New technologies and innovation in higher education and regional development

Tapio Varis

Abstract


According to the Academy of Finland and Tekes, the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation, there are two prominent driving forces in today's global operating environment. The first is the trend towards increasing mobility; the second is the growing interdependence of different parts of the world, their increasing interaction and cooperation in the economy, production, social development, communications and human exchange.

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Finland; higher education; new technology in higher education; regional innovation; universities and innovation

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7238/rusc.v4i2.309

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