Deviant Davids and greying Goliaths: micro-initiatives to induce growth
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BIT BANG 5: Changing Global Landscapes: Role of Policy Making and Innovation Capability. ed. / Erkki Ormala Yrjö Neuvo; Elina Karvonen. Espoo: Aalto ARTS Books, 2013. p. 68-91.
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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 -