Connecting to Global Production Networks: Challenges for Regional Actors in Northern Norway
Over the past few years, Northern Norway has been perceived as a land of opportunity. Announcements of offshore oil and gas discoveries off the coast of Finnmark have contributed to increased market activity in related sectors like service and construction. However, regional firms continue to score...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:75ad76a1096648e595ed2f2c0077f4d5 2023-05-15T14:21:32+02:00 Connecting to Global Production Networks: Challenges for Regional Actors in Northern Norway Trond Nilsen Stig Karlstad 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.17585/arctic.v7.207 https://doaj.org/article/75ad76a1096648e595ed2f2c0077f4d5 EN NO eng nor Cappelen Damm Akademisk NOASP https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/207/786 https://doaj.org/toc/2387-4562 2387-4562 doi:10.17585/arctic.v7.207 https://doaj.org/article/75ad76a1096648e595ed2f2c0077f4d5 Arctic Review on Law and Politics, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-18 (2016) path renewal business development path dependency strategic couplings public instruments Law K article 2016 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.17585/arctic.v7.207 2022-12-31T08:42:52Z Over the past few years, Northern Norway has been perceived as a land of opportunity. Announcements of offshore oil and gas discoveries off the coast of Finnmark have contributed to increased market activity in related sectors like service and construction. However, regional firms continue to score at the bottom of innovation indexes and seldom compete on international markets. Based on in-depth interviews with representatives from key businesses in three sectors in Northern Norway, we examine the bottlenecks that have prevented these firms from gaining new market positions through the interplay of these regional firms and agencies with the Global Production Network (GPN). We adopt the concept of “strategic coupling” and explore whether an actor approach can contribute to an improved understanding of this relationship. The paper demonstrates that regional strategies and public policy differ between the sectors. Public policy is important for regional firms within the petroleum sector. However, the funds available for regional firms continue to be limited due to the size and relevance of the measures. In the construction sector, public policy instruments are important, but not sufficiently adapted to the challenges these firms face. While the petroleum sector receives support and backing from regional agencies in order to connect to GPN, the wind power sector is actively hindered by the same agencies. The former have the opportunity to take part in new regional path creation; the latter have experienced a lack of strategic cooperation and face the risk of reducing strategic couplings to GPN, leading to path dependent processes that lock these firms into traditional and low-tech sectors. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic review on law and politics Finnmark Northern Norway Finnmark Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Norway Arctic Review on Law and Politics 7 0 |
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Over the past few years, Northern Norway has been perceived as a land of opportunity. Announcements of offshore oil and gas discoveries off the coast of Finnmark have contributed to increased market activity in related sectors like service and construction. However, regional firms continue to score at the bottom of innovation indexes and seldom compete on international markets. Based on in-depth interviews with representatives from key businesses in three sectors in Northern Norway, we examine the bottlenecks that have prevented these firms from gaining new market positions through the interplay of these regional firms and agencies with the Global Production Network (GPN). We adopt the concept of “strategic coupling” and explore whether an actor approach can contribute to an improved understanding of this relationship. The paper demonstrates that regional strategies and public policy differ between the sectors. Public policy is important for regional firms within the petroleum sector. However, the funds available for regional firms continue to be limited due to the size and relevance of the measures. In the construction sector, public policy instruments are important, but not sufficiently adapted to the challenges these firms face. While the petroleum sector receives support and backing from regional agencies in order to connect to GPN, the wind power sector is actively hindered by the same agencies. The former have the opportunity to take part in new regional path creation; the latter have experienced a lack of strategic cooperation and face the risk of reducing strategic couplings to GPN, leading to path dependent processes that lock these firms into traditional and low-tech sectors. |
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Connecting to Global Production Networks: Challenges for Regional Actors in Northern Norway |
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