Background: The paper examines the regional effects of a general innovation policy, i.e. a policy tool that does not target specific industries or subnational regions. General policy tools are an important part of the portfolio of innovation policy measures. However, there is a question over...

This paper investigates ways in which firms in three Norwegian regional clusters, dominated by shipbuilding, mechanical engineering, and the electronics industry, use both place-specific, local knowledge resources, and external, world-class knowledge to increase their competitiveness.The three...