Norsk innovasjonspolitikk i kontekst av norsk regionalpolitikk : hva er norsk innovasjonspolitikk og hvordan forholder denne seg til norsk regionalpolitikk?

Abstract: Innovation Policy has been a high priority matter on the political agenda in Norway during the first half of this decade. In 2003-2004 the first two official policy-documents on innovation policy where publicised with great publicity. Based on official policy-documents, Norwegian research and analysis of public action plans for innovation, this thesis aims at finding the essence of Norwegian innovation policy. In addition, this thesis also tries to prove the relevance between contemporary theories of innovation and Norwegian innovation policy. This thesis could be seen as a critical scientific based remark to whether or not innovation should be claimed as a distinct area of politics in Norway.