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Lise Smed Olsen – lise.smed.olsen@nordregio.se Henrik Halkier– halkier@cgs.aau.dk

Higher Education Institutions and tourism destination development A challenge for triple-helix policies?. 1. The challenge: Triple-helix in a different environment 2 . Research design: Explorative case studies 3. Results: Nordland and North Jutland

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Lise Smed Olsen – lise.smed.olsen@nordregio.se Henrik Halkier– halkier@cgs.aau.dk

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  1. Higher Education Institutions and tourism destination developmentA challenge for triple-helix policies? 1. The challenge: Triple-helix in a different environment 2. Research design: Explorative case studies 3. Results: Nordland and North Jutland 4: Conclusions: Diversity and intermediaries LiseSmed Olsen – lise.smed.olsen@nordregio.se Henrik Halkier– halkier@cgs.aau.dk

  2. The challenge:TRIPLE HELIX IN A NEW ENVIRONMENT • From a high-techmanufacturingconcept… • Interactionbetweenfirms and public/private knowledge producers • Informalinstitutionalcontext and organisedinteraction • Triplehelix: Universities/government/industrywith overlapping roles • Wide appeal among policy-makers • … to a high-touch service context • SMEs, loweducation, seasonality, life-styleentrepreneurs • Importance of tacitknowledge in incremental innovation • Whatrole for HEIs/universities in tourist destination development? • Importance of destination and HEI characteristics! LiseSmed Olsen – lise.smed.olsen@nordregio.se Henrik Halkier– halkier@cgs.aau.dk

  3. RESEARCH DESIGN • Two case studies of Nordic peripheral regions • Nordland, Norway • North Jutland, Denmark • Interviews with policy-makers and HEIs, not firms • Identify patterns of collaboration, not impactevaluation • Focus on • Actorresources • Actorsstrategies • Interaction patterns LiseSmed Olsen – lise.smed.olsen@nordregio.se Henrik Halkier– halkier@cgs.aau.dk

  4. NORDLANDCoordinated research and development? • Actorresources • Nature-basedtourism, small private firmsdominate • National funding for R&D (InnovationNorway, Research Council) • University with general teaching programmes and applied research • Actorstrategies • Firms: selectfewinterest in access to HEI knowledge • HEI: from student projects to applied research centre • DMO marginal, region with geo-politicalconcerns • Interactions • Feed-back loop from research to firms via project manager LiseSmed Olsen – lise.smed.olsen@nordregio.se Henrik Halkier– halkier@cgs.aau.dk

  5. NORTH JUTLANDArm’s-length project interaction? • Actorresources • Nature-basedtourism, small private firmsdominate • Regional funding via DMO • University with triple-helix profile and dedicatedtourism profile • Actorstrategies • Firms: Limited interest, exceptvery large/innovative • HEI: empirical data and dualpublication (dissemination, academic) • DMO: buildingconsortia, translating/endorsingknowledge • Interactions • HEI as plug-in in DMO projects (occasionallyproactive agenda) LiseSmed Olsen – lise.smed.olsen@nordregio.se Henrik Halkier– halkier@cgs.aau.dk

  6. CONCLUSIONS • Importance of education/labour market relations in knowledge dynamics • Funding: National versus regional • Agenda setting: HEI versus DMO • Important commonality: Importance of knowledge brokers • Translation taking tacit knowledge of firms into consideration • Importance of destination and HEI characteristics • Whatfirms, DMOs, and HEIs? • Several types of tourismtriplehelix LiseSmed Olsen – lise.smed.olsen@nordregio.se Henrik Halkier– halkier@cgs.aau.dk

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