Olav Wicken
Biographic Data
| ID | 3519613 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Olav Wicken |
| GIVEN NAMES | Olav |
| FAMILY NAME | Wicken |
| SIGNATURE | WICKEN O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oslo |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Making sense of how the natural environment shapes innovation, industry dynamics, and sustainability challenges
As the world moves towards the Anthropocene, it becomes increasingly important to understand how the natural environment shapes innovation, industry dynamics, and sustainability challenges. We suggest that studying innovation in natural resource based industries yields important insights. Despite the importance of innovation in and transformation of natural resource based industries for development and sustainability, the issue has received limit…
Dynamic paths of innovation in natural resource industries in Australia and Norway since World War Two
This paper challenges Ed Barbier’s influential contribution to the resources and economic development debate and extends our understanding of the process of resource-based development in two relevant economies since World War Two. We argue that: the expansion of resource-based industries remained a viable path of economic development in the ‘contemporary era’ since the 1950s; nations have modernised their economies while continuing to invest in r…
Innovation and natural resource-based development: Case of natural rubber sector in Kerala, India
It has long been held that natural resource abundance retards economic growth. Studies using innovation system perspectives, however, suggest that natural resource abundance per se need not stand in the way of evolving a growing and diversified economy while the absence of learning and innovation could. In this context, the present study explores why Kerala has not been successful in evolving new production and industries linked to established na…
Space science and technology in the Cold War: The ionosphere, the military and politics in Norway 1
The fascination of auroral phenomena in the polar region has stimulated scientific research in Norway throughout this century. This was extended to a study of the effect of the ionosphere on radiocommunications before World War II. After WWII the ionospheric research community increasingly oriented its work to defence‐related topics. Norway's strategically crucial position close to Soviet ICBM launch sites and Soviet submarine sea passages ensure…
Learning, inventions and innovations: Productivity increase and new technology in an industrial firm
What significance do different learning processes that take place through production have for qualitative changes in the firm? This article presents a case study into this problem, in which productivity, inventions and innovation are central objects of investigation
Industrial change in Norway during the Second World War: Electrification and Electrical Engineering∗
Making sense of how the natural environment shapes innovation, industry dynamics, and sustainability challenges
As the world moves towards the Anthropocene, it becomes increasingly important to understand how the natural environment shapes innovation, industry dynamics, and sustainability challenges. We suggest that studying innovation in natural resource based industries yields important insights. Despite the importance of innovation in and transformation of natural resource based industries for development and sustainability, the issue has received limit…
Innovation and natural resource-based development: Case of natural rubber sector in Kerala, India
It has long been held that natural resource abundance retards economic growth. Studies using innovation system perspectives, however, suggest that natural resource abundance per se need not stand in the way of evolving a growing and diversified economy while the absence of learning and innovation could. In this context, the present study explores why Kerala has not been successful in evolving new production and industries linked to established na…
Industrial change in Norway during the Second World War: Electrification and Electrical Engineering∗
Industrial change in Norway during the Second World War: Electrification and Electrical Engineering∗
Learning, inventions and innovations: Productivity increase and new technology in an industrial firm
What significance do different learning processes that take place through production have for qualitative changes in the firm? This article presents a case study into this problem, in which productivity, inventions and innovation are central objects of investigation
Space science and technology in the Cold War: The ionosphere, the military and politics in Norway 1
The fascination of auroral phenomena in the polar region has stimulated scientific research in Norway throughout this century. This was extended to a study of the effect of the ionosphere on radiocommunications before World War II. After WWII the ionospheric research community increasingly oriented its work to defence‐related topics. Norway's strategically crucial position close to Soviet ICBM launch sites and Soviet submarine sea passages ensure…
Innovation and natural resource-based development: Case of natural rubber sector in Kerala, India
It has long been held that natural resource abundance retards economic growth. Studies using innovation system perspectives, however, suggest that natural resource abundance per se need not stand in the way of evolving a growing and diversified economy while the absence of learning and innovation could. In this context, the present study explores why Kerala has not been successful in evolving new production and industries linked to established na…
Dynamic paths of innovation in natural resource industries in Australia and Norway since World War Two
This paper challenges Ed Barbier’s influential contribution to the resources and economic development debate and extends our understanding of the process of resource-based development in two relevant economies since World War Two. We argue that: the expansion of resource-based industries remained a viable path of economic development in the ‘contemporary era’ since the 1950s; nations have modernised their economies while continuing to invest in r…
Making sense of how the natural environment shapes innovation, industry dynamics, and sustainability challenges
As the world moves towards the Anthropocene, it becomes increasingly important to understand how the natural environment shapes innovation, industry dynamics, and sustainability challenges. We suggest that studying innovation in natural resource based industries yields important insights. Despite the importance of innovation in and transformation of natural resource based industries for development and sustainability, the issue has received limit…
Business (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Economic geography (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Geography (2 works)