The Role of Proximity Dimensions in Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration in Peripheral Regions: Insights from a Comparative Case Study in Northern Norway
It is commonly argued in the literature on regional innovation that regions must continuously develop new economic activities to compensate for economic decline. If a region manages to diversify from an existing path, it can sustain long-term economic development. One of the measures taken to increa...
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ftjarlp:oai:nordicopenaccess.no:article/1378 2023-05-15T14:18:43+02:00 The Role of Proximity Dimensions in Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration in Peripheral Regions: Insights from a Comparative Case Study in Northern Norway Nilsen, Trond Lauvås, Thomas Andre 2018-12-14 application/pdf text/html application/epub+zip application/xml https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/1378 https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v9.1378 eng eng University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Faculty of Law https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/1378/2907 https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/1378/2908 https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/1378/2909 https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/1378/2910 https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/1378 doi:10.23865/arctic.v9.1378 Copyright (c) 2018 Trond Nilsen, Thomas Andre Lauvås https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 CC-BY-NC Arctic Review; Vol 9 (2018); 312-331 2387-4562 proximity dimensions cognitive organizational social geographical R&D research innovation info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2018 ftjarlp https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v9.1378 2022-03-24T06:35:03Z It is commonly argued in the literature on regional innovation that regions must continuously develop new economic activities to compensate for economic decline. If a region manages to diversify from an existing path, it can sustain long-term economic development. One of the measures taken to increase these types of opportunities and to avoid lock-in is to stimulate a closer relationship and collaboration between universities and industry partners. However, we know little about the formation and investigation of successful university-industry relationships in regions outside metropolitan areas. This paper seeks to fill this research gap by investigating how different dimensions of cognitive, organizational, social and geographical proximity facilitate or hinder innovation processes in collaborations between industry and universities in peripheral regions. We find that social proximity, combined with high organizational proximity, overcomes the barriers presented by low geographical proximity. Social proximity compensates for thin regional structures with few high-tech firms, a lack of knowledge producers and a weak support system. An important policy implication is that stimulating collaboration within areas of expertise possessed by university and industry partners create potential for innovation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Northern Norway Arctic Review on Law and Politics Norway Arctic Review on Law and Politics 9 0 312 |
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It is commonly argued in the literature on regional innovation that regions must continuously develop new economic activities to compensate for economic decline. If a region manages to diversify from an existing path, it can sustain long-term economic development. One of the measures taken to increase these types of opportunities and to avoid lock-in is to stimulate a closer relationship and collaboration between universities and industry partners. However, we know little about the formation and investigation of successful university-industry relationships in regions outside metropolitan areas. This paper seeks to fill this research gap by investigating how different dimensions of cognitive, organizational, social and geographical proximity facilitate or hinder innovation processes in collaborations between industry and universities in peripheral regions. We find that social proximity, combined with high organizational proximity, overcomes the barriers presented by low geographical proximity. Social proximity compensates for thin regional structures with few high-tech firms, a lack of knowledge producers and a weak support system. An important policy implication is that stimulating collaboration within areas of expertise possessed by university and industry partners create potential for innovation. |
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The Role of Proximity Dimensions in Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration in Peripheral Regions: Insights from a Comparative Case Study in Northern Norway |
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The Role of Proximity Dimensions in Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration in Peripheral Regions: Insights from a Comparative Case Study in Northern Norway |
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The Role of Proximity Dimensions in Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration in Peripheral Regions: Insights from a Comparative Case Study in Northern Norway |
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The Role of Proximity Dimensions in Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration in Peripheral Regions: Insights from a Comparative Case Study in Northern Norway |
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The Role of Proximity Dimensions in Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration in Peripheral Regions: Insights from a Comparative Case Study in Northern Norway |
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role of proximity dimensions in facilitating university-industry collaboration in peripheral regions: insights from a comparative case study in northern norway |
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University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Faculty of Law |
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