Tittel: | Connecting to Global Production Networks: Challenges for Regional Actors in Northern Norway |
Ansvar: | Trond Nilsen, Stig Karlstad |
Forfatter: | Nilsen, Trond / Karlstad, Stig |
Materialtype: | Artikkel - elektronisk |
Signatur: | Arctic review on law and politics |
Utgitt: | Oslo : Cappelen Damm Akademisk, 2016 |
Omfang: | S. 42–59 |
Serie: | Arctic Review on Law and Politics ; 1/2016 |
Note: | https://doi.org/10.17585/arctic.v7.207 |
Innhold: | Over the past few years, Northern Norway has been perceived as a land of opportunity. Announcements of offshore oil and gas discoveries off the coast of Finnmark have contributed to increased market activity in related sectors like service and construction. However, regional firms continue to score at the bottom of innovation indexes and seldom compete on international markets. Based on indepth interviews with representatives from key businesses in three sectors in Northern Norway, we examine the bottlenecks that have prevented these firms from gaining new market positions through the interplay of these regional firms and agencies with the Global Production Network (GPN). We adopt the concept of ‘‘strategic coupling’’ and explore whether an actor approach can contribute to an improved understanding of this relationship. The paper demonstrates that regional strategies and public policy differ between the sectors. Public policy is important for regional firms within the petroleum sector. However, the fu |
Del av verk: | Arctic review on law and politics vol. 7 no 1 (2016) |