The entrepreneurial discovery process and regional development : new knowledge emergence, conversion and exploitation / edited by Åge Mariussen, Seija Virkkala, Håkon Finne and Tone Merethe Aasen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Entrepreneurial discovery processes and their institutional challenges -- Self-discovery enabling entrepreneurial discovery processes / Seija Virkkala and Åge Mariussen -- Entrepreneurial discovery processes in different regional contexts : a conceptual discussion / Arne Isaksen, Nina Kyllingstad, Jan Ole Rypestøl and Ann Camilla Schulze-Krogh -- The institutional worlds of entrepreneurial discovery : finding a place for less developed regions -- Jirí blacek and kevin morgan -- Entrepreneurial discovery processes through a wicked game approach : civil society engagement as a possibility for exploration / Antti Mäenpää and Niklas Lundström -- Collaborative micro-level arrangements creating new knowledge -- Career mobility, hybridity and knowledge combination : a "third space" perspective / Alice Lam -- The bond, the bridge and the broker. knowledge conversion in the university-industry nexus -- Håkon finne and tone merethe aasen -- Approaching entrepreneurial discovery and knowledge conversion from a complexity perspective / Tone Merethe Aasen -- Entrepreneurial discovery processes, knowledge creation and knowledge space / Seija Virkkala -- Macro-level impacts from micro-level solutions -- Emergence of new business areas in regional economies through entrepreneurial discovery processes / Seija Virkkala and Åge Mariussen -- Moving beyond related variety, creating firm-level ambidexterity for economic growth via the entrepreneurial discovery process / Nhien Nguyen and Åge Mariussen -- Smart specialisation : interregional learning via thematic partnerships / Åge Mariussen, Fatime Barbara Hegyi and Ruslan Rakhmatullin -- Lessons from systems of innovation -- Science/practice knowledge interaction in the norwegian fish farming industry / Tone Merethe Aasen, Eli Fyhn Ullern and Åge Mariussen -- The transformation of lofoten islands into a year-round experience destination / Jarle Løvland and Håkon Finne -- Historical examples of entrepreneurial discovery : revisiting the manufacturing history of raufoss evolving between exploration and exploitation / Asbjørn Karlsen -- Summary and conclusions / Åge Mariussen and Håkon Finne -- Index.