
The Entrepreneurial Discovery Process and Regional Development
New Knowledge Emergence, Conversion and Exploitation
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 30. September 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
332 pages
978-0-367-66313-1 (ISBN)
Description
There is a broad and long-standing debate on possible solutions to the regional vulnerabilities of globalisation. In 2014, the European Commission began implementing Smart Specialisation Strategy, a place-based strategy of growth, regional transformation and new industrial policy with collective entrepreneurial discovery processes (EDP) at its core. This volume approaches the mystery of entrepreneurial discovery; that is, how relevant knowledge is created, converted and shared in a process of discovery.
These essays bring together scholars from economics, geography, sociology, organisation studies, innovation studies, and complexity theory, offering new approaches to overcome the limitations of place-based development and suggesting improved methods leading to growth.
These essays bring together scholars from economics, geography, sociology, organisation studies, innovation studies, and complexity theory, offering new approaches to overcome the limitations of place-based development and suggesting improved methods leading to growth.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate and Undergraduate
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
650 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-66313-1 (9780367663131)
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Age Mariussen | Seija Virkkala | Hakon Finne
The Entrepreneurial Discovery Process and Regional Development
New Knowledge Emergence, Conversion and Exploitation
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Age Mariussen | Seija Virkkala | Hakon Finne
The Entrepreneurial Discovery Process and Regional Development
New Knowledge Emergence, Conversion and Exploitation
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Age Mariussen | Seija Virkkala | Hakon Finne
The Entrepreneurial Discovery Process and Regional Development
New Knowledge Emergence, Conversion and Exploitation
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Persons
Age Mariussen is research manager and senior researcher at the Department of Regional Studies, University of Vaasa, Finland, and Nordland Research Institute, Bodo, Norway.
Seija Virkkala is professor in the Department of Regional Studies, University of Vaasa, Finland.
Hakon Finne is senior research scientist at SINTEF Digital, Trondheim, Norway.
Tone Merethe Aasen is senior research scientist at SINTEF Digital, Trondheim, Norway.
Seija Virkkala is professor in the Department of Regional Studies, University of Vaasa, Finland.
Hakon Finne is senior research scientist at SINTEF Digital, Trondheim, Norway.
Tone Merethe Aasen is senior research scientist at SINTEF Digital, Trondheim, Norway.
Editor
University of Vaasa, Finland
University of Vaasa, Finland
SINTEF, Norway
SINTEF, Norway
Content
Introduction. Smart specialisation: expectations, challenges and solutions Age Mariussen and Seija Virkkala PART I Entrepreneurial discovery processes and their institutional challenges 1 Self-discovery enabling entrepreneurial discovery processes Seija Virkkala and Age Mariussen 2 Entrepreneurial discovery processes in different regional contexts. A conceptual discussion Arne Isaksen, Nina Kyllingstad, Jan Ole Rypestol and Ann Camilla Schulze-Krogh 3 The Institutional worlds of entrepreneurial discovery. Finding a place for less developed regions Jiri Blazek and Kevin Morgan 4 Entrepreneurial discovery processes through a wicked game approach. Civil society engagement as a possibility for exploration Antti Maeenpaeae and Niklas Lundstroem PART II Collaborative micro-level arrangements creating new knowledge 5 Career mobility, hybridity and knowledge combination. A 'third space' perspective. Alice Lam 6 The bond, the bridge and the broker. Knowledge conversion in the university-industry nexus Hakon Finne and Tone Merethe Aasen 7 Approaching entrepreneurial discovery and knowledge conversion from a complexity perspective Tone Merethe Aasen 8 Entrepreneurial discovery processes, knowledge creation and knowledge space Seija Virkkala PART III Macro-level impacts from micro-level solutions 9 Emergence of new business areas in regional economies through entrepreneurial discovery processes Seija Virkkala and Age Mariussen 10 Moving beyond related variety, creating firm-level ambidexterity for economic growth via the entrepreneurial discovery process Nhien Nguyen and Age Mariussen 11 Smart specialisation and Interregional learning via thematic partnerships Age Mariussen, Fatime Barbara Hegyi and Ruslan Rakhmatullin, PART IV Lessons from systems of innovation 12 Science-practice knowledge interaction in the Norwegian fish farming industry Tone Merethe Aasen, Eli Fyhn Ullern and Age Mariussen 13 The transformation of Lofoten islands into a year-round experience destination Jarle Lovland and Hakon Finne 14 Historical examples of entrepreneurial discovery. Revisiting the manufacturing history of Raufoss evolving between exploration and exploitation Asbjorn Karlsen PART V Summary and conclusions 15 Summary and conclusions Age Mariussen and Hakon Finne