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...

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,...

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...

This paper examines the actors and activities and the institutional--spatial dynamics that characterize innovation and knowledge processes within the aquaculture industry and its support organizations in the coastal region of Quebec, Canada. It aims to identify the main features and components...

The STEP-group has been asked by Technopolis to provide information on the User oriented involvement of the Research Council of Norway (RCN). The information is to be used by the team evaluating the Research Council of Norway on behalf of the Norwegian Ministry of Education, Research and Church...

Denne rapporten er et bidrag til kartleggingen av forholdet mellom universitetet og andre deler av samfunnet. Rapporten er en del av et prosjekt som ser på forskermobilitet og andre former for kunnskapsspredning i de tre forskningsutførende sektorene, dvs. universitets- og høyskolesektoren,...

This paper explores geographical variations in innovation activity in Norwegian manufacturing industry, and examines in particular the characteristics of innovation activity in the most peripheral parts of the country. This is an important topic when innovation is regarded as a territorial...

I rapporten presenteres resultatene av en empirisk basert analyse av forhold vi mener har betydning for innovasjonsaktivitet i Sogn og Fjordane. Arbeidet er hovedsakelig basert på tilgjengelig statistisk materiale i hovedsak hentet fra Statistisk Sentralbyrå (SSB). I tillegg supplerer vi med...