Learning Regional Innovation

BETH MAINA AHLBERG Skaraborg Institute for Research and Development and Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Sweden TUOMO ALASOIN Helsinki University, Finland ANNE ÄYVÄRI HAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences, Porvoo, Finland AGNETA HANSSON Halmstad University College, Sweden HANS CHRISTIAN GARMANN JOHNSEN, Universty of Agder, Norway SISKO KALLIOKOSKI HAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences, Porvoo, Finland TARJA KANTOLA HAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences, Porvoo, Finland SIRPA LASSILA HAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences, Porvoo, Finland EDWARD LORENZ UNSA-CNRS, University of Nice, France and Bengt-Åke Lundvall University of Aalborg, Denmark HANS MÄNTYLÄ HAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences, Porvoo, Finland JAN-EVERT NILSSON Henrik Finsrud, Work Research Institute, Norway JARMO RITALAHTI HAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences, Porvoo, Finland ANU SIPILÄ HAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences, Porvoo, Finland TUOVI SOISALON-SOININEN HAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences, Porvoo, Finland ÅKE UHLIN Henrik Finsrud, Work Research Institute, Norway

• Innovation, Participation and 'Constructivist Society'; B.Gustavsen Learning, Innovation and Participation: Nordic Experiences in a Global Context with a Focus on Innovation Systems and Work Organization; B.Asheim The Organisation of Work and Systems of Labour Market Regulation and Social Protection: a Comparison of the EU-15; E.Lorenz  & B.-Åke Lundvall Promoting Innovative Organization; B.Gustavsen Discourse and Change in Organizations; H.C.Garmann Johnsen Incremental Innovations in Organisational Performance in Health Care; M.Ekman  & B.Maina Ahlberg Research in Action: The Development of Cluster Specific Innovation Strategies in the Oslo Region; Ø.Pålshaugen The Initiation and Organization of Regional Innovation Processes; H.Eriksson, T.Haga  & B.Hofmaier Proactive Labour Market Policy as a Step Towards New Regional Innovation Policy: The Case of Tampere Region; P.Koski  & A.Järvensivu Participative Democracy and the Diffusion of Organizational Innovations: The Long, Winding Road from a Plant Level 'field experiment' to Regional Economic Development; T.Ulrik Qvale Shared Learning Spaces as Enablers in Regional Development and Learning; T.Kantola, S.Lassila, H.Mäntylä, A.Äyväri, S.Kalliokoski, J.Ritalahti, A.Sipilä  & T.Soisalon-Soininen Innovating Regional Co-operation between the Local and the National; H.Finsrud, J. Nilsson  & Å.Uhlin Gender, Work and Innovation; A.Hansson Strategies to Promote Workplace Innovation: A Comparative Analysis of Nine National and Regional Approaches; T.Alasoin