Incluye bibliografía

List of figures -- List of tables -- List of boxes -- List of contributors -- List of abbreviations -- 1. Understanding european systems of competence building / Edward Lorenz and Bengt-Ake Lundvall -- Pt. 1. Diversity in european systems of competence building: 2. Do national systems converge? / Mark Tomlinson -- 3. The role of national borders and regions in knowledge flows / Mei H. C. Ho and Bart Verspagen -- 4. Differences in learning and inequality / Adne Cappelen -- Pt. 2. Organization, labour markets, and corporate governance: 5. The learning organization and national systems of competence building and innovation / Alice Lam and Bengt-Ake Lundvall -- 6. Organizational forms and innovative performance: a comparison of the EU-15 / Edward Lorenz and Antoine Valeyre -- 7. Learning organizations and industrial relations: how the danish economy learns / Peter Nielsen and Bengt-Ake Lundvall -- 8. Organizational structure and the diffusion of new forms of corporate governance in Europe / Andrew Tylecote -- Pt. 3. Education systems and science-industry links: 9. Science-technology-industry links and the 'European Paradox': some notes on the dynamics of scientific and technological research in Europe / Giovanni Dosi, Patrick Llerena, and Mauro Sylos Labini -- 10. European universities under the pressure of globalization / Patrick Cohedet, Chantale Mailhot, and Véronique Schaeffer -- 11. Learning industry against knowledge economy? Lessons from the french case / Eric Verdier -- 12. Science-industry links and the labour markets for Ph.D.s / Caroline Lanciano-Morandat and Hiroatsu Nohara -- 13. Competence certification and the reform of vocational education: a comparison of the UK, France, and Germany / Christian Bessy -- Pt. 4. Multi-level governance and policy options: 14. Innovation systems and institutional regimes: the construction of different types of national, sectoral, and transnational innovation systems / Richard Whitley -- 15. For national strategies of transition to a knowledge economy in the European Union - learning, innovation, and the open method of coordination / Maria Joa Rodrigues -- 16. Welfare and learning in Europe - how to revitalize the lisbon process and break the stalemate / Bengt-Ake Lundvall and Edward Lorenz -- Index