Palmgrave MacMillan has published a new anthology of papers covering Nordic models for regional innovation.

The book, which has been edited by Marianne Ekman, Bjørn Gustavsen, Bjørn T. Asheim and Øyvind Pålshaugen, includes chapters on:

• Nordic experiences on learning, innovation and partcipation.
• The organization of work and systems of labour market regulation and social proetction. 
• Promoting innovative organizations.
• Cluster-specific innovation strategies.
• Innovating regional co-operation between the local and the national. 

"Participation and social responsibility in innovation are the core themes of this book. The main argument is that both are issues of organization and not of, say, ethics, or the enforcement of other forms of obligations on individual actors. The need is for a democratization of innovation that can make innovation open to broad participation, scrutiny from many positions, and influence from different interest groups without, however, losing the forward momentum."