| Author: | Berggren, C. Laestadius, S. |
| Title: | Co-development and composite clusters-the secular strength of Nordic telecommunications |
| Journal: | Industrial and Corporate Change
2003 : FEB, VOL. 12:1, p. 91-114 |
| Index terms: | DEVELOPMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY FINLAND SWEDEN |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | During the 1980s and 1990s Finland and Sweden were on the international frontier in telecommunications, pioneering the first-generation cellular system and leading in the development of the second generation. This strength in telecommunications has developed under various regulatory regimes in a complex industrial history, going back to the nineteenth century. To account for this Fenno-Swedish telecom trajectory, the article starts out with Porter's model of industrial competitiveness and theories of public procurement, and then focus the attention and analysis in two directions: (i) the historical role of advanced, research-intensive users and competitive public-private development pairs; and (ii) the emergence and significance of a composite binational clusters. |
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