1. Global Challenges and the Finnish Model Pekka Himanen www.pekkahimanen.org

2. UNITED STATES - 1/3 of economy - military > others combined - ½ R&D - neo-liberalism ASIA - ~10% growth - attracting multi- national production EU - welfare state - lagging behind POOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES - marginalized - gap between the richest and poorest widened to 75:1 - knowledge gap Source: Himanen, Strategic Report on the Information Society, Finnish Parliament

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6. ENTREPRENEUR. INNOVATION CULTURE PEOPLE EDUC. SYS. INNOVATORS STATE AGENCIES BUSINESS SERVICES

7. DIMENSIONS OF INNOVATION 1.TECHNOLOGY 2.PROCESS 3.PRODUCT 4.BUSINESS MODEL & MARKETING 5. ORGANIZATION IDEA CREATIVITY VS. BUSINESS CREATIVITY

8. SURVIVAL ENRICHING COMMUNITY CREATIVE PASSION CULTURE OF CREATIVITY OR “THE LAW OF LINUS”

9. SURVIVAL ENRICHING COMMUNITY CREATIVE PASSION EMERGENCY DREAMS CULTURE OF CREATIVITY OR “THE LAW OF LINUS”

10. Global Challenges and the Finnish Model Pekka Himanen www.pekkahimanen.org