Browsing UiS Brage by Author "Asheim, Bjørn Terje"
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Advancing regional innovation systems: What does evolutionary economic geography bring to the policy table?
Coenen, Lars; Asheim, Bjørn Terje; Bugge, Markus; Herstad, Sverre Johan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)The evolutionary turn in economic geography has shed new light on historically contingent regional preconditions for innovation and economic growth, which has the potential of improving the analytical input to regional ... -
Advancing the treatment of human agency in the analysis of regional economic development: Illustrated with three Norwegian cases
Grillitsch, Markus; Asheim, Bjørn Terje; Isaksen, Arne; Nielsen, Hjalti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-11)Human agency has become a core topic in economic geography complementing traditional, structural approaches to explain regional development. This paper contributes firstly with a discussion of the theoretical and conceptual ... -
Agency and economic change in regions: identifying routes to new path development using qualitative comparative analysis
Grillitsch, Markus; Sotarauta, Markku; Asheim, Bjørn Terje; Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Haus-Reve, Silje; Kolehmainen, Jari; Kurikka, Heli; Lundquist, Karl-Johan; Martynovich, Mikhail; Monteilhet, Skirmante; Nielsen, Hjalti; Nilsson, Magnus; Rekers, Josephine V.; Sopanen, S.; Stihl, Linda (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This paper investigates the role of human agency in 40 phases of regional economic development in 12 Nordic regions over 30 years. It contributes with a theoretical framework to study agency over time and a fuzzy-set ... -
Bildelingsutvikling på Nord-Jæren
Arntsen, Ruben; Salgado, Nikolai Bakke (Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-06-12)I dag dominerer personbilen trafikkbildet hvor enn du ferdes i verden, og Norge er ikke et unntak. Det er et praktisk og tidseffektivt framkomstmiddel som løser de fleste transportutfordringene en kan møte på i en hektisk ... -
Economic geography as regional contexts reconsidered-implications for disciplinary division of labour, research focus and societal relevance
Asheim, Bjørn Terje (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The aim of the article is to discuss whether a definition of economic geography as contextual analysis still is viable and relevant. The author argues that the definition remains the key to the production of high quality ... -
Economic geography of innovation and regional development
Asheim, Bjørn Terje; Kalsø Hansen, Høgni; Isaksen, Arne (Chapter, 2022)Research in economic geography on innovation and regional development is an important and thriving research area in Scandinavia, which has contributed significantly to theoretical and empirical advancements beyond the ... -
How to ‘fix’ the bad capitalism : An analytical framework for purposeful action
Asheim, Bjørn Terje (Chapter, 2023)How and why is a chapter with this broad and provocative title relevant in a book on responsible business schools? To be responsible is, to me, to act to change society in a direction that points to increased sustainability ... -
Regional innovation strategy for resilience and transformative industrial path development: evolutionary theoretical perspectives on innovation policy
Asheim, Bjørn Terje; Herstad, Sverre Johan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Many countries in the developed world are currently experiencing low rates of economic growth, which is furthermore regionally and socially unequal. This increasing inequality seems to have deepened during the Corona crisis. ... -
The role of clusters in addressing societal challenges in European regions
Haus-Reve, Silje; Asheim, Bjørn Terje (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-11)Clusters can play an important role in helping regions to address transformative innovation policies in Europe focusing mainly on (i) sustainability (ii) smart specialization, promoting diversified specialization and (ii) ... -
Sistemas regionales de innovaci: Pasado, presente y futuro
Asheim, Bjørn Terje; Grillitsch, Markus; Trippl, Michaela (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-08)Since its development in the 1990s, the Regional Innovation Systems (RIS) approach has attracted considerable attention from economic geographers, innovation scholars and policy makers. The RIS approach is well-known in ... -
Towards regenerative regional development in responsible value chains: an agentic response to recent crises
Grillitsch, Markus; Asheim, Bjørn Terje (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-04)In this paper, we empirically and theoretically present regenerative regional development in responsible value chains as an alternative to the prevailing traditional, neoliberal economic rationale of globalization. We ... -
Towards regional responsible research and innovation? Integrating RRI and RIS3 in European innovation policy
Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Benneworth, Paul; Asheim, Bjørn Terje (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-05)This article develops a model for a regional responsible research and innovation (RRI) policy, integrating existing European Union policies on RRI, and on research and innovation strategies for smart specialisation (RIS3). ... -
Universities as orchestrators of the development of regional innovation ecosystems in emerging economies
Thomas, Elisa; Asheim, Bjørn Terje; Faccin, Kadigia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-10)This paper analyses the role of universities as orchestrators of the development of a regional ecosystem that is conducive to innovation and entrepreneurship. We argue that universities in emerging economies, due to many ...