The Parties of Working Life, Innovation, and Regional Development

The working paper deals with the parties of working life and their role in innovation. The level of innovation is low in Norway compared to the average of OECD-countries. Substantial oil revenues, small companies and structure of ownership explain this. Innovation implies the creation of new product...

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Published in:Høgskolen i Hedmark - Notat 2004
Main Author: Hafting, Tore
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
action research
Agreement on Co-operation and Development
diffusion
Incentives
institutional arrangements
large-scale R&D- programmes
union density
Value Creation 2010
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Summary:The working paper deals with the parties of working life and their role in innovation. The level of innovation is low in Norway compared to the average of OECD-countries. Substantial oil revenues, small companies and structure of ownership explain this. Innovation implies the creation of new products, services and forms of organisation by combining existing knowledge in a new way. The Agreement on Co-operation and Development between the parties is the framework for having innovations transferred from the research community to private business. High union density, the tradition of action research, the Agreement and the involvement of the parties in large-scale, development programmes play a crucial role for diffusing innovations. The Agreement is unique to Norway and is a deviant case compared to other industrialised countries. For further research, a sketch for comparing alternative institutional arrangements for diffusing innovations is presented and discussed.