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Intermediaries in Regional Innovation Systems: High-Technology Enterprise Survey from Northern Finland

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  • Tommi Inkinen
  • Katri Suorsa

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Intermediaries play an important role in national as well as in regional innovation systems, especially in innovation policy. In linking organizations within an innovation system, intermediaries are focusing on technology transfer, commercialization of ideas and funding. This research focuses on the role of intermediaries in high-technology product development in northern Finland. Based on a survey of 168 high-technology enterprises, funding services are regarded as the most important activity of intermediaries. Our results show that finance matters: a key actor within the Finnish innovation system in terms of direct funding and indirect collaborative resourcing, the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (TEKES), is considered the most important public sector organization in private sector product development. The survey also reveals that growth-driven companies with emphases on product innovation and high levels of investment in research and development for increasing their annual turnover benefit the most from intermediaries.

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  • Tommi Inkinen & Katri Suorsa, 2008. "Intermediaries in Regional Innovation Systems: High-Technology Enterprise Survey from Northern Finland," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 18(2), pages 169-187, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:18:y:2008:i:2:p:169-187
    DOI: 10.1080/09654310903491556
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