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Abstract
Firms increasingly transcend the boundaries of regional innovation systems in their search for technology and complementary capabilities, and only rarely can they build their knowledge bases on science system output alone. Whereas the former decouple firms from regional user–producer networks, the latter raises important questions concerning the role of local science and education system actors in industrial development. By applying the “modes of innovation” concept on a Norwegian region, this paper discusses how science and education institutions can respond to the challenges of knowledge base complexity and globalization. It concludes that such institutions may play a vital role in supporting knowledge-based development, albeit different from that of academic knowledge exploration followed by linear technology transfer to industry.
Notes
NEW knowledge and technology for PACKaging of Microsystems (NEWPACK) was a collaborative research programme founded by the Norwegian Research Council in 2003–2006.
MultiMEMS: “Multi-functional MEMS Services” was a collaborative research programme founded by the Norwegian Research Council from 2003 to 2004.