Blar i UiS Brage på forfatter "Fitjar, Rune Dahl"
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Nothing is in the air
Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-03)It has often been argued that “there is something in the air” which makes firms in high-density environments—such as cities or clusters—more innovative. The co-location of firms facilitates the emergence of serendipity and ... -
Næringslivets samhandling med universiteter og høgskoler i og utenfor regionen: Funn fra en undersøkelse av norske bedrifter
Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Alpaydin, Utku Ali Riza (Chapter, 2019)The chapter examines collaboration with universities from the perspective of firms, drawing on survey data from 1200 Norwegian firms. Around one in five firms collaborate with a university. The firms provide various motives ... -
One or all channels for knowledge exchange in clusters? Collaboration, monitoring and recruitment networks in the subsea industry in Rogaland, Norway
Hjertvikrem, Nina; Fitjar, Rune Dahl (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-05)Existing research has emphasised various mechanisms for knowledge exchange in industry clusters, including inter-firm collaboration, labour mobility, and monitoring of other firms. However, these mechanisms are normally ... -
Organizing product innovation: hierarchy, market or triple-helix networks?
Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Gjelsvik, Martin; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-10)This paper assesses the extent to which the organization of the innovation effort in firms, as well as the geographical scale at which this effort is pursued, affects the capacity to benefit from product innovations. Three ... -
Organizing Product Innovation: Hierarchy, Market or Triple-Helix Networks?
Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Gjelsvik, Martin; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)This paper assesses the extent to which the organization of the innovation effort in firms – as well as the geographical scale at which this effort is pursued – affects the capacity to benefit from product innovations. ... -
Promoting academic engagement in regions: How individual and contextual factors shape engagement activities
Atta-Owusu, Kwadwo (PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2021-04)The need to harness knowledge to improve the innovativeness and economic development of regions has brought the regional role of universities to the fore of academic and policy discourses. Being producers and disseminators ... -
Proximity across the distant worlds of university–industry collaborations
Alpaydin, Utku Ali Riza; Fitjar, Rune Dahl (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This paper examines the extent to which firms perceive different dimensions of proximity to be important for the formation of their interactions with universities. Furthermore, it investigates whether the importance of the ... -
Regional skill relatedness: towards a new measure of regional related diversification
Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Timmermans, Bram (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)This paper proposes a novel index of regional skill-relatedness and calculates this measure for all Norwegian labour-market regions. Studies of regional related diversification rely on measures of related variety, which ... -
Regional transformation; between policy intervention and knowledge dynamics?
Deegan, Jason (PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Regions have emerged as an important spatial scale through which to understand processes of economic development (Lundvall, and Borrás, 1997; Asheim and Isaksen, 2002; Boschma, 2005, 2015; Boschma et al., 2017; Isaksen and ... -
Relatedness and the resource curse: Is there a liability of relatedness?
Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Timmermans, Bram (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Literature in evolutionary economic geography has emphasized knowledge spillover benefits of co-location with related industries. We draw on resource curse literature to demonstrate that relatedness also comes with costs ... -
Samanhengar mellom utanlandskfødd arbeidskraft og innovasjon: er det kjønnsmessige og geografiske skilnader? The relationship between foreign-born workers and innovation: Are there gender and geographical differences?
Solheim, Marte Cecilie Wilhelmsen; Fitjar, Rune Dahl (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Tidlegare studiar viser både positive og negative samanhengar mellom utanlandskfødd arbeidskraft og innovasjon. Desse studiane har ikkje teke høgde for kjønn. Derfor undersøker vi samanhengen mellom andelen utanlandskfødde ... -
Searching through the Haystack:The Relatedness and Complexity of Priorities in Smart Specialization Strategies
Deegan, Jason; Broekel, Tom; Fitjar, Rune Dahl (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09)This article examines which economic domains regional policy makers aim to develop in regional innovation strategies, focusing in particular on the complexity of those economic domains and their relatedness to other economic ... -
Skottland – fra unionisme til uavhengighetsavstemning
Fitjar, Rune Dahl (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Ved parlamentsvalget i 1955 vant Scottish Unionist Party rent flertall i Skottland med 50,1 prosent av stemmene, og Skottlands forhold til unionen var knapt på dagsorden. Et halvt århundre senere har Skottland betydelig ... -
Skottland – fra unionisme til uavhengighetsavstemning
Fitjar, Rune Dahl (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)Ved parlamentsvalget i 1955 vant Scottish Unionist Party rent flertall i Skottland med 50,1 prosent av stemmene, og Skottlands forhold til unionen var knapt på dagsorden. Et halvt århundre senere har Skottland betydelig ... -
Social capital and economic growth in the regions of Europe
Muringani, Jonathan; Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Social capital is an important factor explaining differences in economic growth among regions. However, the key distinction between bonding social capital, which can lead to lock-in and myopia, and bridging social capital, ... -
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). ... -
University-Industry Collaborations (UICs): A Matter of Proximity Dimensions?
Alpaydin, Utku Ali Riza (PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2021-03)Firms and universities interact with each other despite several barriers hindering their collaboration, such as distances in their worldviews, organizational structures and cognitive capabilities. This suggests that these ... -
What drives university-industry collaboration? Research excellence or firm collaboration strategy?
Atta-Owusu, Kwadwo; Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-08-13)Research and innovation policy aims to boost research output and university-industry collaboration (UIC) in part to allow firms access to leading scientific knowledge. As part of their mission, universities in many countries ... -
What motivates academics for external engagement? Exploring the effects of motivational drivers and organizational fairness
Atta-Owusu, Kwadwo; Fitjar, Rune Dahl (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04)Academics have different motivations for external engagement, including to acquire external resources for research (research advancement motivation), to contribute to society (prosocial motivation), or to acquire monetary ... -
Where cities fail to triumph: The impact of urban location and local collaboration on innovation in Norway
Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-07)The role of cities in fostering innovation has for long been taken for granted. Agglomeration and the knowledge spillovers generated in dense urban environments have been considered fundamental drivers of innovation. This ...