Norwegian cases in the CRA-project Team meeting in Utrech February 11-13, 2008.

Norwegian cases in the CRA-projectTeam meeting in Utrech February 11-13, 2008

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Tromsø; characteristics of the region

• Largest city in Northern Norway

• Growth centre (population growth) in a stagnating region

• Large share of public sector jobs; university, hospital, administration

• Well-functioning labour market with a relatively low level of disabled people

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The marine biotechnology industry in Tromsø

• Marine biotech uses species from the sea to create medicine and other health care products

• Based on analytical knowledge from Tromsø university (biotech, medicine) started about 30 years ago

• Relatively few firms and jobs survived during the 30 years (15-20 firms, 120-150 jobs)

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Tromsø; type of RIS

• The knowledge generation subsystem is relatively large; consisting of many knowledge institutions

• Many policy tools have been used in order to boost the commercialisation of research results

• Despite of this the knowledge exploiting subsystem is small and weak

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Tromsø; possible research questions

• Why has not all the public support (university, use of policy tools) resulted in a stronger marine biotech industry?

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Raufoss; characteristics of the region

• An old industrial region in transformation

• Stability in population

• Stagnation in employment and a labour marked that has produced a relatively high share of people with disability

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The light weight material industry at Raufoss

• The industry structure has transformed from a single, state owned company towards a diversified structure of companies

• The common core is know how about light material and production methods

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Raufoss; characteristics of the RIS

• The industry is connected to the national knowledge generation system of light material and production technology

• The industry is connected to global production networks

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Raufoss; possible research questions

• Is it possible to build a regional innovation system in a local industry incorporated in global production networks and national knowledge networks?

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Oslo; characteristics of the region

• The capital of Norway, and by far the largest city-region in the country

• Faster population growth than the rest of Norway, but somewhat lower job growth in the period 2000-2005

• High share of highly educated, and a high share of knowledge-intensive services (but a low share of high-tech manufacturing industry)

• Well-functioning labour market with a relatively low level of disabled people

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The cultural industries in Oslo

• The cultural industries are a heterogeneous group of sectors

• Oslo is the definite centre for the cultural industries in Norway, with about 30,000 jobs and a LQ of 2.1

• The cultural industries are characterised by many small firms and freelancers, organisation of much activity through projects, and a need for flexibility on the firm and network level

• The concentration to Oslo is to a large extent explained by proximity to the largest marked and to potential clients, proximity to higher education institutions, and opportunities to find specialised knowledge to carry out projects

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Oslo; type of RIS

• The cultural industries in Oslo is ‘organisationally thick’; having national support organisation, higher education institutions, national branch organisations, local organisations that arrange specific events etc.

• There seems to be a lot of small projects targeting specific parts of the cultural industries or focusing on specific aims

• The regional policy targeting the cultural industries is in an initial phase striving to formulate its strategy and tools

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Oslo; possible research questions

• Is to possible or required to formulate a common strategy based on the RIS concept for such a fragmented industry?

• What is the main mechanisms behind the development of different parts of the cultural industries?