Globalisation, New and Emerging Technologies, and Sustainable Development

This book explores the capacity of the Danish innovation system to respond to key societal challenges including the green imperative of achieving growth with environmental sustainability and the need to adapt to new and possibly disruptive changes in technology, often referred to as the 4th Industrial Revolution.

Introduction: Globalisation, new and emerging technologies and sustainable development - the Danish innovation system in transition; PART I The systems approach and policy agenda 1 The emergence of innovation policy as a field: The international context and the Danish experience; 2 The performance, challenges and related policies of the Danish research and innovation system; 3 Entrepreneurship, experimentation and innovation: Future policy for innovative and growth-oriented entrepreneurs in Denmark; 4 The Danish regional innovation system in transition; PART II Value chains, innovation and inter-organisational relations 5 Supplier firms in transition - the case of Denmark; 6 Collaborative business models in innovation systems - the case of physical infrastructure; 7 Collaboration as a cornerstone in public sector innovation - the case of Denmark; PART III Technology, employee learning and the labour market 8 The impact of robots and AI/ML on skills and work organisation; 9 Work organisation, innovation and the quality of working life in Denmark; 10 Work policy and automation in the fourth industrial revolution11 Firm innovation and tertiary continuing education; PART IV Green transition and sustainability 12 Firms' contribution to the green transition of the Danish national system of innovation - changes in technological specialisation, skills and innovation; 13 The measurement and performance of the Danish innovation system in relation to sustainable development