Social innovations, institutional change and economic performance : making sense of structural adjustment processes in industrial sectors, regions and societies

Contents: Prefatory Essay: Institutions and Social Innovation W. Richard Scott 1. Introduction: Historical Transformation Challenges Established Structures Risto Heiskala and Timo Hamalainen PART I: THEORETICAL, EMPIRICAL AND POLICY PERSPECTIVES TO STRUCTURAL CHANGE 2. Social Innovation, Structural Adjustment and Economic Performance Timo Hamalainen 3. Social Innovations: Structural and Power Perspectives Risto Heiskala 4. Social Innovation or Hegemonic Change? Rapid Paradigm Change in Finland in the 1980s and 1990s Risto Heiskala and Timo Hamalainen 5. Policy Implications: How to Facilitate the Structural Adjustment and Renewal of Advanced Societies? Timo Hamalainen PART II: ADDITIONAL PERSPECTIVES TO STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT IN SECTORS, REGIONS AND NATION STATES 6. Structural Adjustments and Conflicting Recipes in the US Auto Industry J.-C. Spender 7. From Path Dependency to Path Creation: Baden-Wurttemberg and the Future of the German Model Gerd Schienstock 8. Divergence Among Mature and Rich Industrial Economies - The Case of Sweden Entering a New and Immediate Economy Gunnar Eliasson 9. Social Innovation and Institutional Change in Ireland in the Late-20th Century: From 'The Poorest of the Rich' to 'Europe's Shining Light'? J.S. O'Connor References