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Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society 2008 1(2):285-301; doi:10.1093/cjres/rsn009
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This article appears in the following Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society issue: Knowledge Networks and Innovation [View the issue table of contents]

Triple Helix in the periphery: the case of Multipolis in Northern Finland

Jussi S. Jauhiainena,b and Katri Suorsaa

a Department of Geography, University of Oulu, PB 3000, FI-90014, Oulu, Finland. jussi.jauhiainen{at}oulu.fi, and katri.suorsa{at}oulu.fi
b Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Lai 40, Tartu 51005, Estonia


  Abstract

Peripheral areas are rarely considered as having an active role within the field of high technology. This article studies the public sector initiative Multipolis, which fosters high-technology development based on the Triple Helix co-operation in the peripheral Northern Finland. The article analyses how high-technology enterprises in Northern Finland collaborate with higher education and research institutes to achieve product innovations, and how Multipolis is managed as an innovation network. The research material comprises regional and innovation policy documents and statistics, a survey among high-technology enterprises, Multipolis project reports and thematic interviews. The Multipolis network generally follows national innovation and regional policies. The simultaneous implementation of these policies is, however, challenging.

Keywords: network, innovation policy, regional policy, periphery, Multipolis, Northern Finland

Received on November 28, 2007. Accepted on March 10, 2008.

JEL classifications: O10, O18


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