: NEW CHALLENGES FOR EUROPE: INEQUALITY, SUSTAINABILITY, AND ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION ; 8. The Learning Economy and International Inequality ; 9. Social Exclusion in the Learning Economy ; 10. Industrial Innovation and Sustainability: Conflicts and Coherence ; 11. Organizational Innovation in European Firms: A Critical Overview of the Survey Evidence ; PART FIVE: INNOVATION POLICY IN THE NEW CONTEXT ; 12. Innovation Policy: A Systemic Approach ; 13. The Need for New Perspectives in European Commission Innovation Policy ; 14. Innovation Policy in the Knowledge-Based Economy: Can Theory Guide Policy Making? ; 15. Innovation Policy in the Globalizing Learning Economy