VINNOVA: Baltic Sea Region Report 2005, Competitiveness and Cooperation

The final version of the State of the Region Report 2005 was launched at the Baltic Development Forum Annual Summit 2005 in Stockholm 17 October.

As in 2004, the authors have been Dr. Christian Ketels and Professor Örjan Sölvell, Harvard Business School and Stockholm School of Economics. This year, Dr. Sylvia Schwaag-Serger and Emily Wise Hansson, Lund University have contributed in fields of innovation.

For the second year VINNOVA has been the sponsor of the report and this year TEKES has stepped in sponsoring a part of cost.

The report contains:

Competitiveness in the Baltic Sea Region.
– Economic Performance
– Business Environment Quality
– Innovation Performance and Capacity
– Lisbon Agenda

Towards an Action Agenda.
– Cluster Development
– Baltic Sea Research and Education Region
– Entrepreneurship
– Russian in the Baltic Sea Region
– Positioning the Baltic Sea Region

Download the report here.