scholarly journals Revitalizing the Successful Past in the North: Narratives of Change in the Peripheral Post-Industrial City of Kajaani, Finland

Urban Science ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simo Häyrynen ◽  
Jussi Semi
Keyword(s):  
Local Development ◽  
Political Activity ◽  
Future Expectations ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
The North ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
Changing Role ◽  
Local Narratives ◽  
State Regional

Finding a new destination for declining industrial communities is a common European trend, wherein local, national and EU interests are intertwined and sometimes contested. New meaning is sought, among other things, in economics, political activity, and images of the past. This article analyzes local development narratives in the case of the “northern periphery”. This paper highlights how the shrinking town of Kajaani, Finland, reacts to the state’s changing role in regional industrial strategies by comparing different local interpretations of future expectations. The research material comprises interviews, city strategies, and editorials from a local newspaper. This paper suggests that the previously dominant narrative of decentralization still holds sway in the minds of the local advocates. However, it is flavored by the narrative of the knowledge-based economy forming three interrelated local narratives: the narrative of the small town; the narrative of closure; and the narrative of traction. The analysis shows that a northern model city of former industrial policy is seeking to reform and develop its original strengths. However, strong links to previous doctrines of state regional policy still frame the potential of local interpretations and make them specifically Nordic development narratives.

scholarly journals Media education as counterpoint to the devastation of public information in Serbia

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-154
Author(s):  
Nada Torlak ◽  
Momčilo Jokić
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Media Companies ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
The Media ◽  
Time Changes ◽  
Post Industrial

In modern information and IT society, creativity is elevated to a pedestal as a condition for market success, but also survival. In other words, in post-industrial production, or the entire economy, and certainly media companies, which of course operate according to market principles and are based on information, creativity is the most wanted commodity. In the modern knowledge society, there has been a strong affirmation of the phenomenon of cultural, that is, creative industries that have great importance for the economic, social, political and general development of society. At the same time, changes in the economic, technological and cultural spheres have strongly influenced changes in the media, as an important creative industry. This means that media products (information, videos, pics) and the media are industry, not only because of the rating criteria which dictate the direction of business but also because it is about mass production and consumers. Creativity is an important strategic resource for increasing competitiveness in a knowledge-based economy. However, media policy does not encourage the systematic promotion of creativity. Consumerist entertainment industry suppresses and marginalizes authentic, creative cultural practices, replacing them with pseudo-cultural contests. The integration of theoretical knowledge and education into the Serbian media sphere is practically at the zero points with recurrences that seriously undermine the overall development, application of knowledge, modern technological achievements, and the affirmation of democracy and freedom as the basic precondition for the overall prosperity of society.

An Overview: Themed Section on Globalisation and Welfare Systems in Asia

2004 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-258
Author(s):  
Raymond K.H. Chan
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
Free Markets ◽  
Capital Movements ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Economic Paradigm ◽  
Growth Of Knowledge ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Post Industrial

The latest period of expansion in the international economy has been characterised by the liberalisation of capital movements, the deregulation of major financial markets and the spread of neo-liberal beliefs in the merits of open and competitive trade, the disadvantages of big government and protectionist policies (Hirst, 1997). The rapid advancement of information and communication technology and the growth of knowledge-based economy have led to the gradual replacement of the conventional resource-based economies. ‘A techno-economic paradigm of information and communications technology and the knowledge-based economy has created a new knowledge-elite class that favours free markets in this post-industrial society, characterized by globalization, decentralization, deregulation and privatization’ (Low, 2003: 30–31).

scholarly journals THE KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY IN LITHUANIA: ANALYSIS OF TENDENCIES

2005 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 231-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Romualdas Ginevičius ◽  
Renata Korsakiene
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Economic Development And Growth ◽  
Advanced Economies ◽  
Primary Driver ◽  
Income Development ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
Development Paradigm

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the tendencies of knowledge‐based economy in Lithuania by looking at a knowledge economy's major dimensions ‐ the structure of economic activity and the infrastructure of knowledge economy. The knowledge‐based economy is the dominant post‐industrial economic development paradigm. The emergence of this paradigm in the 1980s created preconditions to emphasize the role of knowledge creation and distribution as the primary driver in the process of economic development and growth, the distribution of income, development of knowledge‐based networks among firms and the interface between government, business and citizens in the advanced economies.

Role of Education in the Concept of Innovative Economic Development

2015 ◽  
pp. 68-80
Author(s):  
V. Vedeneeva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Post Industrial

Innovations are the main form of transformation of knowledge into welfare. They represent a key feature of a post-industrial economy and of the relevant knowledge-based economy in which the knowledge becomes a critical factor and a primary source of socio-economic development. The shaping of the educational services market is one of requirements for transition to a post-industrial society, which presupposes a comprehensive modernization of the country. The statement of modernization itself primarily applies to education, – both basic and further. In Russia, a new structure of higher education was created, in which the leading role belongs to federal and national universities designed to prepare professionals for the new economy and science. In the transition period, one of the main tasks of higher education is to train engineers of innovative type. However, the level of engineering education in universities as a whole does not meet the requirements of an innovative economy, and the most demanded professions do not belong to the sphere of innovations. Young people are still motivated to obtain a profession that allows to ensure high wages, primarily in the financial sector and management. This problem is solved by developing a real cooperation between universities and business, by the expansion of academic mobility, as well as the introduction of additional professional development programs and training of engineering personnel.

scholarly journals Cross-Sector Partnerships for Innovation and Growth: Can Creative Industries Support Traditional Sector Innovations?

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
pp. 10122
Author(s):  
Monika Klein ◽  
Monika Spychalska-Wojtkiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Creative Industries ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Expert Assessments ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
Cultural And Creative Industries ◽  
Business Technology

At the turn of culture and economics, cultural and creative industries (CCIs) stimulate business, technology, and society and drive innovations within individual regions, as well as on a cross-border level. This makes CCIs and thus culture, creativity, and design significant elements of the modern, post-industrial, and knowledge-based economy. The purpose of the paper is to outline the expectations and needs of entrepreneurs in both the creative and traditional sectors for the future cooperation and implementation of cross-sectoral innovations. It is assumed that there are no guidelines on establishing a cross-sectorial process for the efficient transfer of knowledge for innovation between the two sectors, establishing a strong platform of international cooperation for innovations in the region. To obtain information in this area quantitative and qualitative research was done. A series of expert interviews were conducted, and empirical expert observations were made in the form of qualitative surveys and expert assessments. The presented results are based on the summary reports of empirical research activities. The results of the analysis allowed us to determine that the assumption was true and that representatives of both the traditional and creative sectors lack proven models of cooperation and commercialization for joint innovations.

From Freezing to Investing: New Approaches to Monetary and Currency Policies

2008 ◽  
pp. 47-55
Author(s):  
A. Nekipelov ◽  
Yu. Goland
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Property Rights ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
Human Potential ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy

The appeals to minimize state intervention in the Russian economy are counterproductive. However the excessive involvement of the state is fraught with the threat of building nomenclature capitalism. That is the main idea of the series of articles by prominent representatives of Russian economic thought who formulate their position on key elements of the long-term strategy of Russia’s development. The articles deal with such important issues as Russia’s economic policy, transition to knowledge-based economy, basic directions of monetary and structural policies, strengthening of property rights, development of human potential, foreign economic priorities of our state.

Creativity Class

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lily Chumley
Keyword(s):  
Socialist Economy ◽  
Art Students ◽  
Culture Industries ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
School Entrance ◽  
Prep Schools ◽  
Entrance Test ◽  
Art Academies ◽  
Art School

The last three decades have seen a massive expansion of China's visual culture industries, from architecture and graphic design to fine art and fashion. New ideologies of creativity and creative practices have reshaped the training of a new generation of art school graduates. This is the first book to explore how Chinese art students develop, embody, and promote their own personalities and styles as they move from art school entrance test preparation, to art school, to work in the country's burgeoning culture industries. The book shows the connections between this creative explosion and the Chinese government's explicit goal of cultivating creative human capital in a new “market socialist” economy where value is produced through innovation. Drawing on years of fieldwork in China's leading art academies and art test prep schools, the book combines ethnography and oral history with analyses of contemporary avant-garde and official art, popular media, and propaganda. Examining the rise of a Chinese artistic vanguard and creative knowledge-based economy, the book sheds light on an important facet of today's China.

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