Location and innovation. Geographical variations in innovative activity in Norwegian manufacturing industry

Arne Isaksen

No 199603, STEP Report series from The STEP Group, Studies in technology, innovation and economic policy

Abstract: This report uses the results of a national survey of Norwegian manufacturing innovation to chart geographical variations in innovative activity in Norway. There are many reasons to carry out this type of mapping. Firstly, innovation and technological change are central to economic growth in developed countries. Secondly, innovation is largely a territorial phenomenon, that is to say, the innovation process is in part based on resources that are location-specific, i.e. resources which are tied to particular places and cannot be copied or reproduced elsewhere. Thirdly, innovation occurs differently in different regions, depending on the firm and industry structure, as well as on varying social and cultural conditions. It is, therefore, essential to understand how the innovation process takes place, in order to develop a regional innovation policy tailored to suit varying local conditions.

References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.step.no/reports/Y1996/0396.pdf (application/pdf)
Our link check indicates that this URL is bad, the error code is: 404 Not Found

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:stp:stepre:1996r03

Ordering information: This working paper can be ordered from
http://www.nifu.no/

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in STEP Report series from The STEP Group, Studies in technology, innovation and economic policy Hammersborg torg 3, 0179 Oslo, Norway. Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Nils Henrik Solum ( this e-mail address is bad, please contact ).