The concept of National Innovation Systems is well established in academic research and enthusiastically adopted by policymakers. Yet there are relatively few in-depth studies of individual national innovation systems. This book provides just that, a model for the application of the concept to an individual economy, that of Norway.

1. Introduction: Innovation in Norway ; SECTION I: THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION AND CURRENT STRUCTURE OF THE NORWEGIAN NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEM ; 2. The Layers of National Innovation Systems: The Historical Evolution of a National Innovation System in Norway ; 3. Public sector research and industrial innovation in Norway: a historical perspective ; 4. Policies for Path Creation: The rise and fall of Norway's research-driven strategy for industralisation ; 5. Historical Fingerprints? A Taxonomy of Norwegian innovation ; SECTION II: SECTORAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS IN NORWAY: OLD AND NEW PATHS ; 6. Innovation and Production in the Norwegian Aluminium Industry ; 7. The Development of the Norwegian Petroleum Innovation System: A Historical Overview ; 8. The Innovation System of Norwegian Aquacultured Salmonids ; 9. The Biotechnology industry in Norway: A marginal sector or future core activity ; 10. Slow Growth and Revolutionary Change: The Norwegian IT Industry Enters the Global Age, 1970-2005 ; SECTION 3: INNOVATION POLICY AND INSTITUTIONS IN CONTEMPORARY NORWAY ; 11. University-Industry Relations in Norway ; 12. The Technical-Industrial Research Institutes in the Norwegian Innovation System ; 13. Industrial R&D Policy in Norway: who gets the funding and what are the effects?

Jan Fagerberg is Professor at the Department of Business and Management at Aalborg University in Denmark and the Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture (TIK) at the University of Oslo. David Mowery is Professor at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, Bart Verspagen is Professor at Maastricht University, Department of Economics, and UNU-MERIT.