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- Kristensen, Iryna Fil, et al.
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Opportunities and challenges in implementing Smart Specialisation in Nordic ‘strong innovator’ regions
- 2023
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In: Regional Studies. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0034-3404 .- 1360-0591. ; 57:1, s. 129-140
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In this paper we consider the experience of implementing the Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3) in three regions in Finland, Norway and Denmark. We highlight the challenges each of these ‘strong innovator’ regions has faced in implementing S3. We elucidate the fact that each region faced different challenges when implementing S3. We extend a discussion around place-based policy, which is designed in a regionally bespoke and bottom-up manner, suggesting that this will inherently throw up unique and variable place-based challenges, questioning how to balance this uniqueness of problems with a universally applicable approach and support infrastructure.
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- Kristensen, Iryna, 1984-, et al.
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Social constructing of a rural bioeconomy cluster : The case of the Processum biorefinery complex in northern Sweden
- 2021
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In: Journal of Rural Studies. - : Elsevier. - 0743-0167 .- 1873-1392. ; 86, s. 87-96
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper unpacks the relational processes that shape industrial developments in rural settings and offers a springboard for reflecting upon rural clusters as social constructs that result from a complex and dynamic pro-cess, which is a subject to constant change. To identify and map different types of social ties as well as analyze their role in different phases of bio-cluster development, the paper proposes an analytical framework that combines the function of social ties (bonding, bridging and linking) with aspects of geographical and organised proximity. A 'critical case' design has been employed to operationalize the analytical framework proposed and test its suitability for grasping and explaining real-life phenomena. This 'critical case' illustrates the long and winding relational routes collegially taken by local entrepreneurs in bringing together what eventually became a rural cluster.
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- Kristensen, Iryna
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Urban–Rural Linkages : An Inquiry into Second-Home Tourism in the Nordics
- 2022
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In: Routledge Handbook of Small Towns. - New York : Routledge. - 9780367555900 ; , s. 218-231
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The Nordics have a long tradition of second homes. Regular retreats to rural areas by people from the towns and cities are quite common. This in turn has a significant impact on small towns and rural municipalities, as well as their economies – not least, because the size of the population using services and infrastructure in the area varies greatly during the course of the year. About half the population of the Nordic Region has access to a second home, which is used during the summer or winter season and increasingly at weekends. The variability of the population due to second-home usage or tourism is still largely ignored in policy and spatial planning in the Nordic countries.Based on an analysis of Nordic statistics and qualitative fieldwork in five Nordic municipalities, this chapter seeks to investigate how second homes and seasonal tourism are now being embraced as part of the Nordic spatial planning and policy agenda. It also looks at the implications of second homes and seasonal tourism for urban–rural integration throughout the Nordic region.
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- Pugh, Rhiannon, et al.
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Innovation in the periphery : refresh!
- 2023
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In: Geografiska Annaler. Series B, Human Geography. - : Routledge. - 0435-3684 .- 1468-0467.
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This short paper serves as an introduction to the special issue published in Geografiska Annaler B on the topic of innovation in the periphery. In addition to summarizing the main contributions included within the special issue, this piece reflects on the current state of knowledge in this sub-field and where the gaps are that need to be filled by research going forwards. This collection represents one step in this direction and pushes forward an interdisciplinary and varied approach to studying innovation in the periphery. There are three particular themes relating to innovation in the periphery that this piece picks up: defining peripheries, beyond technological innovation in the periphery and discourses of crisis in the periphery. It finishes with some suggestions for a roadmap, looking forward as to what the future of research in the periphery might be.
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- Shearmur, Richard, et al.
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Canada's Ocean Supercluster initiative : A national policy in regional clothing?
- 2023
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In: The Canadian Geographer / Le Géographe canadien. - : Blackwell Publishing. - 0008-3658 .- 1541-0064. ; 67:4, s. 484-498
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Since the late 1980s, there has been no explicit regional policy in Canada. Indirectly, though, equalization payments, industrial policies, as well as regional agencies encouraging the adoption of federal industrial and innovation policies, impact regional economies. In 2017, the federal government appeared to alter its approach: the Supercluster initiative was announced, drawing upon the idea that localized networks of interrelated firms can generate innovation and local development. In this paper, we discuss the mechanisms through which spatially focused industrial innovation policy can lead to regional development. We then focus on Canada's Ocean Supercluster initiative. The question we address is as follows: to what extent can this initiative (and, more widely, Canada's Supercluster policy) be understood as a regional development strategy driven by a coherent rationale for regional intervention? Apart from the fact that each Supercluster focuses on a pre-existing core of firms located within a region, there is little evidence that the Supercluster initiative has regional development objectives or impacts.
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- Slätmo, Elin, et al.
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Urban-Rural linkages: An Inquiry into Second-Home Tourism in the Nordics
- 2021
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In: The Routledge Handbook of Small Towns. Jerzy Bański (red.). - : Routledge. - 9781000421637 ; , s. 218-231, s. 218-232
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The Nordics have a long tradition of second homes. Regular retreats to rural areas by people from the towns and cities are quite common. This in turn has a significant impact on small towns and rural municipalities, as well as their economies – not least, because the size of the population using services and infrastructure in the area varies greatly during the course of the year. About half the population of the Nordic Region has access to a second home, which is used during the summer or winter season and increasingly at weekends. The variability of the population due to second-home usage or tourism is still largely ignored in policy and spatial planning in the Nordic countries. Based on an analysis of Nordic statistics and qualitative fieldwork in five Nordic municipalities, this chapter seeks to investigate how second homes and seasonal tourism are now being embraced as part of the Nordic spatial planning and policy agenda. It also looks at the implications of second homes and seasonal tourism for urban–rural integration throughout the Nordic region.
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