Blar i UiS Business school på forfatter "Thomas, Elisa"
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From Closed to Open Innovation in Emerging Economies: Evidence from the Chemical Industry in Brazil
Thomas, Elisa (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-03)In this article, we examine how firms in an emerging economy perform research and development (R&D) activities in regards to the concept of open innovation. Most literature on open innovation shows multinational ... -
Innovation search: the role of innovation intermediaries in the search process
Howells, Jeremy; Thomas, Elisa (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-05)The aim of this paper is to explore how innovation search is conceptualised, given that firms increasingly use innovation intermediaries. The paper examines the search processes which involves the role of innovation ... -
Organizing a cluster to foster innovation
Stangeland, Ellen; Austvik, Solveig (Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-14)In this case study, we examine how the Dusavik base in Stavanger can be organized into a cluster to foster innovation. Literature on the subject does not present one single explicit cluster model that could be applied. ... -
Universities and regions : New insights and emerging developments
Berg, Laila Margaret Nordstrand; Thomas, Elisa; Iakovleva, Tatiana Aleksandrovna; Pinheiro, Romulo; Benneworth, Paul (Chapter, 2022)In this concluding chapter, the editors take stock of the empirical findings across the cases and levels of analysis and link the empirical evidence to the analytical framework presented in Chapter 2. In so doing, we revisit ... -
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 ... -
Universities' mundaneness and regional engagement : Setting the stage
Thomas, Elisa; Benneworth, Paul; Berg, Laila Margaret Nordstrand; Iakovleva, Tatiana Aleksandrovna; Pinheiro, Romulo (Chapter, 2022)This chapter introduces the main logic of this volume, which starts from the grassroots level of universities’ “everyday” engagements, looking at the manifold ways in which university knowledge agents build connections ... -
University dynamic capabilities to boost innovation ecosystems : The case of a university alliance in Brazil
Faccin, Kadigia; Thomas, Elisa; Kretschmer, Caroline (Chapter, 2022)This chapter unpacks how universities’ dynamic capabilities are mobilized to take on the role of fostering and orchestrating regional innovation ecosystems. Increasingly, universities are applying strategic and entrepreneurial ... -
Unpacking Mundaneness : A novel conceptual framework for universities and regional engagement
Pinheiro, Romulo; Berg, Laila Margaret Nordstrand; Iakovleva, Tatiana Aleksandrovna; Thomas, Elisa; Benneworth, Paul (Chapter, 2022)In this chapter, we debate the current view on university-regional engagements and suggest a renewed theoretical framework based on four main elements – macro, meso, micro dimensions, as well as a meta-dimension of temporality ...