Wednesday, March 29, 2006

 
ECONOMICS & INNOVATION. NOTES ON EUROPE & INNOVATION (III). BRIEF NOTES

- "The growth that is driven by innovation and the catching-up process spurred by technology imitation relies on education-based human capital and related agglomeration", argues Hannu Piekola in a paper on Finland published by the Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS).

- Interested in "Neo-Schumpeterian Economics"? Check out the details of the upcoming conference, to be held a Trest (Czech Republic). Yuichi Shionoya, author of a wonderful book on Schumpeter (Schumpeter and the Idea of Social Science, Cambridge University Press, 1998) will be among the keynote speakers.

- The think tank Friends of Europe recently organized a "Lunch Debate" on the topic: Technology, Globalization and Inclusion: Is Innovation a Development Tool? You can read a summary here.

- The website Euroactive.com, which calls itself the EU Policy Portal, has a section on "Innovation &Jobs". Check it out here.

Comments: Post a Comment



<< Home

This page is powered by Blogger. Isn't yours?