TY - CHAP
T1 - Industrial transformation through public technology procurement?
T2 - The case of Nokia and the finnish telecommunications industry
AU - Palmberg, Christopher
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - In Finland it seems fair to say that the practice of technology policy has been dominated by a science and technology push-oriented approach whereby the primary mode of support to industry has been R&D subsidies and loans granted by such agencies as the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Technology Development Centre of Finland (Tekes), and the Finnish National Fund for Research and Development (Sitra). Following a period of a quantitative increase of funding in 1970s it was proposed, in the early 1980s, that major projects should be initiated in key areas of technological development. This proposal led to the introduction of a technology programme procedure, commissioned by Tekes. In the 1990s the emphasis has been on regional initiatives, such as centres of excellence and technology parks, as well as Finnish participation in the EU’s research policy. (Lemola, 1994). Despite increasing diversity in approaches to the practice of technology policy, however, demand-oriented policies, such as public technology procurement, have received less attention.
AB - In Finland it seems fair to say that the practice of technology policy has been dominated by a science and technology push-oriented approach whereby the primary mode of support to industry has been R&D subsidies and loans granted by such agencies as the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Technology Development Centre of Finland (Tekes), and the Finnish National Fund for Research and Development (Sitra). Following a period of a quantitative increase of funding in 1970s it was proposed, in the early 1980s, that major projects should be initiated in key areas of technological development. This proposal led to the introduction of a technology programme procedure, commissioned by Tekes. In the 1990s the emphasis has been on regional initiatives, such as centres of excellence and technology parks, as well as Finnish participation in the EU’s research policy. (Lemola, 1994). Despite increasing diversity in approaches to the practice of technology policy, however, demand-oriented policies, such as public technology procurement, have received less attention.
U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4615-4611-5_8
DO - 10.1007/978-1-4615-4611-5_8
M3 - Chapter or book article
SN - 978-0-7923-8685-8
SN - 978-1-4613-7084-0
T3 - Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation
SP - 167
EP - 196
BT - Public Technology Procurement and Innovation
A2 - Edquist, Charles
A2 - Hommen, Leif
A2 - Tsipouri, Lena
PB - Kluwer Academic Publishers
CY - New York
ER -