ABSTRACT

The article examines a key component of regional smart specialisation strategy, namely the entrepreneurial discovery process (EDP) and how it unfolds in three regions in Norway. The authors seek to understand the interpretation and operationalisation of the EDP by conducting a constructivist thematic analysis of regional strategy documents and associated material in Rogaland, Vestland, and Nordland. They find that while similarities exist in the use of the EDP, the regions differ markedly across several key dimensions, most notably the interpretation of the EDP and its implementation across the regions. To have a better understanding of these differences in a region’s EDP, they propose the integration of translation theory with more conventional theoretical approaches on understanding regional policy differences. The authors shed light on the diffuse understandings of the EDP in practice across regions, thereby providing richer evidence of how the interpretations can differ considerably even within one country, and they conclude that this indicates the relevance of translation theory for future regional comparative studies of smart specialisation.

摘要

本文探讨了区域智能专业化战略的一个关键组成部分，即创业发现过程 (EDP) 及其在挪威三个地区的展开方式。作者试图通过对罗加兰、韦斯特兰和诺德兰的区域战略文件和相关材料进行建构主义主题分析来理解 EDP 的解释和运作。他们发现，虽然 EDP 的使用存在相似之处，但各地区在几个关键方面存在显着差异，最明显的是 EDP 的解释及其在各地区的实施。为了更好地理解区域 EDP 中的这些差异，他们提出将翻译理论与更传统的理论方法相结合来理解区域政策差异。