This paper looks at how Norwegian multinational fish farming companies are embedded in the innovation system in Chile. The empirical part is mainly based on interviews with industry representatives in both countries as well as literature and document analyses. There are around 50 Norwegian...

The paper departs from a seemingly disagreement between theoretical propositions stressing the importance of the KIBS sector as an innovation agent, and empirical results from quantitative innovation surveys. KIBS are increasingly seen to have a strategic role in stimulating 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...

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...

It is commonly argued that we are witnessing a shift from global production networks, driven by the search for markets and lower cost production sites, to global innovation networks (GINs), driven by the search for knowledge. This paper explores how sources of behavioural differentiation derived...