Learning Transnational Learning [Paperback]

Systems of innovation that are conducted within national borders can preserve inefficient solutions and prevent development. This has led to a feeling that transnational learning strategies are more and more desirable.

In practice, the field of transnational learning has been dominated by various policy-making institutions, such as the OECD and European Union, working through different types of policy instruments and programs such as structural funds, open methods of coordination, as well as international research institutions and networks set up by cooperating national governments working on comparative analysis, benchmarking and indicators.

This book lays out a set of methods which can further enhance the experience of transnational learning, starting from the sociological ideas promoted by Charles Sabel of learning through monitoring, and by Marie Laure Djelic and others of the translation of experiences between different countries. Case studies and examples are collected from three fields: industrial development, tourism and local government.

Introduction ?ge Mariussen and Seija Virkkala  Part I: Conceptual, Preliminaries, Theores, and Methods of Transnational Learning  1. Sociological Preliminaries: The Societal Content of Transnational Learning ?ge Mariussen  2. Geographical Perspectives: Regional Development and Transnational Learning Seija Virkkala  3. Theory of Organizational Knowledge Creatiion as a Framework for Transnational Learning in Regional Development Seija Virkkala and ?ge Mariussen  4. Is Transnational Learning Possible? ?ge Mariussen and Seija Virkkala  5. Methodologies and Methods of Transnational Learning ?ge Mariussen and Seija Virkkala  6. New Public Management as a Global Community Promoting Transnational Learning: Agencifil£P