The Scandinavian model—An interpretation

The Scandinavian Model – Prospects

Scandinavian countries are often portrayed in policy debates as model examples having shown how to square concerns for efficiency and equity. The core principle of the Scandinavian welfare model is an individual entitlement to public sector provisions combined with collective financing via taxes. However, a high employment rate is needed to ensure financial viability of this model. The Scandina...

The Scandinavian Welfare States

The Scandinavian Sarcoma Group experience

The expression problem, Scandinavian style

This paper explains how higher-order hierarchies can be used to handle the expression problem. The expression problem is concerned with extending both the set of data structures and the set of operations of a given abstract data type. A typical object-oriented design supports extending the set of data structures, and a typical functional design supports extending the set of operations, but it i...

The Collective Resource Approach: the Scandinavian Experience

The Collective Resource Approach is an innovative Scandinavian approach to the design and implementation of new technologies in the work place. It attempts to empower trade unions and workers at the local level by exploiting the needs of the highly integrated Scandinavian economies to constantly improve their technology. In this paper we discuss the practical impact of the CRA in Scandinavia an...