Knowledge-Based Growth in Natural Resource Intensive Economies - Mining, Knowledge Development and Innovation in Norway 1860-1940 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

This book rejects the idea that natural resource industries are doomed to slow growth. Rather, it examines the case of Norway to demonstrate that such industries can prove highly innovative and dynamic. Here, the case is compellingly made that a key empirical problem with the popular 'resource curse' argument is that some of the richest countries in the world - namely Norway, Sweden, Canada and Australia - have all developed fast-growing economies based on natural resources. Analysis of innovation and knowledge development in natural resource industries reveal important new insights about the role of learning and innovation. These insights are key to understanding variances in growth levels between natural resource-based economies. Ranestad illustrates how Norway's high economic performance is built on knowledge-based natural resource industries. While Norwegian industries may have originated because of foreign technology and expertise, they thrived due to further developments carried out by organisations within Norway. Ranestad looks at how these developments were possible due to the country's high level of human capital, capacity for knowledge absorption and ability to adapt to new global technological and economic circumstances.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Economic History
Release date:	November 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Kristin Ranestad
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	285
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-96411-9
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Development economics Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management of specific areas > Research & development management Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > Economic geography Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history
LSN:	3-319-96411-9
Barcode:	9783319964119

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