This volume looks at research, it is about telling the stories of seven different research groups within the same programme. It conveys the participating researchers' collective reflection process aimed at making sense of the aggregated learning from the programme.

1. Foreword; 2. 1. Researchers on research (by Levin, Morten); 3. Part I. The emergent research program: Stories of research - learning from diverse experiences (by Levin, Morten); 4. 2. Creating a framework for enterprise R&D (by Gustavsen, Bjorn); 5. 3. Developing development organizations (by Palshaugen, Oyvind); 6. 4. Filling the knowledge gap (by Knudsen, Harald); 7. 5. Enterprise development in Norwegian fishing industry (by Lovland, Jarle); 8. 6. Fragile coalitions (by Falkum, Eivind); 9. 7. Networking industrial development (by Claussen, Tor); 10. 8. The action learning processes of the Nordvest forum coalition (by Hanssen-Bauer, Jon); 11. 9. Integrating the disintegrated (by Levin, Morten); 12. Part II. Insights: Researchers' collaborative reflections on ED2000 (by Levin, Morten); 13. 10. The changing program: Controversies and cooperation (by Levin, Morten); 14. 11. Creating new research practices (by Foss, Lene); 15. 12. Networking as an action research practice (by Foss, Lene); 16. 13. Enhancing innovations: A core issue of ED2000 (by Levin, Morten); 17. 14. Democracy, participation and communicative change: When democracy becomes a means and not an end (by Johnsen, Hans Chr. Garmann); 18. 15. Epilogue. Research on enterprise development: Lessons learned (by Claussen, Tor); 19. References; 20. About the authors; 21. Name index; 22. Subject index