Towards a New Growth and Innovation Policy in Norway
Published in 2004, this book accompanied the effort of the Norwegian government to put in place a stronger platform for a comprehensive policy in support of innovation and long-term growth. The review spans a range of relevant areas: framework conditions, human capital issues, entrepreneurship including associated challenges in the provision of seed and venture capital, labour market and social welfare issues, research and innovation linkages, logistics and regional development, and globalisation and related governance issues. The report advances a set of observations on strengths and weaknesses of Norway's innovation system in an international context, and presents concrete recommendations for reforms. Among these, the Norwegian government is asked to review its overriding policy objective, and to reformulate it through a process of consultation with the key societal stakeholders.