Rockets and Reindeer - the history of the Swedish innovation system for space and its spatial dimensions
Given the strength of the Swedish air force and the role of state procurement in industrial expansion, so called development pairs, the size and direction of the non-military but relatively large Swedish space activity raises questions. The purpose of this article is to investigate the historic reas...
Main Authors: | , |
---|---|
Format: | Report |
Language: | unknown |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://static.sys.kth.se/itm/wp/cesis/cesiswp120.pdf |
id |
ftrepec:oai:RePEc:hhs:cesisp:0120 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftrepec:oai:RePEc:hhs:cesisp:0120 2024-04-14T08:14:25+00:00 Rockets and Reindeer - the history of the Swedish innovation system for space and its spatial dimensions Sörlin, Sverker Wormbs, Nina https://static.sys.kth.se/itm/wp/cesis/cesiswp120.pdf unknown https://static.sys.kth.se/itm/wp/cesis/cesiswp120.pdf preprint ftrepec 2024-03-19T10:30:38Z Given the strength of the Swedish air force and the role of state procurement in industrial expansion, so called development pairs, the size and direction of the non-military but relatively large Swedish space activity raises questions. The purpose of this article is to investigate the historic reasons for Swedish space activities, i.e. research and technology development, with focus on the early period. The relative weight of different policy areas has changed considerably over time. In our analysis the space sector in Sweden has adapted to a multilevel, multi-policy situation and has been instrumental in shaping a science and technology based social innovation system with focus on the Kiruna region. innovation systems; Sweden; innovation policy; system evolution Report Kiruna RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) Kiruna |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) |
op_collection_id |
ftrepec |
language |
unknown |
description |
Given the strength of the Swedish air force and the role of state procurement in industrial expansion, so called development pairs, the size and direction of the non-military but relatively large Swedish space activity raises questions. The purpose of this article is to investigate the historic reasons for Swedish space activities, i.e. research and technology development, with focus on the early period. The relative weight of different policy areas has changed considerably over time. In our analysis the space sector in Sweden has adapted to a multilevel, multi-policy situation and has been instrumental in shaping a science and technology based social innovation system with focus on the Kiruna region. innovation systems; Sweden; innovation policy; system evolution |
format |
Report |
author |
Sörlin, Sverker Wormbs, Nina |
spellingShingle |
Sörlin, Sverker Wormbs, Nina Rockets and Reindeer - the history of the Swedish innovation system for space and its spatial dimensions |
author_facet |
Sörlin, Sverker Wormbs, Nina |
author_sort |
Sörlin, Sverker |
title |
Rockets and Reindeer - the history of the Swedish innovation system for space and its spatial dimensions |
title_short |
Rockets and Reindeer - the history of the Swedish innovation system for space and its spatial dimensions |
title_full |
Rockets and Reindeer - the history of the Swedish innovation system for space and its spatial dimensions |
title_fullStr |
Rockets and Reindeer - the history of the Swedish innovation system for space and its spatial dimensions |
title_full_unstemmed |
Rockets and Reindeer - the history of the Swedish innovation system for space and its spatial dimensions |
title_sort |
rockets and reindeer - the history of the swedish innovation system for space and its spatial dimensions |
url |
https://static.sys.kth.se/itm/wp/cesis/cesiswp120.pdf |
geographic |
Kiruna |
geographic_facet |
Kiruna |
genre |
Kiruna |
genre_facet |
Kiruna |
op_relation |
https://static.sys.kth.se/itm/wp/cesis/cesiswp120.pdf |
_version_ |
1796312609689960448 |