Universities, innovation and competitiveness in regional economies Online publication date: Fri, 15-Dec-2017
by Martin Gjelsvik
International Journal of Technology Management (IJTM), Vol. 76, No. 1/2, 2018
Abstract: The paper examines how university strategies and regional development paths co-evolve. The aim is to contribute to the discussion on how regions in a path dependent way transform over time, and how local universities may take on differentiated roles in those processes. Although regional development is path dependent, I discuss how regions may overcome such intertie, by illustrating how universities contribute to create new, transform established, or extend existing economic regional development paths through collaboration with the regional industry. The study confirms that universities take differentiated roles depending on what kind of industrial transformation is taking place in the respective regional economies. Four different regional development paths emerge: new path creation, paths new to the region through transplantation from elsewhere, path renewal through diversification into related industries, and path extension through upgrading of existing industries. The findings draw on studies of universities and regional firms in three regions in Norway.
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