Co‐development and composite clusters—the secular strength of Nordic telecommunications

During the 1980s and 1990s Finland and Sweden were on the international frontier in telecommunications, pioneering the first‐generation cellular system and leading in the development of the second generation. This strength in telecommunications has developed under various regulatory regimes in a com...

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Published in:Industrial and corporate change 2003-02, Vol.12 (1), p.91-114
Main Authors: Berggren, Christian, Laestadius, Staffan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Annual reports
Competition
Competitiveness
Enterprises
Finland
Government purchasing
Industrial structure
Industry
Internet
Public-private partnership
SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Studies
Sweden
Telecommunications
Telecommunications industry
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Summary:During the 1980s and 1990s Finland and Sweden were on the international frontier in telecommunications, pioneering the first‐generation cellular system and leading in the development of the second generation. This strength in telecommunications has developed under various regulatory regimes in a complex industrial history, going back to the nineteenth century. To account for this Fenno‐Swedish telecom trajectory, the article starts out with Porter's model of industrial competitiveness and theories of public procurement, and then focus the attention and analysis in two directions: (i) the historical role of advanced, research‐intensive users and competitive public–private development pairs; and (ii) the emergence and significance of a composite binational clusters and their local agglomerations in the accelerated industry growth in the 1990s.
ISSN:0960-6491
1464-3650
1464-3650
DOI:10.1093/icc/12.1.91