How can we understand head office location in a knowledge-intensive urban economy? This is the basic question addressed in this paper. Even if proximity is important in understanding location, a study must also emphasise the multiplicity of connections that surpass the cluster or city level,...

From a theoretical perspective, it is possible to enhance the innovation of firms and institutions by combining the analytic (scientific) knowledge base of research and development (R&D) institutions with the synthetic (practical) knowledge base of industries. Such combinations of knowledge are...

This study investigates the transformation of the political regulation of the Norwegian aquaculture industry. The study is conducted as a historical-institutional analysis of industrial development combined with analyses of the multiple impacts of directives produced by changes in international...

Political regulation has traditionally been regarded as antagonistic to innovation, whereas the removal of regulations has been perceived as a precondition for innovations. This paper proposes an alternative position and claim that regulations can have various connections with the innovation...

Bakgrunnen for dette prosjektet er den økende betydning av kunnskap og kompetanse for utviklingen i næringslivet og framveksten av det ofte betegnes som ‘nye kunnskapsbaserte næringer’. Disse er blant annet kjennetegnet ved at en stor andel av de sysselsatte har et høyt kunnskapsnivå og...

Innovasjonssystem etablerer betingelser for å skape ny kunnskap, ta den i bruk til økonomisk nyttige formål, og spre den til andre brukere. Resultatene av dette er innovasjoner. Innovasjonssystem har styrker, svakheter og utviklingsmuligheter. Etter mange års sammenhengende suksess møter...

Increasing attention has recently been given to analysing the regions on the basis of endogenous growth potential and as 'regional innovation systems' (Héraud 1994; Longhi and Quere 1994). On these bases this report will examine innovation activities and outputs at a regional level, discussing the...

The aim of this paper is to look into a particular public innovation support programme called the New Technology Programme for Northern Norway (the NT Programme). We are interested in exploring the aims, instruments and working methods of this programme, by using one of the most important...

Today, the study of regions is central to academic analysis and policy deliberation on how to respond to the rise of the knowledge economy. Regional Economies as Knowledge Laboratories illustrates how newer types of regional analysis – utilising scientometrics, knowledge services measures...