Cross-Border Functional Regions and Innovation: Cases from Inner Scandinavian Regions

2019 
This chapter describes and analyses the evolution of three cases of cross-border innovation systems in Inner Scandinavia. Functional interdependence between partners on either side of the Sweden–Norway border has emerged. Interreg Inner Scandinavia has long been instrumental in these developments, coordinating planning and providing support for innovations in the region. Politicians, municipal officers, business representatives and experts have all acted as entrepreneurs. Over time a new path within music management has been created, as Inner Scandinavia has become an important node in the global production of commercial music. Firms and knowledge providers within clean technology have attained key positions from their bases in Inner Scandinavia. The SITE border region is central to Scandinavia’s winter tourism industry. This demonstrates the possibility of establishing new knowledge-based economic activities in the rural borderlands between Sweden and Norway.
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