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The Information Society and the Welfare State - The Finnish Model (Paperback, Revised)
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The Information Society and the Welfare State - The Finnish Model (Paperback, Revised)
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Silicon Valley has been considered as the model that societies must
imitate to succeed in the information age. However, recently
another alternative has attracted strong international interest:
the Finnish model. This is equally dynamic in technological and
economic terms, but combines the information society with the
welfare state. The Information Society and the Welfare State is the
first accessible academic study of what the Finnish model really
is. The authors analyse the factors that have enabled Nokia to
become the world's leading telecommunications company, for example,
and Linux to become the biggest challenger to Microsoft in the
operating systems market. They discuss the development of Nokia and
the Finnish innovation model, with important lesssons for
businesses and national technology policies. However, the Finnish
model's most radical and interesting feature is its attempt to
combine technological and economic success with social justice and
equality. The book shows how Finland has uniquely created a
'virtuous cycle' out of the information society and the welfare
state: the successful information society makes the continued
financing of the welfare state possible and the welfare state
generates well-educated people in good shape for the information
society's continued success. This model has significant
implications for all societies where policy debates about the
information society and/or public policy are on the agenda.
Ultimately, the Finnish model proves that there is no one model for
the information age, but that there is room for different policies
and values.
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