Volume 24 Issue 1 (2006)
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‘Low‐tech’ Industries: Innovativeness and Development Perspectives—A Summary of a European Research Project
This paper introduces the findings of a European research project on the innovativeness of industrial ‘low‐tech’ sectors. This research was carried out in the context of the ongoing discussion about…
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Constructing Advantage: Distributed Innovation and the Management of Local Economic Growth
This paper discusses, in a preliminary way, the new dialogues that successful knowledge‐intensive communities have adopted in order to achieve global business growth. Using empirical data on innovation from cities…
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Ireland’s National Innovation System: An Exploratory Study of Supporting Institutions and Dynamic Actors
This paper begins with a brief look at the literature on national innovation systems (NIS). Building on the NIS approach, we present a simple conceptual framework. National innovative competence is…
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Policy Initiative Dilemmas Surrounding Media Convergence: A Cross National Perspective
The discourse surrounding convergence of mass media content and infrastructures has been fraught with extravagant expectations and rhetoric. This article utilizes a cross‐national perspective and focuses on regulatory aspects of…
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English Spelling Reform
Knowledge is the wealth of nations, and language is the main social technology by which knowledge is communicated. An efficient orthography is therefore of great importance. English, as the principal…