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AI & SOCIETY
Published in: AI & SOCIETY 3/2004

01-07-2004 | Open Forum

The regional innovation system in Sweden: a study of regional clusters for the development of high technology

Authors: Sang-Chul Park, Seong-Keun Lee

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A transition from the Fordist production system based on mass production to the post-Fordist production system based on a diversified set of low-volume production has affected industrial structures in advanced industrialized nations since the beginning of the 1970s (Park 2002). …
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Footnotes
1
Interview with Dr. Lars Fernvall, Head of Communication and Policy in VINNOVA on 13th June 2002
 
2
Among Swedish regional clusters, activities of clusters such as Crystal Valley, IDEA Plant, Audiovisual cluster, Cutting Technology Centre, the Kingdom of aluminum, etc., are taking place in more than two local governments, and Medicon Valley’s activity is emerging in two nations such as Sweden and Denmark.
 
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Metadata
Title
The regional innovation system in Sweden: a study of regional clusters for the development of high technology
Authors
Sang-Chul Park
Seong-Keun Lee
Publication date
01-07-2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
AI & SOCIETY / Issue 3/2004
Print ISSN: 0951-5666
Electronic ISSN: 1435-5655
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-003-0277-7

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