Osloregionen - mangfold, innovasjon og utvikling

Onsager, Knut; Gundersen, Frants; Sørlie, Kjetil

doi:10.7577/nibr/rapport/2010/12

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“…They must also overcome the skepticism towards uncertain exploration of new paths to pursuit which is inherent in much modern corporate strategic thinking [26]. Whereas dedicated innovation policy initiatives such as the 2008-2010 Oslo and Akershus Regional Development Program has brought these challenges to the forefront, the organizational and financial tools necessary to overcome them are still very much in demand [79,124].…”

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confidence: 98%

“…[58,129,135,145]) and the characteristics of such regions have been described empirically (see, e.g., Ref. [124]). Yet, the extent to and mechanisms by which they condition innovation behavior at the individual firm level remains empirically unexplored.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The capital also houses two public university colleges, numerous private higher education institutions and research institutes; the largest university and the dominant university hospital; around which an advanced infrastructure for commercialization of university research has been built [23]. This concentration of human resources and knowledge institutions [135] makes it the most important research and higher education region in Norway [124].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Ebersberger³

2011

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Pålshaugen²,

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2011

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“…The concentration of KIBS employment in the capital region points towards the existence of sector dynamics specific to the position as the dominant Norwegian research and higher education region (Herstad, Pålshaugen, and Ebersberger 2011;Onsager, Gundersen, and Sørlie 2010). In 2008, Greater Oslo had the highest educated workforce in Norway, contained almost one-third of all domestic R&D personnel and accounted for over 40% of industry expenditures on research, development and innovation (Foyn et al 2011).…”

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Urban agglomerations, knowledge-intensive services and innovation: establishing the core connections

Herstad

Ebersberger

2014

Entrepreneurship & Regional Development

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This paper investigates how resources available in urban agglomerations influence the organizational form, innovation activity and collaborative linkages of knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) firms. Compared with their counterparts elsewhere, KIBS located in Norwegian large city labour market regions are more likely to be independent of multi-establishment business organizations and thus reliant on resources available externally, in their locations. This is most pronounced in the central and Western business districts of the capital, wherein independent KIBS exhibit high turnover of professionals and are less inclined to engage actively in innovation. Yet, those that do engage use the capital region economy as a platform for engaging with both domestic and international collaboration partners. Only by consecutively analysing these aspects and accounting for the selection processes involved is the empirical analysis able to uncover contrasting firm-level responses to the same urban economy resource base.

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“…The cancer cluster is located in the Oslo region, Norway’s dominant research and higher education region. Oslo represents an urban agglomeration characterized by heterogeneity of a wide range of industrial sectors and public institutions (Aslesen and Isaksen, 2007; Foyn et al, 2011; Herstad and Ebersberger, 2014; Onsager et al, 2010). This capital region has a long history in the field of cancer diagnostics and medicine and, as such, the roots of the cancer cluster can be traced to strong historical factors dating back to the 1932 establishment of the Radium Hospital.…”

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Encounters between cluster theory, policy and practice in Norway: Hubbing, blending and conceptual stretching

Njøs¹,

Jakobsen²,

Aslesen

et al. 2016

European Urban and Regional Studies

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For more than two decades, cluster theory has served as a basis for widespread implementation of regional development policies in several countries. However, there are still persistent struggles in academia towards agreement on clear operational definitions of a cluster. In this article, we argue that this definitional haziness, reflected by difficulties in demarcating the scale and scope of clusters, leads to a stretching of the cluster concept when put into practice. We show how actors, through cluster projects, are utilizing strategies of “hubbing” and/or “blending” to develop their own understandings of both what clusters are and what they might or should be. Through studies of three Norwegian cluster projects, we argue that national cluster policies, through translation of an academically vague concept, facilitate a stretching of the original definition of clusters, giving regional stakeholders leeway to integrate other theoretical rationales instead. We argue that this is not taken into account in current policies.

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Osloregionen - mangfold, innovasjon og utvikling

Cited by 4 publications

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Industrial Innovation Collaboration in a Capital Region Context

Industrial Innovation Collaboration in a Capital Region Context

Urban agglomerations, knowledge-intensive services and innovation: establishing the core connections

Encounters between cluster theory, policy and practice in Norway: Hubbing, blending and conceptual stretching

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