Tekes, the National Technology Agency of Finland, is the main financing organisation for applied and industrial R&D in Finland. Funding is granted from the state budget. Tekes' primary objective is to promote the competitiveness of Finnish industry and the service sector by technological means. Activities aim to diversify production structures, increase productivity and exports, and create a foundation for employment and social well-being. Tekes supports applied and industrial R&D in Finland to the extent of some EUR 390 million, annually. The Tekes network in Finland and overseas offers excellent channels for cooperation with Finnish companies, universities and research institutes. Technology programmes – part of the innovation chain The technology programmes for developing innovative products and processes are an essential part of the Finnish innovation system. These programmes have proved to be an effective form of cooperation and networking for companies and the research sector. Technology programmes promote development in specific sectors of technology or industry, and the results of the research work are passed on to business systematically. The programmes also serve as excellent frameworks for international R&D cooperation. Currently, a total of about 50 extensive national technology programmes are under way. Foreword Information society, or knowledge society, is an example of those widely used terms that have different meaning for different people. Although information society related research and technology development is currently one of the main stars in the sky, we do not have a clear picture of it, or its position. This report is the result of the mapping of thoughts and visions of large number of thinkers in three continents about the information society and research related to it. The report is part of the activities during the preparation of research cooperation program between Finland and the research This report gives two views to the information society related research. The first view outlines some of the key areas, themes and activities that have taken place this far. The second view suggests a set of maps and paradigms to be usable in defining research projects and strategies. If we stay in traditional research sectors and in their definitions, we are in a big risk of missing those things we should find when building up our picture of the current day and visions for the future. In addition to work needed in the traditional sectors, we need more new research areas and multidisciplinary research activities. Many interesting questions and …

http://staff.stir.ac.uk/w.m.thompson/Innocom/Library/Knowledge_Society.pdf

From Periphery to Center: Emerging Research Topics on Knowledge Society

Discusses how public sector organisations should respond to emerging social and demographic trends, the changing nature of work set against the context of globalisation, the knowledge economy and the influence of information and communication technologies. Argues that the new ways of doing things, which emphasise collaborative action and learning, mandates the adoption of a high performance governance model instead of “command‐based” management. Proposes an integrated parcel of workforce strategies that supports organisational change, addresses noted social and demographic trends, builds social and human capital, recognises the value of life‐long‐learning, accommodates the rise of Self, embraces flexibility and provides for quality employment and tailored opportunities for the public sector's diverse workforce as the preferred corporate policy option.

Individual and organisational learning: a model for reform for public organisations

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Shaping the Societal Bill: past and future trends in education, pensions and healthcare expenditure

Aim: The objective of this article is to make a brief presentation of the information infrastructure as one of the four pillars of the knowledge-based economy (KBE). It also attempts to construct (based on taxonomic methods and applying seven diagnostic variables) a synthetic measure for assessing the degree of the development of information infrastructures in 29 KBEs in the time period 1995–2010. Motivation: The work structure is subordinated to the so defined objective and comprises the introduction, overview, measurement and analysis of the level of the development of information infrastructure in KBEs, and a brief summary. Results: The results of the research obtained by the author allowed the creation of four rankings of the level of the development of information infrastructure in the 29 analysed KBEs and led to the formulation of the conclusion that in the time period 1995–2010 the average level of the development of information infrastructure in the 29 economies grew steadily (with the highest values noted in highly developed KBEs), and the range of variability decreased significantly.

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The information infrastructure of knowledge-based economies in the years 1995–2010

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