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Figures2.1 Technological development measured by the UN TechnologyAchievement Index, 2001 512.2 Economic competitiveness measured by the World EconomicForum Growth Competitiveness Index, 2002 522.3 Labor productivity in manufacturing based on the OECD STANdatabase 522.4 Social inequality and exclusion in the US and Finland,1950–1990 542.5 Share of public funding in private research and development,1987–1999 582.6 The Silicon Valley model of the new economy 622.7 Level of start-up activity, 2001 632.8 National R&D investment as a percentage of GDP,1985–2001 642.9 The Finnish model of the information society 682.10 An example of Nokia project networking 712.11 Share of Tekes funding in Nokia’s R&D 722.12 Private R&D investment as a share of the total (%),1981–2001 732.13 Entrepreneurial motivation (scale 1–5) 772.14 Venture capital market in Europe as a whole and in selectedEuropean countries 782.15 Labor productivity growth in Finland (1985 = 100) 794.1 The concentration of Internet resources in the core region ofBeijing, Shanghai, and Guangdong Province 1056.1 Moving along the efficient production frontier (e.g. resourcesubstitution) 1496.2 (a) Moving to the frontier (e.g. better decisions);(b) Shifting the frontier (e.g. new processes) 15212.1 The continuum of e-learning in formal education 274viii