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This volume consitutes a summary of several years' multi-disciplinary research by a group of Swedish researchers. The project 'Sweden's Technological Systems and Future Development Potential' was initiated by the Swedish National Board for Industrial and Technical Development (NUTEK) and has been carried out at the Department of Industrial Management and Economics at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, the Research Policy Institute at the University of Lund, the Industrial Institute for Economic and Social Research (lUI) in Stockholm, and the Department of Industrial Economics and Management at the Royal Insitute of Technology, Stockholm, under the direction of Bo Carlsson, Case...
Sweden has one of the oldest populations of all OECD countries, and by 2030, almost one in four Swedes will be over the age of 65 years. In order to maintain an adequate level of social welfare protection without tax increases, the employment rates of older workers (aged 50 years and over) will need to rise and the long-term trend for early retirement reversed. This report on Sweden is the first in a series of OECD country reports which review the main barriers to employment for older people and make policy recommendations for further action. It concludes that a comprehensive reform strategy will be needed, including tightening the eligibility criteria for disability benefits and reducing the numbers on long-term sickness benefits; greater emphasis on employment programmes for older workers, anti-age discrimination legislation and greater working hours flexibility in the labour market.
In the Nordic countries, manufacturing plays a vital socio-economic role by contributing to employment and the economy at large. The key prerequisites are a high productivity and a strong competitive edge. One of the ways to obtain and maintain a competitive edge is if (small and medium-sized) companies apply new knowledge and new technologies. To support the use of new technologies by companies, easy access to testing of new products and technologies is a decisive factor for the companies to gain knowledge of and inspiration for the use of the new technologies in their current business. This report presents a mapping of test and demonstration facilities in the Nordic countries, including ten good practice examples of such facilities as well as political initiatives in the Nordic countries, including specific strategies for setting up and structuring test and demonstration facilities
This report contains a survey of the main barriers to employment for older workers, an assessment of measures to overcome these barriers, and a set of policy recommendations for Sweden.
This digital government review asseses the state of data-driven policies and initiatives in the Swedish public sector. It explores the underlying institutional governance and co-ordination arrangements for digital government in the country, and their impact on policy implementation
This study explores the relations between SME intellectual asset management, innovation and competitiveness in different national and sectoral contexts.
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