<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Our study contributes to a limited body of literature and aims to examine the type and frequency of linkages between creative industries and higher education institutions (HEIs). The objective of our study is to investigate the extent to which various types of linkages contribute to enhanced innovative capabilities in creative industries. Based on a qualitative research design and a case study carried out in a peripheral south-western Norwegian county, our empirical analysis shows that HEIs are generally not very relevant partners and that other actors are mainly involved in innovation dynamics. As clarified and discussed in the paper, this finding largely depends on some specific characteristics of HEIs, the form of knowledge primarily employed by creative firms (symbolic knowledge base), and the cultural divergence between the two spheres.</p></abstract>

Our study contributes to a limited body of literature and aims to examine the type and frequency of linkages between creative industries and higher education institutions (HEIs). The objective of our study is to investigate the extent to which various types of linkages contribute to enhanced innovative capabilities in creative industries. Based on a qualitative research design and a case study carried out in a peripheral south-western Norwegian county, our empirical analysis shows that HEIs are generally not very relevant partners and that other actors are mainly involved in innovation dynamics. As clarified and discussed in the paper, this finding largely depends on some specific characteristics of HEIs, the form of knowledge primarily employed by creative firms (symbolic knowledge base), and the cultural divergence between the two spheres.

Does the Nature of Interactions with Higher Education Institutions Influence the Innovative Capabilities of Creative Firms? The Case of a South-Western Norwegian County

Department of Geography and Regional Research

Centre for Innovation Research – UiS Business School

Quaestiones Geographicae

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Our study contributes to a limited body of literature and aims to examine the type and frequency of linkages between creative industries and higher education...

Category	Field of production	Start-up year	Employees
Audio-visual	film and video production	2003	6
	film and video production	2003	9
	film and video production	1999	14
	literature and film	2001	Part-time 2
Graphic and/or industrial design	graphic, industrial design, project management	2003	2
	industrial design	2003	2
	graphic design, multimedia, GIS	2000	16
	graphic design	1995	2
Art or clothing design	jewellery and art design	1982	2
	clothing design	1998	2
	clothing design	2006	1
	clothing design	1997	2

	Open information source	Acquisition of technology and knowledge	Innovation cooperation
Forms of linkages	reading publications	consulting	joint research projects
	attending conferences	licensing
	personal relationships	access to facilities and equipment
	personal relationships	contract research
Degree of interaction	no interaction	interaction not required	active cooperation
Costs	does not require purchase	require purchase	time
Costs			exploitation of internal resources

Does the Nature of Interactions with Higher Education Institutions Influence the Innovative Capabilities of Creative Firms? The Case of a South-Western Norwegian County

Publicado en línea: 31 dic 2018

Páginas: 67 - 79

Recibido: 25 oct 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2018-0040

Palabras clave
creative industries, higher education institutions, knowledge transfer, innovative capability

© 2018 Giuseppe Calignano et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Firm category and field of production.

Types of linkages, degree of interaction and costs of HEI-firm relationships.

Does the Nature of Interactions with Higher Education Institutions Influence the Innovative Capabilities of Creative Firms? The Case of a South-Western Norwegian County

Publicado en línea: 31 dic 2018

Páginas: 67 - 79

Recibido: 25 oct 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2018-0040

Palabras clavecreative industries, higher education institutions, knowledge transfer, innovative capability

© 2018 Giuseppe Calignano et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Firm category and field of production.

Types of linkages, degree of interaction and costs of HEI-firm relationships.

Palabras clave
creative industries, higher education institutions, knowledge transfer, innovative capability