Continuing vocational training and innovation in Europe

Makkonen, Teemu; Lin, Bin

doi:10.1504/ijil.2012.047135

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“…Table 4.4 presents several indicators of vocational training in the CMEs, showing that the percentage of secondary education students in vocational programs, the share of enterprises providing training courses Table 5.4 ). Using correlation analysis and several variables of vocational training, Makkonen and Lin ( 2012 ) indeed found a positive connection between vocational training and innovation: countries where fi rms invest most heavily in vocational training appear to be those which register the most patents.…”

Section: Trade Structures Skill Regimes and Non-price Competitivenessmentioning

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Rising Powers and Economic Crisis in the Euro Area

Ville

Vermeiren

2016

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Aims of the SeriesHow is the global order changing, and why? The contemporary dynamics of the global political economy and global security in the twenty-fi rst century are experiencing a series of fundamental transitions, which are challenging and transforming the existing global order. These dynamics are reshaping relations between and within different categories of actors such as states, club forums, international organizations, transnational policy communities, private sector agencies and corporations, and civil society organizations. At the same time, processes of global reordering have led to the emergence of new issue areas and policy problems that the existing landscape of national, regional, and global governance is struggling to effectively address. The Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation (CSGR) at the University of Warwick has been home, since 2011, to a major EU funded research project on Global Reordering. With 16 partners from across the world, the project has focussed on how European interests, objectives, and modes of governance might infl uence the way in which a post-unipolar global order takes shape. Global Reordering seeks to build on this research agenda, and also expand it by moving beyond just a European focus towards a truly global perspective. Global Reordering invites manuscript submissions based on innovative empirical research that is theoretically-informed and is relevant for contemporary policy debates. The series welcomes proposals for authored monographs, edited volumes and short length Pivots. Key areas include: changing modes of global governance and multipolarity; global public policy networks; emerging powers and multipolar alternatives; regions and regionalism; as well as regional and global leadership.More information about this series at

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Section: Trade Structures Skill Regimes and Non-price Competitivenessmentioning

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Rising Powers and Economic Crisis in the Euro Area

Ville

Vermeiren

2016

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“…A study conducted by Davies, Fidler and Gorbis (2011) Two other important aspects for companies' innovative process are the quality and organization of vocational training and continuous skills development at the workplace (Brockmann, Clarke and Winch, 2011). The idea according to which there is a strong link between vocational training and innovation is widely accepted (Makkonen and Lin 2012;OECD, 2011). The findings of several researches underline that the vocational training is influenced not only by the relations between employee and employer, but also by the connections between the business and political environment (Harhoff and Kane, 1997;Culpepper and Thelen, 2008).…”

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The Role of Open Market and Education on Innovation in Emerging Economies

Bayar¹,

Maxim²

2020

The Effects of Technological Innovations on Competitiveness and Economic Growth

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The processes of globalization and liberalization have raised the competitiveness considerably in the world and made the innovation mandatory for firms and nations to survive. In this study, we explored the effects of trade liberalization together with FDI inflows and education on innovation on a sample of emerging economies over the period 1995-2017, by using panel cointegration and causality analyses. The findings revealed that trade liberalization, FDI inflows and education have a significant positive impact on innovation.

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“…As BI increasingly becomes a part of the personnel's work and decision-making in the contemporary knowledge economy, the need for proper BI training for personnel is considered important. Continuous training is, thus, one of the most important facilitators for BI, as are other tools for securing competitive advantage, such as innovations (Eckerson, 2004;Makkonen and Lin, 2012). Accordingly, employees' low skill levels and the shortage of available training services have been considered as major shortcomings for fully utilising BI (de Pelsmacker et al, 2005;du Toit, 2003;Viviers et al, 2005).…”

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Business intelligence and the role of external information in small- and medium-sized enterprises of the Finnish marine industry

Makkonen

Saurama

2013

IJIRD

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Services at the Centre for Maritime Studies, University of Turku. He has acquired extensive experience and knowledge of the marine industry through numerous research projects with which he has been involved. This is an AbstractThe availability of external data sources and information for firms has expanded in recent decades. At the same time, the importance of business intelligence (BI) in the competition between firms has been increasingly highlighted. This competition poses challenges, however, especially for small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The purpose of this paper is to delineate a general picture of the conditions of the role of external information in BI as it applies to SMEs in the Finnish marine industry. According to the results, the use of external information in BI was generally occasional and unsystematic. This was due to time and resource limitations to be allocated for BI. However, the interest in developing BI processes is evident. Thus, this study puts forward development proposals that promise to help SMEs enhance and rationalise their BI processes, according to the development targets that they have identified.

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Continuing vocational training and innovation in Europe

Cited by 9 publications

References 63 publications

Rising Powers and Economic Crisis in the Euro Area

Rising Powers and Economic Crisis in the Euro Area

The Role of Open Market and Education on Innovation in Emerging Economies

Business intelligence and the role of external information in small- and medium-sized enterprises of the Finnish marine industry

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