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Estonia: The Start‐Up Country
Author(s) -
Eisermann Richard
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
design management review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1948-7169
pISSN - 1557-0614
DOI - 10.1111/drev.10277
Subject(s) - cabinet (room) , legislation , bridge (graph theory) , business , marketing , engineering , political science , law , mechanical engineering , medicine
Here is a country in which a new business can be registered online in five minutes; in which an “e‐Cabinet” makes legislation decisions without need of wasted paperwork and time; and yet, social services still need improving. In this way, Estonia has an enormous opportunity for the use of design in social innovation. Estonia is a country with one foot in the future and the other in the past. Can design help to bridge the gap?