Intermediaries in Regional Innovation Systems: High-Technology Enterprise Survey from Northern Finland
| Autor: | Tommi Inkinen, Katri Suorsa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Funding Agency
9. Industry and infrastructure Product innovation business.industry 05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development Public sector 0211 other engineering and technologies Innovation management 021107 urban & regional planning 02 engineering and technology Innovation system Private sector Commercialization 8. Economic growth 0502 economics and business Service innovation Marketing business 050203 business & management Industrial organization |
| Zdroj: | European Planning Studies. 18:169-187 |
| ISSN: | 1469-5944 0965-4313 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09654310903491556 |
| Popis: | Intermediaries play an important role in national as well as in regional innovation systems, especially in innovation policy. In linking organizations within an innovation system, intermediaries are focusing on technology transfer, commercialization of ideas and funding. This research focuses on the role of intermediaries in high-technology product development in northern Finland. Based on a survey of 168 high-technology enterprises, funding services are regarded as the most important activity of intermediaries. Our results show that finance matters: a key actor within the Finnish innovation system in terms of direct funding and indirect collaborative resourcing, the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (TEKES), is considered the most important public sector organization in private sector product development. The survey also reveals that growth-driven companies with emphases on product innovation and high levels of investment in research and development for increasing their annual turnover... |
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