Wednesday, May 25, 2005
GEES Research:� Service Sector Research Unit: The
Service Sector Research Unit (SSRU) at the University of Birmingham. Publishes a commentary, numerous working papers, etc.
Service Sector Research Unit (SSRU) at the University of Birmingham. Publishes a commentary, numerous working papers, etc.
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
EUROPA - Employment in Europe 2004
This edition of the old favorite has very detailed information on topics like skill levels by sector - it has very detailed info on sectoral trends.
This edition of the old favorite has very detailed information on topics like skill levels by sector - it has very detailed info on sectoral trends.
EUROPA - Eurostat - European Business Facts and Figures
great source of data on services - extensive chapter on business services.
great source of data on services - extensive chapter on business services.
Saturday, May 21, 2005
Industry and Trade This UKgovernment site is much easier to search than Eurostat's own one. Lots of "Statistics in Focus" oin services.
Industry and Trade This UKgovernment site is much easier to search than Eurostat's own one. Lots of "Statistics in Focus" oin services.
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Product-Service Systems
discussion of and links to work on ecoefficient services and sustainability issues around services.
discussion of and links to work on ecoefficient services and sustainability issues around services.
Friday, May 13, 2005
Nordic Conference:
Innovation and Value Creation in the Service Economy
Oslo, 25-26 October 2005
The conference will highlight the importance of the service sector in the
global market. You will get an international comprehensive view of
existing knowledge and future directions with the Nordic region as a
particular focal point.
The conference will be opened by the Norwegian minister of Trade and
Industry Mr. Børge Brende. It is organised by The Research Council of
Norway in co-operation with the Ministry of Science, Technology and
Innovation (VTU), Denmark, Tekes, Finland, VINNOVA, Sweden and Nordic
Innovation Centre.
See web site: http://www.nordicserviceconference.com
Speakers include:
Børge Brende, Minister of Trade and Industry, Norway
Mr. Brende accepted the appointment of Minister of Environment in 2001, and in 2004, he became Minister of Trade and Industry, he is the former Vice-chairman of Norway's Conservative Party and a two-term elected member of the Norwegian parliament. In addition to his duties as Minister, Mr. Brende has been Chairman of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development and has lectured at Harvard University (USA) and the University of Mainz (Germany)
Shuji Tamura, OECD
Shuji Tamura is an administrator in the Science and Technology Policy Division of the OECD where he is responsible for analytical and policy work related to technological innovation and economic performance. Prior to joining the OECD, Mr. Tamura was a government official in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (METI, previously MITI). He was responsible for the policy making for fostering several industries including the chemical industry and the automobile industry. He holds a degree in physics from the Tsukuba University of Japan and in environmental technology from the Imperial College London.
Ian Miles, Manchester University, U.K.
Ian Miles is Professor of Technological Innovation and Social Change at the University of Manchester. He is Co-Director of PREST (Policy Research on Engineering, Science and Technology) and one of the founding Directors of CRIC (Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition). These two groups are part of the Institute of Innovation Research at the University of Manchester, and both pursue studies on services innovation – along with other topics he is involved with (e.g. Foresight research, innovation policy). His original training was in psychology, but his publications span topics such as social indicators and information society, as well as services, innovation, and Foresight. Current research projects include work on public services innovation, R&D in services, innovation programme evaluation culture, and Foresight on Information Technologies.
Jim C. Spohrer, Almaden Services Research, IBM, USA
Jim Spohrer is Director of Almaden Services Research at IBM’s Almaden Research Center in San Jose, CA. Service innovations include technology, business, social-organizational, and demand innovations, and Jim’s group works with IBM Global Services business and academics to explore more systematic approaches to service innovation. Jim has a BS in Physics from MIT, and a PhD in Computer Science from Yale University. Jim has published broadly in the areas of speech recognition, empirical studies of programmers, artificial intelligence, authoring tools, on-line learning communities, open source software, intelligent tutoring systems and student modeling, new paradigms in using computers, implications of rapid technical change, as well as the coevolution of social, business, and technical systems.
Walter Ganz, Fraunhofer, Germany
Walter Ganz is a member of the board of the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (IAO) Stuttgart. He is head of the research departments “Service Engineering” and “Human Resource Management”. He co-ordinates the service research activities on the level of the institute, the state level as well as the federal level and the international integration. Support of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) in Germany regarding the development of research programs and activities in the field of “Innovation in Services”. Walter Ganz is a member of advisory boards in different initiatives of the Ministries of Economics for the establishment of service topics.
Siri Bjerke, NHO Confederation of Norwegian Business and Industry, Norway
Siri Bjerke is Executive Director Industrial Affairs, Confederation of Norwegian Business and Industry. Her previous experience includes: Minister of Environment (2000 – 01), State secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1993 – 1997) and International secretary, Norwegian Labour Party.
Vibeke H. Madsen, HSH Federation of Norwegian Commercial and Service Enterprises, Norway
Vibeke H. Madsen is CEO Federation of Norwegian Commercial and Service Enterprises (HSH). Her previous experience includes: partner in PA Consulting, vice president in Statoil Marketing, manager in Association of Local Authorities in Norway (Kommunenes Sentralforbund). She is boardmember in Aker Kværner ASA and chairman of Ungt Entreprenørskap in Norway (Junior Achievement-Young Enterprise Europe)
Session A
Barbro Lagerholm, IVF Industrial Research and Development Corporation, Sweden
Barbro Lagerholm is project leader for the development program “Value creation through services”. Her other projects focuses on development of new (future) customer offerings in manufacturing industries. Prior to joining IVF 1999 she worked 20 years as manager and management consultant in manufacturing industries
Göran Andersson, Finland
Göran Andersson is a Management Consultant focusing on innovation and technology management. He has 30+ years’ experience in senior management positions in Finnish international industry and is a founding member of BestServ Forum
Eva Nilsson, Swedish Institute of Management, Sweden
Eva Nilsson is director for the foundation Marketing Technology Center (MTC) and project leader for the development program IASS.
Norwegian firm, TBA
Session B
Jari Kuusisto, SC Research, Finland
Prof. Jari Kuusisto is Director of the SC-Research institute and affiliated with the Lappeenranta University of Technology and Kingston University in London. He has extensive experience in innovation and small business issues as a researcher and consultant. Service related innovation and services added value to the business processes are key focus areas in Prof. Kuusisto’s most recent research. On-going projects in these areas include research and consulting work for the Finnish technology agency Tekes, the Irish development Agency Forfás and OECD. Since earning his doctorate from the Kingston University he has worked for the Technopolis Ltd which is a pan European consultancy specialised in innovation and technology policy. Prof. Kuusisto has completed a number of evaluations for Sitra and Tekes on their venture funding activities. He has also conducted evaluation of the UK and Irish SME policies for the Ministry of Trade and Industry. In Norway he has been involved in the evaluation of SND.
Arve Halseth, Econ Analysis, Norway
Arve Halseth is a partner in Econ Analysis, he has analysed a number of strategies and framework conditions within the service sector, specifically in transport/logistics and telecom
Peter J. Hansen, Wonderful Copenhagen, Denmark
Peter Hansen is senior director of business development with Wonderful Copenhagen - the tourism and event organization in Copenhagen. He is formerly head of Research & Strategy at the private think tank Strategic Forum/House of Monday Morning and has held positions as senior consultant in Danish consultancy and communication firms. He has conducted numerous policy studies in the field of economic development - i.e. studies for the Danish government of "The Creative alliance between Buisiness & Culture" and the experience economy in general. At present Peter manages a pan-Nordic study tracking the impact of cultural events in the local economies. The study is financially surported by NICe.
Leif Methlie, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Norway
Leif B. Methlie is professor in information management and e-business development at Department of Strategy and Management, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH). Methlie has taught and done research in information management and decision support systems. Since 1996 he has been manager of a research program in Electronic Commerce at the Center of Economics and Business Research. Methlie has been visiting professor in USA, France, Singapore and Italy. He is former Rector of the NHH.
Session C
Ragnhild Kvålshaugen, SINTEF, Norway
Ragnhild Kvålshaugen is Senior Scientist at SINTEF, department of Knowledge and strategy, and she also holds an adjunct position as Associate Professor at BI Norwegian School of Management. She received her Ph.D. in strategy from BI Norwegian School of Management. Her research interest is on organizational learning, strategic leadership, and knowledge and knowledge management. She has co-authored two books; one research book on the creation of European management practice, and one strategy textbook. Her articles have been published in various European journals. She has participated in several research projects concerning knowledge intensive firms, and she also participated in cross-national research project funded by the European Union on the creation of European management practice.
Lars Goldschmidt, the Danish Association of Consulting Engineers, Denmark
Lars Goldschmidt is managing director of The Danish Association of Consulting Engineers and has PhDs in Chemistry and Organizational Sociology. He has had a number of leading positions within Danish public and private sector. In addition Lars plays an active role in the Danish research community.
Monica Lindstedt, Hemfrid, Sweden
Monica Lindstedt is an entrepreneur with a MBA, who frequently engages in public debate. Having been head of several firms she gradually realized that she was more an entrepreneur than anything else. In 1992 together with two colleagues she established the newspaper Metro and four years later the company Hemfrid AB. Hemfrid has 350 employees and deliver home based services to the consumer market. Monica Lindstedt has board positions in several Swedish service companies and has written the management books: “Initiativets Makt” and “VD-mødor”.
Markku Teppo, Finnish Road Administraiton, Finland
Marku Teppo is Procurement Director of Finnish Road Administration. In the process based organisation he is process owner of the Procurement Process and responsible for developing Finnra's procurement methods and for harmonising the methods used in different road regions of Finnra.
Per Christian Selmer, Norway Land Information AS
Per Chr. Selmer, Managing Director of Norway Land Information AS, is originally a chartered surveyor. During the last twenty years his work has been related to modernising public land information in Norway and building an infrastructure which integrates the information in products from the private sector.
Session D
Anders Henten, the Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Anders Henten is Associate Professor at the Center for Tele-Information (CTU). His main areas of research are information and communication technology innovation, regulations of communications, socio-economic implications of information and communication technologies, and internationalisation of services. Anders Henten has worked professionally in the areas of communications economy and policy for more than 15 years. He has participated in numerous research projects financed, e.g., by the European Community, World Bank, Danish Research Councils and Ministries, and in a large number of consultancies, financed by UNCTAD, ITU, Danish Ministries, etc.
Eric Giertz, KTH Executive School, Sweden
Eric Giertz is president of KTH Executive School and an associate professor of Industrial Economics and Management at KTH (the Royal Institute of Technology) in Stockholm. He holds a Ph.D. in engineering and has worked for more than twenty years as a strategy consultant in the field of business development. Eric Giertz is also an active board member in Swedish companies.
Pekka Järvinen, Nordea, Finland
Pekka Järvinen is VP, Head of R&D for Nordea's Payments and e-services, which covers all Nordea's electronic channels for corporate and private users. Mr. Järvinen has an impressive background in the banking technology and eBusiness including the first implementations of Nordea's electronic services.
Frank Elter, Telenor R&D, Norway
Frank Elter holds a Dr. Oecon in strategy, a bachelor in marketing and innovation, and an MBA in International Management with focus on strategy and international finance. He has over 15 years experience in industry, consulting and research. He has worked in financial services, telecoms and information technology. Both as a consultant and as a senior line manager Frank has helped to guide large businesses through major change. Frank specialises in strategy formation and organizational change and has a particular interest in managing complex and dynamic organisations. He wrote his doctoral thesis on Strategizing in Complex Contexts. Frank works as a senior strategy advisor in Telenor R&D.
Torben Vad, Econ Analysis, Denmark
Torben Vad has long experience with analytical research at the company level as well as analyses of organizational, political and regulatory issues. Through academic research he has specialized in analysis of export and trade, network analysis and technical standardization. Vad has recently contributed especially in efforts to relate these issues to the strong growth in the service sectors.
Innovation and Value Creation in the Service Economy
Oslo, 25-26 October 2005
The conference will highlight the importance of the service sector in the
global market. You will get an international comprehensive view of
existing knowledge and future directions with the Nordic region as a
particular focal point.
The conference will be opened by the Norwegian minister of Trade and
Industry Mr. Børge Brende. It is organised by The Research Council of
Norway in co-operation with the Ministry of Science, Technology and
Innovation (VTU), Denmark, Tekes, Finland, VINNOVA, Sweden and Nordic
Innovation Centre.
See web site: http://www.nordicserviceconference.com
Speakers include:
Børge Brende, Minister of Trade and Industry, Norway
Mr. Brende accepted the appointment of Minister of Environment in 2001, and in 2004, he became Minister of Trade and Industry, he is the former Vice-chairman of Norway's Conservative Party and a two-term elected member of the Norwegian parliament. In addition to his duties as Minister, Mr. Brende has been Chairman of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development and has lectured at Harvard University (USA) and the University of Mainz (Germany)
Shuji Tamura, OECD
Shuji Tamura is an administrator in the Science and Technology Policy Division of the OECD where he is responsible for analytical and policy work related to technological innovation and economic performance. Prior to joining the OECD, Mr. Tamura was a government official in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (METI, previously MITI). He was responsible for the policy making for fostering several industries including the chemical industry and the automobile industry. He holds a degree in physics from the Tsukuba University of Japan and in environmental technology from the Imperial College London.
Ian Miles, Manchester University, U.K.
Ian Miles is Professor of Technological Innovation and Social Change at the University of Manchester. He is Co-Director of PREST (Policy Research on Engineering, Science and Technology) and one of the founding Directors of CRIC (Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition). These two groups are part of the Institute of Innovation Research at the University of Manchester, and both pursue studies on services innovation – along with other topics he is involved with (e.g. Foresight research, innovation policy). His original training was in psychology, but his publications span topics such as social indicators and information society, as well as services, innovation, and Foresight. Current research projects include work on public services innovation, R&D in services, innovation programme evaluation culture, and Foresight on Information Technologies.
Jim C. Spohrer, Almaden Services Research, IBM, USA
Jim Spohrer is Director of Almaden Services Research at IBM’s Almaden Research Center in San Jose, CA. Service innovations include technology, business, social-organizational, and demand innovations, and Jim’s group works with IBM Global Services business and academics to explore more systematic approaches to service innovation. Jim has a BS in Physics from MIT, and a PhD in Computer Science from Yale University. Jim has published broadly in the areas of speech recognition, empirical studies of programmers, artificial intelligence, authoring tools, on-line learning communities, open source software, intelligent tutoring systems and student modeling, new paradigms in using computers, implications of rapid technical change, as well as the coevolution of social, business, and technical systems.
Walter Ganz, Fraunhofer, Germany
Walter Ganz is a member of the board of the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (IAO) Stuttgart. He is head of the research departments “Service Engineering” and “Human Resource Management”. He co-ordinates the service research activities on the level of the institute, the state level as well as the federal level and the international integration. Support of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) in Germany regarding the development of research programs and activities in the field of “Innovation in Services”. Walter Ganz is a member of advisory boards in different initiatives of the Ministries of Economics for the establishment of service topics.
Siri Bjerke, NHO Confederation of Norwegian Business and Industry, Norway
Siri Bjerke is Executive Director Industrial Affairs, Confederation of Norwegian Business and Industry. Her previous experience includes: Minister of Environment (2000 – 01), State secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1993 – 1997) and International secretary, Norwegian Labour Party.
Vibeke H. Madsen, HSH Federation of Norwegian Commercial and Service Enterprises, Norway
Vibeke H. Madsen is CEO Federation of Norwegian Commercial and Service Enterprises (HSH). Her previous experience includes: partner in PA Consulting, vice president in Statoil Marketing, manager in Association of Local Authorities in Norway (Kommunenes Sentralforbund). She is boardmember in Aker Kværner ASA and chairman of Ungt Entreprenørskap in Norway (Junior Achievement-Young Enterprise Europe)
Session A
Barbro Lagerholm, IVF Industrial Research and Development Corporation, Sweden
Barbro Lagerholm is project leader for the development program “Value creation through services”. Her other projects focuses on development of new (future) customer offerings in manufacturing industries. Prior to joining IVF 1999 she worked 20 years as manager and management consultant in manufacturing industries
Göran Andersson, Finland
Göran Andersson is a Management Consultant focusing on innovation and technology management. He has 30+ years’ experience in senior management positions in Finnish international industry and is a founding member of BestServ Forum
Eva Nilsson, Swedish Institute of Management, Sweden
Eva Nilsson is director for the foundation Marketing Technology Center (MTC) and project leader for the development program IASS.
Norwegian firm, TBA
Session B
Jari Kuusisto, SC Research, Finland
Prof. Jari Kuusisto is Director of the SC-Research institute and affiliated with the Lappeenranta University of Technology and Kingston University in London. He has extensive experience in innovation and small business issues as a researcher and consultant. Service related innovation and services added value to the business processes are key focus areas in Prof. Kuusisto’s most recent research. On-going projects in these areas include research and consulting work for the Finnish technology agency Tekes, the Irish development Agency Forfás and OECD. Since earning his doctorate from the Kingston University he has worked for the Technopolis Ltd which is a pan European consultancy specialised in innovation and technology policy. Prof. Kuusisto has completed a number of evaluations for Sitra and Tekes on their venture funding activities. He has also conducted evaluation of the UK and Irish SME policies for the Ministry of Trade and Industry. In Norway he has been involved in the evaluation of SND.
Arve Halseth, Econ Analysis, Norway
Arve Halseth is a partner in Econ Analysis, he has analysed a number of strategies and framework conditions within the service sector, specifically in transport/logistics and telecom
Peter J. Hansen, Wonderful Copenhagen, Denmark
Peter Hansen is senior director of business development with Wonderful Copenhagen - the tourism and event organization in Copenhagen. He is formerly head of Research & Strategy at the private think tank Strategic Forum/House of Monday Morning and has held positions as senior consultant in Danish consultancy and communication firms. He has conducted numerous policy studies in the field of economic development - i.e. studies for the Danish government of "The Creative alliance between Buisiness & Culture" and the experience economy in general. At present Peter manages a pan-Nordic study tracking the impact of cultural events in the local economies. The study is financially surported by NICe.
Leif Methlie, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Norway
Leif B. Methlie is professor in information management and e-business development at Department of Strategy and Management, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH). Methlie has taught and done research in information management and decision support systems. Since 1996 he has been manager of a research program in Electronic Commerce at the Center of Economics and Business Research. Methlie has been visiting professor in USA, France, Singapore and Italy. He is former Rector of the NHH.
Session C
Ragnhild Kvålshaugen, SINTEF, Norway
Ragnhild Kvålshaugen is Senior Scientist at SINTEF, department of Knowledge and strategy, and she also holds an adjunct position as Associate Professor at BI Norwegian School of Management. She received her Ph.D. in strategy from BI Norwegian School of Management. Her research interest is on organizational learning, strategic leadership, and knowledge and knowledge management. She has co-authored two books; one research book on the creation of European management practice, and one strategy textbook. Her articles have been published in various European journals. She has participated in several research projects concerning knowledge intensive firms, and she also participated in cross-national research project funded by the European Union on the creation of European management practice.
Lars Goldschmidt, the Danish Association of Consulting Engineers, Denmark
Lars Goldschmidt is managing director of The Danish Association of Consulting Engineers and has PhDs in Chemistry and Organizational Sociology. He has had a number of leading positions within Danish public and private sector. In addition Lars plays an active role in the Danish research community.
Monica Lindstedt, Hemfrid, Sweden
Monica Lindstedt is an entrepreneur with a MBA, who frequently engages in public debate. Having been head of several firms she gradually realized that she was more an entrepreneur than anything else. In 1992 together with two colleagues she established the newspaper Metro and four years later the company Hemfrid AB. Hemfrid has 350 employees and deliver home based services to the consumer market. Monica Lindstedt has board positions in several Swedish service companies and has written the management books: “Initiativets Makt” and “VD-mødor”.
Markku Teppo, Finnish Road Administraiton, Finland
Marku Teppo is Procurement Director of Finnish Road Administration. In the process based organisation he is process owner of the Procurement Process and responsible for developing Finnra's procurement methods and for harmonising the methods used in different road regions of Finnra.
Per Christian Selmer, Norway Land Information AS
Per Chr. Selmer, Managing Director of Norway Land Information AS, is originally a chartered surveyor. During the last twenty years his work has been related to modernising public land information in Norway and building an infrastructure which integrates the information in products from the private sector.
Session D
Anders Henten, the Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Anders Henten is Associate Professor at the Center for Tele-Information (CTU). His main areas of research are information and communication technology innovation, regulations of communications, socio-economic implications of information and communication technologies, and internationalisation of services. Anders Henten has worked professionally in the areas of communications economy and policy for more than 15 years. He has participated in numerous research projects financed, e.g., by the European Community, World Bank, Danish Research Councils and Ministries, and in a large number of consultancies, financed by UNCTAD, ITU, Danish Ministries, etc.
Eric Giertz, KTH Executive School, Sweden
Eric Giertz is president of KTH Executive School and an associate professor of Industrial Economics and Management at KTH (the Royal Institute of Technology) in Stockholm. He holds a Ph.D. in engineering and has worked for more than twenty years as a strategy consultant in the field of business development. Eric Giertz is also an active board member in Swedish companies.
Pekka Järvinen, Nordea, Finland
Pekka Järvinen is VP, Head of R&D for Nordea's Payments and e-services, which covers all Nordea's electronic channels for corporate and private users. Mr. Järvinen has an impressive background in the banking technology and eBusiness including the first implementations of Nordea's electronic services.
Frank Elter, Telenor R&D, Norway
Frank Elter holds a Dr. Oecon in strategy, a bachelor in marketing and innovation, and an MBA in International Management with focus on strategy and international finance. He has over 15 years experience in industry, consulting and research. He has worked in financial services, telecoms and information technology. Both as a consultant and as a senior line manager Frank has helped to guide large businesses through major change. Frank specialises in strategy formation and organizational change and has a particular interest in managing complex and dynamic organisations. He wrote his doctoral thesis on Strategizing in Complex Contexts. Frank works as a senior strategy advisor in Telenor R&D.
Torben Vad, Econ Analysis, Denmark
Torben Vad has long experience with analytical research at the company level as well as analyses of organizational, political and regulatory issues. Through academic research he has specialized in analysis of export and trade, network analysis and technical standardization. Vad has recently contributed especially in efforts to relate these issues to the strong growth in the service sectors.
Sunday, May 08, 2005
NGM | Abstracts and papers Nordic Geographers' Conference - lots of the papers whose abstracts I've viewed deal with services, KIBS, KISA etc...
These sessions and papers loook most relevant to this blog:
These sessions and papers loook most relevant to this blog:
W34: Geographies of service economies 1 – Globalisation of
services
Room: Geocentrum 2, 229
Session organizers: Brita Hermelin, Grete Rusten
Chair: Grete Rusten
John R. Bryson: A ‘second’ global shift: The offshoring of corporate services
and the rise of distanciated emotional labour
Melanie Feakins: From core to offshore: Offshore outsourcing of software to St
Patrik Ström: The ‘lagged’ internationalization of Japanese professional
business service firms: Experiences from the
W44: Geographies of service economies 2 – Knowledge
production: concepts, structures and processes
Room: Geocentrum 2, 229
Session organizers: Brita Hermelin, Grete Rusten
Chair: Brita Hermelin
Marja Toivonen: Future prospects of the KIBS sector and their implications to
regional economies
Heidi Wiig Aslesen & Arne Isaksen: From KIBS to KISA: A useful change of
approach?
Mats Lundmark: Labour mobility and networks in the business service sector
Grete Rusten & John R Bryson: Understanding the production and
consumption of design expertise by small and medium-sized firms: Some
evidence from
W54: Geographies of service economies 3 – Service spaces
Room: Geocentrum 2, 229
Session organizers: Brita Hermelin, Grete Rusten
Chair: Patrik Ström
Nina Gunnerud Berg, Britt Dale, Peter Sjøholt: The changing structure of the
central place system in Middle Norway over the past 40 years – Viewed in
the light of recent theories and trends
Brita Hermelin: The anatomy and geography of service sector growth in the
Lukas Smas: The changing production of consumer services spaces: the
reconfiguration of places for commodity transactions in Stockholm CBD
Concluding discussion
T18: Innovation and space: Knowledge and creativity
Room: Geocentrum 2, 209
Session organizer: Economic Geography Research Group at Department of
Social and Economic Geography/CIRCLE (Centre for Innovation,
Research and Competence in the Learning Economy),
Chair: Bjørn T. Asheim
Christof Klöpper & Tina Haisch: Creative capital in
Jan Vang: Rethinking the spatial organization of creative industries
Stig-Erik Jakobsen & Bernt Aarset: Regulative transformations, market
shifts, and innovations within the pelagic sector of the Norwegian fisheries
Jerker Moodysson & Ola Jonsson: Knowledge in projects. A dual geography
of biotech innovation
Nikodemus Solitander: In the search for an ecology of knowledge – The
Finnish design cluster in the age of austerity
Friday, May 06, 2005
Greening of KIBS THis link will take you to the very much needed project report "Creating Eco-efficient Producer Services".
Thursday, May 05, 2005
Tokyo Club Foundation for Global Studies | Conference on Innovation in Services:
Conference on Innovation and Promotion Policies for the Service Sector in Asia; lots of powerpoints and papers, some with spoecific focus (logistics, tourism) some more general overviews.
Conference on Innovation and Promotion Policies for the Service Sector in Asia; lots of powerpoints and papers, some with spoecific focus (logistics, tourism) some more general overviews.
