Euroabstracts. Vol. 37-4/99 Dossier: Innovation in Finland

Directorate-General For The Information Society And Media

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Vol.37-4/99 ék ',Jt m r?*5 :, ' ■ M . S ■fflSiiS M ■ : '»«f PUBLISHED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION * * .ATlON/SMEs PROGRAMME · AUGUST 1999 JlutíÉji cHi inri ñl FINNISH FLAIR The European Union will be seeing out the millennium under the guidance of Finland, during whose presidency discussions on the form and content of the Sixth Frame­work Programme will gradually be getting under way. One significant objective which the Finnish presidency wants to achieve is to improve the efficiency of the research administration and its methods. It has solid experience to build on. It has made the transi­tion from wood to wireless, from an economy based on forestry to one based on telephony, by efficiently putting in place the building blocks of a knowledge-based econ­omy. It has educated its population. It has pragmatically Knowledge for sale, page 12 applied public resources with private-sector flair. The 3-8 Innovation state, through its agencies TEKES and SITRA, has seeded a Information and venture capital industry, and encouraged new high-tech Communication Technologies 9-11 firms to start up, and to move in from abroad. The result is Feature: a high level of investment - particularly in research and Innovation in Finland 12-17 development - and industries which can export the world Energy. Environment over.

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• Marketing et communication

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• Publié par: DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-THE-INFORMATION-SOCIETY-AND-MEDIA
• Nombre de lectures: 8
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 7 Mo

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