TY - CHAP

T1 - Deviant Davids and greying Goliaths: micro-initiatives to induce growth

AU - Farny, Steffen

AU - Heiska, Nina

AU - Pohjalainen, Tapio

AU - Shafiq, Muhammad

AU - Bandi, Venkata

AU - Cozma, Mircea

AU - Lyytinen, Tatu

PY - 2013

Y1 - 2013

N2 - The traditional national industrial fields have weakened in Finland. Renewing the industries and finding new strongholds for global competence requires new ways of thinking and new initiatives. The general perception based on the existing scientific literature and government reports proposes a variety of micro- and macro-level approaches. We propose three alternatives for cooperation between universities and companies: transfer of tacit knowledge, lifelong learning and creating an entrepre-neurial mindset. In this chapter, we argue that the innovation process has been insti-tutionalised to support macro-level structures and that more micro-level approaches are actually needed to encourage a more entrepreneurial mindset. We suggest incen-tivising micro-level activities as a means of shifting current mindsets and the working culture, building informal regional networks and encouraging this type of behaviour. The Pessa model serves as an encouraging benchmark for making these changes.

AB - The traditional national industrial fields have weakened in Finland. Renewing the industries and finding new strongholds for global competence requires new ways of thinking and new initiatives. The general perception based on the existing scientific literature and government reports proposes a variety of micro- and macro-level approaches. We propose three alternatives for cooperation between universities and companies: transfer of tacit knowledge, lifelong learning and creating an entrepre-neurial mindset. In this chapter, we argue that the innovation process has been insti-tutionalised to support macro-level structures and that more micro-level approaches are actually needed to encourage a more entrepreneurial mindset. We suggest incen-tivising micro-level activities as a means of shifting current mindsets and the working culture, building informal regional networks and encouraging this type of behaviour. The Pessa model serves as an encouraging benchmark for making these changes.

KW - Management studies

KW - Entrepreneurship

KW - Entrepreneurial mindset

KW - innovation

KW - Pessa model

KW - rgionality

KW - Research collaboration

KW - strongholds

KW - Sustainability sciences, Management & Economics

M3 - Chapter

SN - 978-952-60-3633-5

SP - 68

EP - 91

BT - BIT BANG 5: Changing Global Landscapes

A2 - Yrjö Neuvo, Erkki Ormala

A2 - Karvonen, Elina

PB - Aalto ARTS Books

CY - Espoo

ER -