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Jr. Darius Ornston - When Small States Make Big Leaps: Institutional Innovation and High-Tech Competition in Western Europe - 9780801450921 - V9780801450921
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When Small States Make Big Leaps: Institutional Innovation and High-Tech Competition in Western Europe

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Description for When Small States Make Big Leaps: Institutional Innovation and High-Tech Competition in Western Europe Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4, 4 tables. BIC Classification: KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518. Institutional Innovation and High-tech Competition in Western Europe. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. 248 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: KCP. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 20. Weight: 518.

At the close of the twentieth century, Denmark, Finland, and Ireland emerged as unlikely centers for high-tech competition. In When Small States Make Big Leaps, Darius Ornston reveals how these historically low-tech countries managed to assume leading positions in new industries such as biotechnology, software, and telecommunications equipment. In each case, countries used institutions that are commonly perceived to delay restructuring to accelerate the redistribution of resources to emerging enterprises and industries.

Ornston draws on interviews with hundreds of politicians, policymakers, and industry representatives to identify two different patterns of institutional innovation and economic restructuring. Irish policymakers worked with ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Series
Cornell Studies in Political Economy
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801450921
SKU
V9780801450921
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About Jr. Darius Ornston
Darius Ornston is Assistant Professor of International Affairs at the University of Georgia.

Reviews for When Small States Make Big Leaps: Institutional Innovation and High-Tech Competition in Western Europe
"When Small States Make Big Leaps is a first-rate book that adds substantially to debates on European political economy and corporatism. Darius Ornston argues that some small European states have invented a new 'creative' corporatism that turns economic pressure into targeted political pressures that both motivate and enable new kinds of tripartite deals to deliver supply-side benefits. Throughout, Ornston distinguishes ... Read more

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