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• Winner of Manuel Castells was awarded the Holberg International Memorial Prize in 2012.

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Author:   Manuel Castells (, Professor of Sociology and Professor of City and Regional Planning, University of California at Berkeley) ,  Pekka Himanen (, Director, Berkeley Information Society Research Center)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.50cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.30cm
Weight:   0.413kg
ISBN:  

9780199256990

ISBN 10:   0199256993
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   03 October 2002
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: The Finnish Information Society in Global Context 1: The Mobile Valley: Nokia, Finland, and the Transformation of the Finnish Economy 2: Innovative about Innovating: The Unlikely Innovation System -- The State, Corporate Business, Universities, and Hackers 3: The Welfare of the Nation: The Information Society and the Welfare State 4: The Local Information Society: Spatial Dynamics, Information Technology, and Public Policy 5: The Power of Identity: Identity Driving the Information Society and the Information Society Building Identity 6: The Finnish Model of the Information Society 7: Conclusion I: The Challenges for Finland 8: Conclusion II: Lessons from Finland

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... this is an important piece of work that contains an impressive range of imformation about present-day Finland and it information society. Enterprise & Society ... discusses the lessons from both Nokia, and the Finnish Innovation model, for business and national technology policies. Essential reading for anyone with responsibilities in those areas - as well as being of interest to many general readers. Long Range Planning

this is an important piece of work that contains an impressive range of imformation about present-day Finland and it information society. Enterprise & Society ... discusses the lessons from both Nokia, and the Finnish Innovation model, for business and national technology policies. Essential reading for anyone with responsibilities in those areas - as well as being of interest to many general readers. Long Range Planning

Author Information

Manuel Castells is Professor of Sociology, and Professor of City & Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley, where he was appointed in 1979 after teaching for twelve years at the University of Paris. He has also been a visiting professor in fifteen universities around the world, and an invited lecturer in hundreds of academic and professional institutions in thirty-five countries. Pekka Himanen works as a researcher in Europe and the United States. Following the completion of his Ph.D. eight years ago, he has also carried out field study in India, China, and Japan. He has been an adviser to the Finnish government on the information society, and to the Finnish Ministry of Eduacation and numerous universities on the virtual university. He works with some of the world's leading information technology companies on the human-oriented approaches to the information society.

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