The Dynamics of Innovation in Eastern Europe: Lessons from EstoniaProviding a unique empirical analysis of how systems of innovation undergo far-reaching transformation and change, this book will be of interest to economists and scholars involved in issues relating to innovation, technology, economic development and Eas |
Contents
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2 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY | 5 |
3 THEORETICAL POINT OF DEPARTURE | 6 |
4 OUTLINE OF THE BOOK | 10 |
2 Conceptualizing the Transformation and Reorientation of Systems of Innovation | 13 |
2 WHAT IS A SYSTEM OF INNOVATION? | 14 |
3 THE TRANSFORMATION OF SYSTEMS OF INNOVATION | 26 |
4 THE INFLUENCE OF FOREIGN ENVIRONMENTS ON SYSTEM EVOLUTION | 31 |
ENTERING THE DIGITAL ERA | 145 |
EXPLOITING LOW WAGE LABOR | 152 |
5 THE EXOTIC INTERNET | 162 |
6 EDUCATION AND RESEARCH | 179 |
7 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION | 185 |
7 The New Dynamism 19982004 | 195 |
1 RESOLVING INSTITUTIONAL BOTTLENECKS | 197 |
INTRODUCING COMPETITION | 204 |
5 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION | 38 |
A A Methodological Discussion | 41 |
2 HISTORICAL CASE STUDIES AS A RESEARCH STRATEGY | 42 |
3 DATA AND DATA SOURCES | 46 |
4 METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS | 47 |
5 METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED | 49 |
4 The Origins of Telecommunications in Estonia 18551985 | 53 |
2 ESTONIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNDER SOVIET RULE | 58 |
3 DATA COMMUNICATIONS IN SOVIET ESTONIA | 63 |
4 THE EVOLUTION OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH | 66 |
5 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION | 71 |
5 Estonias Reorientation Towards the West 19851993 | 79 |
THE CREATION OF EESTI TELEFON | 86 |
3 THE BIRTH OF EESTI MOBIILTELEFON | 92 |
4 THE REORIENTATION OF THE EQUIPMENT SUBSECTOR | 96 |
FROM AKADEMSET TO THE INTERNET | 103 |
TELECOMMUNICATIONSRELATED FIRMS | 107 |
7 THE REORIENTATION OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH | 113 |
8 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION | 121 |
6 Imitation and Experimentation 19931998 | 129 |
1 INSTITUTIONAL EVOLUTION | 130 |
MODERNIZING THE INHERITED INFRASTRUCTURE | 137 |
TOWARDS CREATIVE INNOVATION | 207 |
FROM EBANKING TO EGOVERNMENT | 223 |
GROWTH CRISIS AND CREATIVE RESPONSE? | 240 |
6 EDUCATION AND RESEARCH | 247 |
1 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION | 256 |
Analysis and Conclusion | 263 |
2 GENERATING BUSINESS AND APPROPRIATING RETURNS | 268 |
THE EVOLUTION OF NETWORKS OVER TECHNOLOGICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL DISCONTINUITIES | 271 |
4 THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE ESTONIAN STYLE OF INNOVATION | 274 |
5 EXPLOITING THE SOVIET HERITAGE | 285 |
6 THE NATURE AND IMPACT OF ESTONIAS INTERNATIONAL REORIENTATION | 289 |
Implications for Theory and Policy | 295 |
2 THE NEGLECTED ISSUE OF SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION | 297 |
NATIONAL VARIANTS OF SECTORAL SYSTEMS | 301 |
THE UNDERESTIMATED ROLE OF INHERITED COMPETENCIES | 304 |
5 IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY | 309 |
TOWARDS A NEW EUROPE | 313 |
Interviewed Organizations by Sectoral Segment | 319 |
References | 323 |
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