Starting in 2007, the Danish government is spending 160 million Kroner [equivalent to 21m Euro or 29m USD] a year- and the budget is slated to grow a lot larger over time- on a centre for user centred innovation, to be hosted at Copenhagen Business School.

The logic behind the new Danish policy is that, essentially, all the government spending on innovation around the world is now technology push - R&D subsidies to manufacturers and so on. The Danes and other small countries can never win at that game; they will always be outspent by larger countries. Their new idea is to help their manufacturing firms be early at converting to the new, user-centered innovation paradigm we have been discussing in order to create a comparative advantage for Denmark.”

more at the DUCI site