Knowledge bases and regional development: collaborations between higher education and cultural creative industries
This paper builds on the assumption that cooperation between higher education institutions (HEIs) and creative and cultural industries (CCIs) stimulates innovation and economic growth at the regional level. It further assumes that HEIs and CCIs hold different perspectives on their intention to cooperate with external actors and, thus, there is a need for joint arenas to develop and integrate knowledge and practices among stakeholders across academia and industry. With this rationale in mind, the paper’s main objective is to discuss how universities’ roles in the establishment and development of locally embedded CCIs change or evolve over time. Taking a process economics perspective and buil…
External managerial networking in meta-organizations. Evidence from regional councils in Norway
Municipalities increasingly engage in cooperation with other municipalities to realize economies of scale and scope, to solve ‘wicked problems’ and to manage border crossing challenges. Often, such...
Managing Collaborative Arrangements : Challenges associated with managing secondary structures
With respect to copyright, Paper I and Paper II was excluded from the dissertation. There is a widespread consensus that collaborative arrangements do not replace but instead add one or more layers of structural complexity to traditional organizations. In response to the challenges confronting contemporary societies, different network forms such as intermunicipal cooperation, joint ventures, clusters, partnerships, and many similar collective entities become necessary to improve organizational performance and to tackle many challenges in the public sector. For example, networks are essential for the implementation of larger programs, the reduction of unemployment, designing solutions for de…