Policy learning and the ‘cluster-flavoured innovation policy’ in Finland

摘要

This article aims to shed light on the attempts that have been made to adjust Finnish policy-making to the changes in the global techno-economic environment, as well as to the meta-rationales behind the evolving cluster flavoured innovation policies (CFI). Policy learning is discussed with reference to the main cluster and innovation policy changes in Finland and related conceptual development. The main aim of this article is to paint an overall picture of Finnish cluster flavoured innovation polices and learning related to them as well as analyse how efforts to redesign the policies have been unfolding over the past 20 years. This article is based on a) secondary data, ie earlier studies and reports on the Finnish cluster and innovation policies and b) data from two empirical studies.