Introduction and synthesis: Development success : historical accounts from the more advanced countries / Augustin K. Fosu -- pt. 1. The Nordics : Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark: The Finnish developmental state and its growth regime / Markus Jäntti and Juhana Vartiainen ; Can Norway be a role model for natural resource abundant countries? / Ådne Cappelen and Lars Mjøset ; The Swedish model / Ari Kokko -- The Danish model and the globalizing learning economy : lessons for developing countries / Bengt-Åke Lundvall ; The Nordic development and growth models : the riddle is still there, but we may be a little wiser / Juhana Vartiainen -- pt. 2. Other advanced industrialized countries : Japan, Ireland and Switzerland: Japan's model of economic development : relevant and non-relevant elements for developing economies / Fukunari Kimura ; Committing to economic openness in Ireland : the importance of domestic institutional capabilities / Paul Teague and Denise Currie ; Switzerland's rise to a wealthy nation : competition and contestability as key success factors / Beatrice Weder and Rolf Weder ; Country role models : Japan, Ireland, and Switzerland / Ronald Findlay -- pt. 3. Transition economies: the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland: The Czech transition : the importance of microeconomic fundamentals / Jan Svejnar and Milica Uvalic ; Hungary : the Janus-faced success story of transition / László Csaba -- A two-thirds rate of success : Polish transformation and economic development, 1989-2008 / Grzegorz W.Kolodko -- Lessons from transition economies : putting the success stories of the post-communist world into a broader perspective / Vladimir Popov.

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