Innovation growth and social cohesion : the Danish model 1. The objective : to stimulate a knowledge based debate about innovation policy 2. Innovation 3. The innovation system 4. A national innovation system 5. The specialization of the Danish innovation system 6. Education labour markets and capital markets as fundamental components of the Danish innovation and competence building system 7. The learning economy 8. The learning organization 9. Knowledge intensity and knowledge flows in the Danish innovation system 10. Inter firm collaboration 11. Collaboration between firms and knowledge institutions 12. Qualification requirements and organizational change : new challenges for continuing education and vocational training 13. Labour market dynamics innovation and organizational change 14. Lessons to be learnt Written by the scholar who together with Chris Freeman first introduced the concept of the innovation system this book brings the literature an important step forward. Based upon extraordinarily rich empirical material it shows how and why competence building and innovation are crucial for economic growth and competitiveness in the current era. It also provides a case study of a small very successful European economy combining wealth creation with social cohesion