Jan Fagerberg
Biographic Data
| ID | 997608 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jan Fagerberg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jan |
| FAMILY NAME | Fagerberg |
| SIGNATURE | FAGERBERG J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oslo |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5684-3769 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 379 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Economic development, environmental challenges & the interests of future generations: Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen’s advice revisited
Offers a reinterpretation of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen’s classic work on how to cater for the interests of future generations. • Considers the relevance of Georgescu-Roegen advice for contemporary discussions on how to deal with challenges facing both the present and future generations. • Analyses what it takes to substantially reduce global inequality and at the same time transition from a fossil to a solar economy. The concern about the current…
Det globale grønne skiftet: Mer evolusjon enn revolusjon
FNs klimapanel har pekt på at utslippene av klimagasser må reduseres til null innen midten av dette århundre om vi skal ha håp om å unngå alvorlige skadevirkninger for natur og samfunn. Denne artikkelen analyserer prosessen fram mot nullutslipp, det globale grønne skiftet, og drivkreftene bak dette, inkludert politikkens rolle. Siden 80 prosent av verdens klimagassutslipp kommer fra bruk av fossil energi, er overgangen fra et system basert på fos…
Mobilizing innovation for sustainability transitions: A comment on transformative innovation policy
Global Value Chains, National Innovation Systems and Economic Development
Innovation Systems for Transformations towards Sustainability? Taking the Normative Dimension Seriously
The aim of this article is to complement research on transformations towards sustainability by drawing upon the innovation systems (IS) framework. The IS framework already serves as a suitable and influential basis for research on processes of technological innovation and economic change. We argue that improving the capacity of an IS framework for dealing with wicked problems and the normative complexity of sustainability requires a fundamental p…
Innovation policy: What, why, and how
During the last two to three decades policy-makers have increasingly became concerned about the role of innovation for economic performance and, more recently, for the solution of challenges that arise (such as the climate challenge). The view that policy may have a role in supporting innovation has become widespread, and the term innovation policy has become commonly used. This paper takes stock of this rapidly growing area of public policy, wit…
Innovation Studies: Evolution and Future Challenges
Innovation is increasingly recognized as a vitally important social and economic phenomenon worthy of serious research study. Firms are concerned about their innovation ability, particularly relative to their competitors. Politicians care about innovation, too, because of its presumed social and economic impact. However, to recognize that innovation is desirable is not sufficient. What is required is systematic and reliable knowledge about how be…
Technological dynamics and social capability: US states and European nations
This article analyzes factors shaping technological capabilities in USA and European countries, and shows that the differences between the two continents in this respect are much smaller than commonly assumed. The analysis demonstrates a tendency toward convergence in technological capabilities for the sample as a whole between 1998 and 2008. The results indicate that social capabilities, such as well-developed public knowledge infrastructure, an…
National Systems of Innovation: Toward a Theory of Innovation and Interactive Learning
National Systems of Innovation presents a new perspective on the dynamics of the national and the global economy.
Innovation: A Guide to the Literature
Innovation is not a new phenomenon. Arguably, it is as old as mankind itself. There seems to be something inherently “human” about the tendency to think about new and better ways of doing things and to try them out in practice. In spite of its obvious importance, innovation has not always received the scholarly attention it deserves. For instance, students of long-run economic change used to focus on factors such as capital accumulation or the wo…
Innovation and Catching-Up
“Catch-up” relates to the ability of a single country to narrow the gap in productivity and income vis-à-vis a leader country, while “convergence” refers to a trend towards a reduction of the overall differences in productivity and income in the world as a whole. Successful catch-up has historically been associated not merely with the adoption of existing techniques in established industries, but also with innovation, particularly of the organiza…
National innovation systems, capabilities and economic development
The Competitiveness of Nations: Why Some Countries Prosper While Others Fall Behind
The Oxford Handbook of Innovation
Innovation spans a number of fields within the social sciences and humanities: management, economics, geography, sociology, policy studies, psychology, and history. Consequently, the rapidly increasing body of literature on innovation is characterized by a multitude of perspectives based on, or cutting across, existing disciplines and specializations. Scholars of innovation can come from such diverse starting points that much of this literature c…
The Geography of Innovation: Regional Innovation Systems
"This handbook looks to provide academies and students with a comprehensive and holistic understanding of the phenomenon of innovation. Innovation spans a number of fields within the social sciences and humanities: Management, Economies, Geography, Sociology, Policy Studies, Psychology, and History. Consequently, the rapidly increasing body of literature on innovation is characterized by a multitude of perspectives based on, or cutting across, ex…
Structural Changes in International Trade: Cause, Impact and Response
The possibility that structural changes in international trade might impact countries differently has been a matter of great concern for many observers from the 1950s onwards, and the view that the specialisation pattern of a country in international trade matters for its economic performance has been widespread. This paper analyses the structural changes in international trade from the 1960s omwards, their impact on trade performance and the abi…
Structural Changes in International Trade: Cause, Impact and Response
The Impact of EU Regional Support on Growth and Convergence in the European Union
The evidence presented in this article suggests that EU regional support has a significant and positive impact on the growth performance of European regions. Moreover, there are signs of a change in the impact of this support in the 1990s, indicating that the major reform of the structural funds undertaken in 1988 may have succeeded in making EU regional policy more effective. However, the results also indicate that the economic effects of such s…
Technology, Growth and Unemployment across European Regions
FAGERBERG J., VERSPAGEN B. and CANIE ̈LS M. (1997) Technology, growth and unemployment across European regions, Reg. Studies 31, 457-466. The process of convergence in GDP per capita levels across European regions came to a halt in the 1980s, although the differences in GDP per capita remain substantial. Moreover, these differences are related to similarly persistent differences in unemployment rates. This paper argues that a perspective which, i…
Heading for Divergence? Regional Growth in Europe Reconsidered
This article analyses regional growth in the European Union (EU) in the postwar period. We examine the levels and growth of per capita GDP for a sample of 70 regions, covering six of the EU Member States. We find that after a slow, but steady reduction of differences in GDP per capita across European regions during most of the post‐war period, there are now some signs of a reversal in this trend. This does not imply that differences in levels of …
East Asian Growth: A Critical Assessment
Aadne Cappelen and Jan Fagerberg, ‘East Asian Growth: A Critical Assessment’, Forum for Development Studies, 1995:2, pp. 175–195. It is a well-established fact that a number of East Asian countries have had much faster economic growth than most other countries for several decades. Many observers have held that this growth success is related to the interventionist policy stance that has characterised many of these countries. However, a recent Worl…
The Dynamics of Technology, Trade and Growth
The rapid development of a series of technologically advanced, industrial economies in the post-war period has challenged conventional understandings of economic growth. The emergence of these economies has reinvigorated the long-standing debate about why some countries grow quickly, and reach high levels of productivity, while others fall behind. Until the emergence of the new growth theory, few neoclassical economists focused upon this importan…
Fagerberg, J. The Process of Economic Integration in Europe: Consequences for Efta Countries and Firms. Cooperation and Conflict, XXVI, 1991, 197-215
This paper discusses the impact of the completion of the EC internal market on the competitive position of EFTA firms (and, hence, also on economic growth in EFTA countries). The discussion falls into three parts. First, the process of European economic integration in recent decades — as reflected in the composition of EC imports — is examined. Then follows a discussion of the likely effects of the internal market, and to what extent these should…
The Decline of Social-Democratic State Capitalism in Norway
Norway has, together with Sweden, often been idealized as the most successful case of postwar social democracy. Indeed, in economic terms the achievements are even more striking than those of its larger neighbour. Beginning the century on the agrarian fringe of European capitalism, Norway has been transformed into
International Competitiveness
Journal Article International Competitiveness Get access Jan Fagerberg Jan Fagerberg Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Oslo Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 98, Issue 391, 1 June 1988, Pages 355–374, https://doi.org/10.2307/2233372 Published: 01 June 1988
The Geography of Innovation: Regional Innovation Systems
"This handbook looks to provide academies and students with a comprehensive and holistic understanding of the phenomenon of innovation. Innovation spans a number of fields within the social sciences and humanities: Management, Economies, Geography, Sociology, Policy Studies, Psychology, and History. Consequently, the rapidly increasing body of literature on innovation is characterized by a multitude of perspectives based on, or cutting across, ex…
International Competitiveness
Journal Article International Competitiveness Get access Jan Fagerberg Jan Fagerberg Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Oslo Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 98, Issue 391, 1 June 1988, Pages 355–374, https://doi.org/10.2307/2233372 Published: 01 June 1988
Heading for Divergence? Regional Growth in Europe Reconsidered
This article analyses regional growth in the European Union (EU) in the postwar period. We examine the levels and growth of per capita GDP for a sample of 70 regions, covering six of the EU Member States. We find that after a slow, but steady reduction of differences in GDP per capita across European regions during most of the post‐war period, there are now some signs of a reversal in this trend. This does not imply that differences in levels of …
Technology, Growth and Unemployment across European Regions
FAGERBERG J., VERSPAGEN B. and CANIE ̈LS M. (1997) Technology, growth and unemployment across European regions, Reg. Studies 31, 457-466. The process of convergence in GDP per capita levels across European regions came to a halt in the 1980s, although the differences in GDP per capita remain substantial. Moreover, these differences are related to similarly persistent differences in unemployment rates. This paper argues that a perspective which, i…
The Competitiveness of Nations: Why Some Countries Prosper While Others Fall Behind
The Impact of EU Regional Support on Growth and Convergence in the European Union
The evidence presented in this article suggests that EU regional support has a significant and positive impact on the growth performance of European regions. Moreover, there are signs of a change in the impact of this support in the 1990s, indicating that the major reform of the structural funds undertaken in 1988 may have succeeded in making EU regional policy more effective. However, the results also indicate that the economic effects of such s…
Global Value Chains, National Innovation Systems and Economic Development
Technological dynamics and social capability: US states and European nations
This article analyzes factors shaping technological capabilities in USA and European countries, and shows that the differences between the two continents in this respect are much smaller than commonly assumed. The analysis demonstrates a tendency toward convergence in technological capabilities for the sample as a whole between 1998 and 2008. The results indicate that social capabilities, such as well-developed public knowledge infrastructure, an…
East Asian Growth: A Critical Assessment
Aadne Cappelen and Jan Fagerberg, ‘East Asian Growth: A Critical Assessment’, Forum for Development Studies, 1995:2, pp. 175–195. It is a well-established fact that a number of East Asian countries have had much faster economic growth than most other countries for several decades. Many observers have held that this growth success is related to the interventionist policy stance that has characterised many of these countries. However, a recent Worl…
International Competitiveness
Journal Article International Competitiveness Get access Jan Fagerberg Jan Fagerberg Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Oslo Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 98, Issue 391, 1 June 1988, Pages 355–374, https://doi.org/10.2307/2233372 Published: 01 June 1988
The Decline of Social-Democratic State Capitalism in Norway
Norway has, together with Sweden, often been idealized as the most successful case of postwar social democracy. Indeed, in economic terms the achievements are even more striking than those of its larger neighbour. Beginning the century on the agrarian fringe of European capitalism, Norway has been transformed into
Fagerberg, J. The Process of Economic Integration in Europe: Consequences for Efta Countries and Firms. Cooperation and Conflict, XXVI, 1991, 197-215
This paper discusses the impact of the completion of the EC internal market on the competitive position of EFTA firms (and, hence, also on economic growth in EFTA countries). The discussion falls into three parts. First, the process of European economic integration in recent decades — as reflected in the composition of EC imports — is examined. Then follows a discussion of the likely effects of the internal market, and to what extent these should…
The Dynamics of Technology, Trade and Growth
The rapid development of a series of technologically advanced, industrial economies in the post-war period has challenged conventional understandings of economic growth. The emergence of these economies has reinvigorated the long-standing debate about why some countries grow quickly, and reach high levels of productivity, while others fall behind. Until the emergence of the new growth theory, few neoclassical economists focused upon this importan…
East Asian Growth: A Critical Assessment
Aadne Cappelen and Jan Fagerberg, ‘East Asian Growth: A Critical Assessment’, Forum for Development Studies, 1995:2, pp. 175–195. It is a well-established fact that a number of East Asian countries have had much faster economic growth than most other countries for several decades. Many observers have held that this growth success is related to the interventionist policy stance that has characterised many of these countries. However, a recent Worl…
Heading for Divergence? Regional Growth in Europe Reconsidered
This article analyses regional growth in the European Union (EU) in the postwar period. We examine the levels and growth of per capita GDP for a sample of 70 regions, covering six of the EU Member States. We find that after a slow, but steady reduction of differences in GDP per capita across European regions during most of the post‐war period, there are now some signs of a reversal in this trend. This does not imply that differences in levels of …
Technology, Growth and Unemployment across European Regions
FAGERBERG J., VERSPAGEN B. and CANIE ̈LS M. (1997) Technology, growth and unemployment across European regions, Reg. Studies 31, 457-466. The process of convergence in GDP per capita levels across European regions came to a halt in the 1980s, although the differences in GDP per capita remain substantial. Moreover, these differences are related to similarly persistent differences in unemployment rates. This paper argues that a perspective which, i…
The Impact of EU Regional Support on Growth and Convergence in the European Union
The evidence presented in this article suggests that EU regional support has a significant and positive impact on the growth performance of European regions. Moreover, there are signs of a change in the impact of this support in the 1990s, indicating that the major reform of the structural funds undertaken in 1988 may have succeeded in making EU regional policy more effective. However, the results also indicate that the economic effects of such s…
Structural Changes in International Trade: Cause, Impact and Response
The possibility that structural changes in international trade might impact countries differently has been a matter of great concern for many observers from the 1950s onwards, and the view that the specialisation pattern of a country in international trade matters for its economic performance has been widespread. This paper analyses the structural changes in international trade from the 1960s omwards, their impact on trade performance and the abi…
Structural Changes in International Trade: Cause, Impact and Response
The Oxford Handbook of Innovation
Innovation spans a number of fields within the social sciences and humanities: management, economics, geography, sociology, policy studies, psychology, and history. Consequently, the rapidly increasing body of literature on innovation is characterized by a multitude of perspectives based on, or cutting across, existing disciplines and specializations. Scholars of innovation can come from such diverse starting points that much of this literature c…
The Geography of Innovation: Regional Innovation Systems
"This handbook looks to provide academies and students with a comprehensive and holistic understanding of the phenomenon of innovation. Innovation spans a number of fields within the social sciences and humanities: Management, Economies, Geography, Sociology, Policy Studies, Psychology, and History. Consequently, the rapidly increasing body of literature on innovation is characterized by a multitude of perspectives based on, or cutting across, ex…
The Competitiveness of Nations: Why Some Countries Prosper While Others Fall Behind
National innovation systems, capabilities and economic development
Innovation: A Guide to the Literature
Innovation is not a new phenomenon. Arguably, it is as old as mankind itself. There seems to be something inherently “human” about the tendency to think about new and better ways of doing things and to try them out in practice. In spite of its obvious importance, innovation has not always received the scholarly attention it deserves. For instance, students of long-run economic change used to focus on factors such as capital accumulation or the wo…
Innovation and Catching-Up
“Catch-up” relates to the ability of a single country to narrow the gap in productivity and income vis-à-vis a leader country, while “convergence” refers to a trend towards a reduction of the overall differences in productivity and income in the world as a whole. Successful catch-up has historically been associated not merely with the adoption of existing techniques in established industries, but also with innovation, particularly of the organiza…
National Systems of Innovation: Toward a Theory of Innovation and Interactive Learning
National Systems of Innovation presents a new perspective on the dynamics of the national and the global economy.
Innovation Studies: Evolution and Future Challenges
Innovation is increasingly recognized as a vitally important social and economic phenomenon worthy of serious research study. Firms are concerned about their innovation ability, particularly relative to their competitors. Politicians care about innovation, too, because of its presumed social and economic impact. However, to recognize that innovation is desirable is not sufficient. What is required is systematic and reliable knowledge about how be…
Technological dynamics and social capability: US states and European nations
This article analyzes factors shaping technological capabilities in USA and European countries, and shows that the differences between the two continents in this respect are much smaller than commonly assumed. The analysis demonstrates a tendency toward convergence in technological capabilities for the sample as a whole between 1998 and 2008. The results indicate that social capabilities, such as well-developed public knowledge infrastructure, an…
Innovation Systems for Transformations towards Sustainability? Taking the Normative Dimension Seriously
The aim of this article is to complement research on transformations towards sustainability by drawing upon the innovation systems (IS) framework. The IS framework already serves as a suitable and influential basis for research on processes of technological innovation and economic change. We argue that improving the capacity of an IS framework for dealing with wicked problems and the normative complexity of sustainability requires a fundamental p…
Innovation policy: What, why, and how
During the last two to three decades policy-makers have increasingly became concerned about the role of innovation for economic performance and, more recently, for the solution of challenges that arise (such as the climate challenge). The view that policy may have a role in supporting innovation has become widespread, and the term innovation policy has become commonly used. This paper takes stock of this rapidly growing area of public policy, wit…
Mobilizing innovation for sustainability transitions: A comment on transformative innovation policy
Global Value Chains, National Innovation Systems and Economic Development
Det globale grønne skiftet: Mer evolusjon enn revolusjon
FNs klimapanel har pekt på at utslippene av klimagasser må reduseres til null innen midten av dette århundre om vi skal ha håp om å unngå alvorlige skadevirkninger for natur og samfunn. Denne artikkelen analyserer prosessen fram mot nullutslipp, det globale grønne skiftet, og drivkreftene bak dette, inkludert politikkens rolle. Siden 80 prosent av verdens klimagassutslipp kommer fra bruk av fossil energi, er overgangen fra et system basert på fos…
Economic development, environmental challenges & the interests of future generations: Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen’s advice revisited
Offers a reinterpretation of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen’s classic work on how to cater for the interests of future generations. • Considers the relevance of Georgescu-Roegen advice for contemporary discussions on how to deal with challenges facing both the present and future generations. • Analyses what it takes to substantially reduce global inequality and at the same time transition from a fossil to a solar economy. The concern about the current…
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