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Model of State Management of Petroleum Sector – Case of Norway

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Dośpiał-Borysiak K.

International Studies. Interdisciplinary Political and Cultural Journal

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2017

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vol. 20

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issue 1

97-112

EN

The aim of the article is to discuss the Norwegian Model of hydrocarbon management and its impact on building a just and equal society. Since 1972, the model has been based on the separation of policy, commercial, and regulatory functions. Within each area there is state-controlled institution with its own distinct role. This model of separation of duties is however combined with other unique features which cannot be easily copied by other counties. These include a long tradition and high level of democratic co-operation, intergovernmental checks and balances, socio-democratic traditions of strong public involvement, mature institutional capacity (mainly a competent bureaucracy) and highly developed model of co-operation between government, business and research institutions.

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Tożsamość narodowa i nacjonalizm w Norwegii. Podróż w czasie

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Rian Ø.

Przegląd Humanistyczny

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2018

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vol. 62(2 (461))

13-27

PL

In contrast to the prevailing in the 70s, 80s and 90s concepts on nation-building and national consciousness, the author develops the idea of the Norwegian national identity being present in the Middle Ages, modified and strengthened in the period of the union with Denmark (16th–18th centuries), and during the union with Sweden in the 19th century. In this time, the national identity grew into a political programme of regaining independence and building a national culture.

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Norwegian Tax System from the Point of View of Climate Change Policy

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Ptak M.

Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy

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2014

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vol. 9

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issue 1

71-89

EN

Norway was the first country in the world to fix a carbon dioxide target. Norway was also one of the first countries to implement taxes to increase incentives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The aim of the paper is to analyse the role of environmental taxes in Norwegian climate policy. The author also examines the differences between the climate change policy measures in Norway and in the European Union countries, especially Poland.The first part of the paper contains an analysis of data on greenhouse gas emissions in Norway in the years 1990-2011. In the further sections of the paper the discussion is focused on the characteristics of Norwegian tax system and design of taxes used in Norway as instruments for addressing climate change. Particular attention is paid to the carbon tax, in force since 1991. The tax is responsible for large CO2 emission reductions. The paper is largely based on review of various reports, literature and websites on climate change policy, energy policy and transport policy in Norway.

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The social homeownership model – the case of Norway

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Sandlie H. C., Gulbrandsen L.

Critical Housing Analysis

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2017

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vol. 4

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issue 1

52-60

EN

This article gives a brief overview of recent developments in Norwegian social housing emphasizing the years after the global financial crisis (GFC). In Norway, mass homeownership has been an important part of social housing in the post-war period. The GFC led to a more rigorous housing finance system, which in turn affected the possibilities of young adults entering homeownership. Nevertheless, the share of young homeowners has been stable or even growing in recent years. Today, social housing mainly refers to a rather marginal system providing housing for the most vulnerable groups.

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Meandry norweskiej europejskości

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Grzela J.

Rocznik Europeistyczny

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2016

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issue 2

149-165

EN

Norway is a part of Europe, not only geographically, but historically, financially and culturally. The European Union is the main trading partner of that country, and EU policies have an impact on many sectors of Norwegian life. Despite this, the Norwegians twice in a referendum rejected membership in the European Union. There are many reasons for this decision. Among them, the most stressed — economic reasons. Norwegians do not want to share profits from fishing, and, what is more, the extraction of natural resources. Norwegian economy is healthy and prospers well without being part of the European Union. Norwegian absence in the EU is therefore nothing other than self-preservation and Norwegians Euroscepticism is based on a commitment to autonomy.

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Public Anthropology in the 21st Century, with Some Examples from Norway

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Hylland Eriksen T.

Český lid: etnologický časopis (Český lid: Ethnological journal)

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2016

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vol. 103

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issue 1

23-36

EN

Although there seems to be broad agreement within the discipline about the desirability of a public anthropology, there is less certainty, or agreement, not only about how to achieve it in a responsible way but also about its very raison- d’être. What should an anthropology which engages closely with non-academic publics seek to achieve? Starting with a historical overview, the article argues that the lack of a clear societal task or assignment liberates anthropology from problem solving for the state, enabling it to stimulate the collective imagination by making bold comparisons and unexpected conjectures. The empirical examples from Norway show how public anthropologists can successfully mix the ‘light’ and the ‘heavy’ in getting their argument across and raising anthropological issues while also engaging with a broad, non-academic public.

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Statystyczny portret Polski i Norwegii w świetle wskaźników zrównoważonego rozwoju

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Zimny A.

Zeszyty Naukowe PWSZ w Płocku. Nauki Ekonomiczne

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2015

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vol. 2(22)

361-375

EN

The purpose of this article is an attempt to prove that it is very unlikely that the development gap between Poland and Norway will be significantly reduced in the coming years. This thesis has been verified by identifying position of both countries in the field of sustainable development - to be more precise: in the context of the ten dimensions of development (SDI theme) included in the EU Sustainable Development Strategy (socioeconomic development, sustainable consumption and production, social inclusion, demographic changes, public health, climate change and energy, sustainable transport, natural resources, global partnership, good governance). As a result the distance between Norway and Poland in the field of sustainable development has been indicated. The study was based on information obtained from the database of Eurostat and the OECD. Generally speaking the sustainable development indicators were presented in relation to the 2004 and 2013 years.

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Privilegovaný malý spojenec. Kráľovská nórska vláda v spojeneckom Londýne

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Jakubec P.

Historie – Otázky – Problémy (History, Issues, Problems)

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2020

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issue 1

21-32

EN

During the Second World War, London hosted several Allied governments-in-exile. An unprecedented phenomenon in diplomatic history, the explosion of exile politics affected the position and agency of the Czechoslovak authorities. The aim of this study is to present basic, often status-related operational parameters of one of their lesser partners, the Royal Norwegian Government, which also strived to contribute to a sustainable balance in the mutual relationships of the “Grand Coalition” great powers.

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The beginning of work on school gardens in Norway – Andreas M. Feragen's garden in Holt on Agder

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Jahr E. H.

Scripta Neophilologica Posnaniensia

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2021

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vol. 21

7-13

EN

This paper recounts the beginnings of the School Gardening Movement in Norway, which is now (in 2021) a topic of great interest throughout the country. The famous 19th-century school teacher and reformist Andreas M. Feragen (1818–1912), who retired from his teaching position at the age of 93, was the first to argue, in the late 1850s and early 1860s, for including gardening both as a subject and as a practical activity in primary schools. A widely used reader first published in 1863 included four pieces by Feragen about different types of gardens which would be appropriate for a rural school: the first piece was about the garden in general, the following three described a kitchen garden, a fruit garden, and a flower garden. These four pieces were written in the form of a story about a teacher and his students strolling around the gardens discussing what they saw and how to grow vegetables, fruit trees and fruit bushes, and flowers. Feragen followed up these pieces with an article in the teachers’ journal Den norske Folkeskole [The Norwegian Primary School] in which he argued that basic gardening knowledge ought to be included in the teacher training curriculum. School gardening in Norway started with Feragen’s own gardens surrounding his school in Holt in Agder, clearly the very gardens he described in his pieces in the reader.

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The Norwegian National Insurance Scheme as the main element of the Norwegian “welfare state”

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Nowiak W.

Folia Scandinavica Posnaniensia

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1996

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vol. 3

57-66

EN

The National Insurance Scheme is the main element of the Norwegian ’’welfare state”. The Scheme secures people’s finance when they are sick, disabled, unemployed or old, or when they have no one to support them and are unable to support themselves. The National Insurance Scheme is the most fundamental cornerstone of the structure represented by the ’’welfare state”. The Scheme consists of long-term benefits; pensions and transitional allowances; short-term benefits; daily allowances for the sick, and daily cash benefits for the unemployed and benefits in kind; and expenditure for health care and rehabilitation.

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Selected Aspects of Norwegian Immigration Policy Towards Children

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Nikielska-Sekuła K.

Central and Eastern European Migration Review

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2016

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vol. 5

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issue 1

129-144

EN

This article, through the prism of immigration policy models proposed by Stephen Castles (1995), Steven Weldon (2005) and Liah Greenfeld (1998), discusses those aspects of Norwegian immigration policy that refer directly to children. Areas such as employment, education, housing and health care influence the situation of an immigrant family, which in turn affects the wellbeing of a child. However, it is the education system and the work of Child Welfare Services that most directly influence a child’s position. Analysis presented in this article is based on the White Paper to the Norwegian Parliament, and data that were obtained in expert interviews and ethnographic observation in Akershus and Buskerud area in Norway, conducted between 2012 and 2014. The article raises the question whether the tools of immigration policy used by social workers and teachers lead to integration understood as an outcome of a pluralist or individualistic-civic model of immigration policy or are rather aimed at assimilation into Norwegian society, attempting to impose the effect of assimilation or the collectivistic-civic policy model.

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Veřejná antropologie ve 21. století, s některými příklady z Norska

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Hylland Eriksen T.

Český lid: etnologický časopis (Český lid: Ethnological journal)

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2016

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vol. 103

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issue 1

37-50

EN

Although there seems to be broad agreement within the discipline about the desirability of a public anthropology, there is less certainty, or agreement, not only about how to achieve it in a responsible way but also about its very raison- d’être. What should an anthropology which engages closely with non-academic publics seek to achieve? Starting with a historical overview, the article argues that the lack of a clear societal task or assignment liberates anthropology from problem solving for the state, enabling it to stimulate the collective imagination by making bold comparisons and unexpected conjectures. The empirical examples from Norway show how public anthropologists can successfully mix the ‘light’ and the ‘heavy’ in getting their argument across and raising anthropological issues while also engaging with a broad, non-academic public.

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Organization, operation and reforms of the Norwegian pension scheme in the light of demographic trends

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Mosionek-Schweda M.

International Business and Global Economy

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2015

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vol. Volume 34

112–122

EN

The aim of this article is to present the principles of the Norwegian pension scheme, which is being reorganized since 1 January 2011 with regard to the acquisition and determination of pension rights and the possibility of combining work with pension in the light of demographic challenges. The phenomenon of an aging population (which is the result of, i.a., rising longevity and declining fertility rate) and the migration processes have become a serious threat to public pension systems of most countries. For this reason, they decided to implement radical reforms in the retirement security of citizens. Among these countries was also Norway, despite the fact that its liberal immigration policy, very high fertility rate and, primarily, the funds collected in the state pension fund seem to protect its pension system, as well as public finances, against the collapse. The choice of the subject was influenced by the growing popularity of Norway as a destination for employment and by the considerable complexity of the Norwegian pension scheme, especially in the ongoing transition period in which the old and new regulations operate simultaneously. This paper is based on the materials collected in the branches of the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV) in Stavanger, statistical data and analyses compiled by Statistics Norway (SSB), as well as the information published by NAV and the Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.

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Policies in Municipal Public Services and Migration to Norway

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Gjerstad B., Johannessen Ø. L., Nødland S. I., Skeie G., Vedøy G.

Politeja : Pismo Wydziału Studiów Miedzynarodowych i Politycznych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego

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2015

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issue 1(31/2)

159-184

EN

Today, approximately 15% of the total Norwegian population of 5 million are immigrants, and this number is growing. This article investigates how public social service institutions and local policies are challenged by the new realities of migration and how they attempt to meet them in Norway, by identifying and discussing tensions between policies and practices. The article exemplifies these tensions through focusing on the Education sector and the Health and Care sector, and their respective treatment of two groups, labour migrants and refugees. Interviews were conducted with immigrants and public service providers in three municipalities. In the analysis of various white papers on migration and integration issues, we use the concepts of group pluralism and individual pluralism as analytical tools. In the empirical analysis, we have searched for critical issues arising in the relationship between providers and receivers of services. We find that when national policies meet practice at the municipal level, the municipal context and economic incentives are important factors. Other central aspects include the history, traditions and functions of the social service institutions that are responsible for carrying out national policies at the municipal level. Here, the main professional bodies appear to exercise their own particular logic in regards to the integration and inclusion of migrants into the Norwegian society.

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Norweskie partie polityczne wobec problemu zmian klimatu i polityki klimatycznej

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Dośpiał-Borysiak K.

Studia z Polityki Publicznej

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2015

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vol. 2

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issue 4(8)

141-158

EN

Due to the social and economic costs the problem of climate change has recently become one of the factors which antagonizes or merges national political systems and their entities. The case of Norway as a leading European producer and exporter of oil and gas seems to deserve particular attention. Although the main political actors in the country, such as the Norwegian Labour Party (DnA), the Conservative Party of Norway (H), the Socialist Left Party (SV), the People’s Christian Party (Kr.F), the Centre Party (S) and the Liberal Party (V) have quite similar ideas about the major objectives of the national climate policy, their opinions differ in operational matters. The position of the Progress Party (Fr.P) is an important exception to the approach towards the discussed issue. This article aims to analyse the programme assumptions about the climate policy and climate protection of all parliamentary groups and assess their practical implementation in the past decade.

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Problem zmian klimatu ze względu na koszty społeczne i ekonomiczne staje się w ostatnich latach jednym z czynników antagonizujących bądź scalających narodowe systemy polityczne i występujące tam podmioty. Casus Norwegii jako czołowego w Europie producenta oraz eksportera ropy i gazu wydaje się zasługiwać na szczególną uwagę. Główne podmioty polityczne w tym państwie, jak: Norweska Partia Pracy (DnA), Partia Konserwatywna (H), Socjalistyczna Partia Lewicy (SV), Chrześcijańska Partia Ludowa (Kr.F), Partia Centrum (S), Partia Liberalna (V) wyrażają w kwestii celów narodowej polityki klimatycznej dość istotną zbieżność, choć różnią się w kwestiach operacyjnych. Istotnym wyjątkiem w podejściu do omawianej problematyki jest stanowisko Partii Postępu (Fr.P).Celem artykułu jest analiza założeń programowych w obszarze polityki klimatycznej i ochrony klimatu wszystkich ugrupowań parlamentarnych oraz ocena ich praktycznej implementacji w minionej dekadzie.

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Ideologies and Policies for Independent Life and Disability: Personal Assistance Services Supporting the Employment of People with Disabilities in Norway and Poland

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Giermanowska E., Racław M., Szawarska D.

Polish Sociological Review

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2021

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vol. 215

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issue 3

405-424

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In this article we consider the concept of “independent life” for people with disabilities, and attempts to implement the idea in Norway and Poland, especially in relation to the employment of people with disabilities. Assistant services appear to be so crucial in this regard that they are mentioned in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the CRPD, adopted on December 13, 2006). However, the organization of such services in these countries reveals strains resulting in part from misconceptions of what it means to have a disability and what is meant by “independent living.”

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Experiencing forced migration in childhood: the case of refugees from the former Yugoslavia in Norway

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Kovacevic Bielicki D.

Problemy Wczesnej Edukacji

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2016

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vol. 12

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issue 4(35)

14-27

EN

This article discusses how former child refugees from Yugoslav wars, who have permanently resettled in Norway, narrate their past refugee experiences, and how they negotiate their belonging and integration in the present. The article argues that child refugees are particularly important research subjects in the field of migration and forced migration studies: refugees and forced migrants are the most vulnerable of all migrants, while children are the most vulnerable and powerless among all forced migrants. Turning back to the past experiences and memories of people who went through this type of experience in the not so distant past, might helps us understand what challenges the numerous refugees of today are facing, and help answer what receiving societies can do in response to the arrival of the new refugees.

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PŁEĆ KULTUROWA W PRAKTYKACH MIGRACYJNYCH: Re-thinking Fatherhood and Manhood among Polish Migrant Fathers in Norway

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Ryndyk O.

Miscellanea Anthropologica et Sociologica

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2016

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vol. 17(3)

17-34

PL

Being the biggest ethnic minority group in Norway, Poles not only dominate in the labourimmigration, but also rank first on the list of family immigration to the country. Atthe same time, the lack of research on parenting and gender roles among intra-Europeanmigrant families may reflect that the Polish migrant families, who have migrated to WesternEurope after 2004, are culturally assumed to be more similar to the host countries’populations. This article therefore aims at filling that gap by exploring the Polish migrantfathers’ conceptualisations of fatherhood and manhood in the migratory context. Thisarticle scrutinises the ways Polish migrant fathers interpret the perceived changes in theirparenting styles and practices after the emigration from Poland and settling with theirfamilies in Norway. It identifies and discusses three main theoretical categories, developedwith the content analysis method: encountering work-life balance, re-evaluating familylife, child and parenting, and reconquering manhood.

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Disturbed security in Norway and Sweden

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Lieder W.

Securitologia

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2015

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issue 1(21)

115-126

EN

The content of the article is an attempt to determine the course and consequences of terrorist attacks that took place in 2010 in Sweden and 2011 in Norway. A Comparative Study includes responses of societies and political elites of both countries.

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Interaction for Innovation: Comparing Norwegian Regions

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Solesvik M., Gulbrandsen M.

Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation

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2014

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vol. 10

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issue 3

7-28

EN

Building upon insights from earlier investigations of innovation collaboration from A regional perspective as well as the triple helix perspective, local/regional innovation systems and open innovation approaches, this study explores whether cooperation between firms, universities and government increases the intensity of innovation equally for the capital city and peripheral regions. We investigate whether firms located in the capital region benefit more from public support, cooperation with universities, and cooperation with different stakeholders than firms located in peripheral regions. Using logistic binary regressions, we find that capital region firms are generally not more innovative than those located elsewhere. We also find no effect on innovation from cooperation with universities, although public support is related to engagement in product and process innovations. Our results warn against simple applications of triple helix and open innovation approaches, as many forms of collaboration seem to have little impact on innovation, regardless of regional context.

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