Review article
https://doi.org/10.5559/di.20.4.03
IS KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY A VISION OR ILLUSION? THE CASE OF SLOVENIA
Maja BUČAR
orcid.org/0000-0002-1798-4099
; Faculty of Social Sciences, Ljubljana
Abstract
Slovenia put the transition to knowledge economy/society in
the centre of its development strategy that is driven by global
economic trends and also inspired by the EU Lisbon Strategy.
The establishment of a well-functioning national innovation
system (NIS) is perceived as the main instrument of the
Slovenian transition to knowledge society. The article attempts
to analyse some of the elements of NIS and their recent
developments to illustrate the main gaps and achievements.
The implementation of the major strategic documents driving
towards knowledge society in the last five years shows a mixed
picture: in some areas the objectives and targets have been
achieved, while in others the gaps remain. The article points to
the issue of governance capability, which is often forgotten, but
is an essential element of the transition. Without improved
governance capability the country cannot establish an efficient
NIS and consequently move to a knowledge society. This
suggests that turning a vision to reality requires significant
effort in improving the governance capability.
Keywords
knowledge society/economy; national innovation system; governance capability; Slovenia
Hrčak ID:
75846
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2011.
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