Interaction for Innovation: Comparing Norwegian Regions

Solesvik, Marina; Gulbrandsen, Magnus

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2621065

Cited by 5 publications

(3 citation statements)

References 47 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Peripheral location has seemingly not held back Norwegian firms (e.g. Fitjar & Rodríguez-Pose, 2011, 2015Solesvik & Gulbrandsen, 2014), which are much more innovative than the size of its cities would suggest. The roots of Norwegian innovation lie fundamentally in the capacity of its firms to overcome geographical peripherality and establish long-distance partnerships with innovative firms, research centers, consultancies, and universities, often located beyond the national borders.…”

Section: Does Collaboration In Cities Lead To Greater Innovation?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Where cities fail to triumph: The impact of urban location and local collaboration on innovation in Norway

Fitjar

Rodríguez‐Pose

2019

Journal of Regional Science

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The role of cities in fostering innovation has for long been taken for granted. Agglomeration and the knowledge spillovers generated in dense urban environments have been considered fundamental drivers of innovation. This view has, however, become challenged by research questioning the returns to physical agglomeration and local networking, placing instead more emphasis on the importance of inter-regional and international collaboration, and on innovation in peripheral regions. This paper delves into the debate on the role of cities for innovation by examining the interplay between urban location and local collaboration in Norway. It uses data from the Community Innovation Survey for 2006 to 2010 to map out the geographical dimension of R&D collaboration in Norwegian firms with a view to assessing whether different types of R&D collaboration in urban and rural locations affect firms' propensity to innovate.The results show that local collaboration is associated with increased process and organisational innovation, while it does not produce higher levels of product or marketing innovation.Conversely, international collaboration is connected with higher probabilities of product, newto-market and marketing innovations. Furthermore, location in urban or rural areas makes no difference for most innovation outcomes in Norway when other characteristics are controlled for. Location in cities also does not shape the returns to local R&D collaboration. Hence, the role of cities for innovation in Norway, whether in themselves or as sites for dense local interaction, is less relevant than the urban innovation literature would predict.

show abstract

Section: Does Collaboration In Cities Lead To Greater Innovation?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Where cities fail to triumph: The impact of urban location and local collaboration on innovation in Norway

Fitjar

Rodríguez‐Pose

2019

Journal of Regional Science

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The presence of firms from emerging markets in the foreign markets increased during the last twenty years. Moreover, multinational companies discovered sourcing opportunities in emerging economies where labor force has high levels of general and specific human capital; in the same time wage level and tax regimes make outsourcing highly profitable [41][42][43]. Over time, the competence of firms in emerging markets increased, and prices for their services increased as well.…”

Section: Are Leaders In Service Export Growth Rate Also Innovation Lementioning

confidence: 99%

Services Sector Export in Europe

Prohorovs

Solesvik

2018

Sustainability

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In this paper, we consider the changes that occurred in the service exports of thirty-eight European countries in the period of 2005–2016. We have found that the existing world trend related to the growth of service exports is also present in Europe. However, the trend of the service exports’ share growth in the general volume of export is not common for all European countries. We found that higher growth rates are observed in European countries with lower levels of GDP per capita. We also discovered the presence of a strong positive correlation between growth in service exports and GDP growth, as well as between growth in service exports and GDP per capita. We also found that there is a linear correlation between the growth of service exports and the growth of GDP per capita, as well as between the growth in service exports and GDP growth. The data obtained allowed us to conclude that European countries, categorized as “Innovation Leaders” in accordance with the European Innovation Scoreboard, are not the leading countries in Europe with regard to the rates of service export growth. We also discovered that service exports in Europe are less sensitive to adverse macroeconomic effects than goods exports.

show abstract

“…Warto jednak zaznaczyć, że wartość ta nie prezentuje danych najlepiej, na co wskazuje wysokie odchylenie standardowe (niemal 1180), co jest odbiciem bardzo dużej liczby obserwacji (przekraczającej 5000) w niektórych badaniach (dane zaczerpnięte były wtedy zazwyczaj z dużych baz danych) -np. [Solesvik, Gulbrandsen 2014]. Lepiej tendencję centralną obrazuje w tej sytuacji wartość mediany, która wynosi niemal 170 przedsiębiorstw.…”

Section: Metodyka Badańunclassified

Innovativeness as a Complex Area of Scientific Exploration: Review Studies

Ingram¹

2017

NAUKI O ZARZĄDZANIU

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Streszczenie: Celem opracowania jest przedstawienie stanu badań nad innowacyjnością jako wymiaru orientacji przedsiębiorczej na tle innych badań nad tym zjawiskiem. Cel osiągnięto dzięki przeglądowi artykułów dotyczących innowacyjności w najbardziej prestiżowych czasopismach. Ukazano złożoność ujmowania przez badaczy zjawiska innowacyjności i wykazano zasadność prowadzenia prac porządkujących wiedzę o nim. Dostrzeżono, że innowacyjność analizowano w połączeniu z poszukiwaniem szans, adaptacją i absorpcją innowacji opracowanych przez konkurentów, działalnością eksploracyjną i eksploatacyjną, będącymi kluczowymi nośnikami przedsiębiorczości. Wskazano, iż problematykę innowacyjności poddawano analizom również w związku z podejmowaniem ryzyka i proaktywnością.Słowa kluczowe: innowacyjność, orientacja przedsiębiorcza, przedsiębiorczość.* Artykuł powstał w ramach projektu finansowanego przez Narodowe Centrum Nauki na podstawie decyzji DEC-2014/15/B/ HS4/04326.

show abstract

Interaction for Innovation: Comparing Norwegian Regions

Abstract: Building upon insights from earlier inves•ga•ons of innova•on collabora•on from

Cited by 5 publications

References 47 publications

Where cities fail to triumph: The impact of urban location and local collaboration on innovation in Norway

Where cities fail to triumph: The impact of urban location and local collaboration on innovation in Norway

Services Sector Export in Europe

Innovativeness as a Complex Area of Scientific Exploration: Review Studies

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About