Conference in 2013

RSA European conference in Tampere 2013

Latest publications 

Hartog, M. & Boschma, R. & Sotarauta, M. (forth.) The impact of related variety on regional employment growth in Finland 1993-2006: high-tech versus medium/low-tech. Accepted for publication in the Industry and Innovation.

Sotarauta, M. (forth.) Policy Learning and the ‘Cluster Flavoured Innovation Policy’ in Finland. Accepted for publication in the Environment & Planning C: Government and Policy.

Sotarauta, M. & Kosonen, K.-J. (forth.) Customized Innovation Policies and the Regions: Digital content services and intelligent machinery in Finland. Accepted for publication in the European Urban and Regional Studies.

Sotarauta, M. and Saarivirta, T. 2012. Strategy development in knowledge cities revisited - the roles of innovation strategy in Helsinki Metropolitan Area explored. In Garmann Johnsen. H.C. & Ennals, R. (eds.) Creating collaborative advantage: Innovation and knowledge creation in regional economies. Gower, pp. 79-90.

Sotarauta, M., Ramstedt-Sen, T., Seppänen, S. K. & Kosonen, K-J. 2011. Local or Digital Buzz, Global or National Pipelines: Patterns of Knowledge Sourcing in Intelligent Machinery and Digital Content Services in Finland, European Planning Studies, Vol. 19, No. 7, July 2011, 1305-1330

Asheim, B., Isaksen, A., Moodysson, J., and Sotarauta, M. 2011. Knowledge bases, modes of innovation and regional innovation policy: A theoretical re-examination with illustrations from the Nordic countries. In Bathelt, H., Feldman, M.P., and Koegler, D.F. (eds) Beyond Territory: Dynamic Geographies of Knowledge Creation, Diffusion and Innovation, pp. 227-249, London and New York: Routledge.

Sotarauta, M. & Pulkkinen, R. 2011. Institutional Entrepreneurship for Knowledge Regions: In Search of a Fresh Set of Questions for Regional Innovation Studies. Environment & Planning C, 29 (1), pp. 96-112.

Ruokolainen, O. 2011. Strategic Development of the Regional Cultural Economy:Four Forms of Cultural Capital. University of Tampere. Research Unit For Urban and Regional Development Studies. Tampere. SENTE Working Papers 33/2011.

Sotarauta, M. & Mustikkamäki, N. 2011.  Institutional Entrepreneurship Relay for Science-based Innovation - How Did World Class Regenerative Medicine Come about in Tampere, Finland? University of Tampere. Research Unit For Urban and Regional Development Studies. Tampere. SENTE Working Papers 31/2011.