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From a comment on the article: "Great article, but with slight historical revisionism: Tekes was established in 1983 and Finnvera was created in 1999, when Nok
by amirmc 12y ago
From a comment on the article:
"Great article, but with slight historical revisionism: Tekes was established in 1983 and Finnvera was created in 1999, when Nokia was still on its way up. The roots of Finland's national innovation system go back to 1960 and 1970s. Even Nokia's original success is partly attributed to this system. It is incorrect to portray its creation as a response to Nokia's recent troubles."
In other words, it takes sustained long term effort and thinking to promote innovation.
- bjelkeman-again 12y agoThe general narrative today about something like this often seems to forget what came before. For example the music industry in Sweden is doing very well and most people I hear talking about why mentions the musical schooling kids get from the beginning as a source. But the narrative about this doesn't often mention this in my experience, as it is probably considered a boring story.
- Gravityloss 12y agoThis is in stark contrast to Finnish music and physical education traditions which have large parts of repression, humiliation and army-like strict control. Depends a lot on the teacher you have...
- tuukkah 12y agoThis definitely used to be the case 20 years ago or so, but I would say Finland has done well in music and sports for a country of 6 million people.
- whatevsbro 12y ago> In other words, it takes sustained long term effort and thinking to promote innovation. No, it only takes getting out of the way and letting innovators innovate. Our 60%+ taxes are not conducive to innovation.
- Gravityloss 12y agoTrue, Nokia got a lot of phone (maybe even most) networking and mobile phone technology from the government company Televa which it cunningly took over in the eighties. Companies' histories are often little known.