The evolution of knowledge-intensive innovation ecosystems: co-evolving entrepreneurial activity and innovation policy in the West Swedish maritime system
Summary. This paper examines how innovation ecosystems emerge by studying Sweden's West Swedish maritime cluster. The authors argue that sustainable innovation requires both top-down policy exploration by government and bottom-up entrepreneurial activity. They find that knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship combined with experimental policymaking and new collaborative approaches drive progress toward innovation-led sustainable development.
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Gifford, E., McKelvey, M., & Sæmundsson, R. J.. (2020). The evolution of knowledge-intensive innovation ecosystems: co-evolving entrepreneurial activity and innovation policy in the West Swedish maritime system. Industry and Innovation. https://doi.org/10.1080/13662716.2020.1856047
Gifford, Ethan, et al. “The evolution of knowledge-intensive innovation ecosystems: co-evolving entrepreneurial activity and innovation policy in the West Swedish maritime system.” Industry and Innovation, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1080/13662716.2020.1856047.
Gifford, Ethan, Maureen McKelvey, and Rögnvaldur J. Sæmundsson. 2020. “The evolution of knowledge-intensive innovation ecosystems: co-evolving entrepreneurial activity and innovation policy in the West Swedish maritime system.” Industry and Innovation. https://doi.org/10.1080/13662716.2020.1856047.
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title = {The evolution of knowledge-intensive innovation ecosystems: co-evolving entrepreneurial activity and innovation policy in the West Swedish maritime system},
author = {Ethan Gifford and Maureen McKelvey and Rögnvaldur J. Sæmundsson},
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year = {2020},
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- 10.1080/13662716.2020.1856047
- Countries
- Sweden
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- Europe
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- regional-innovation-systems, policy, innovation-networks, general-innovation
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- 2026-04-28