Entrepreneurial Alertness and Innovation: Innovation Networks in the Oslo Region of Norway

Abstract

The paper attempts to close a research gap related to remoteness of pure innovation and pure entrepreneurship research streams. In this study, we use theoretical concepts from the entrepreneurship research (i.e., entrepreneurial dynamism and entrepreneurial alertness) and attempt to analyze interaction between the actors in the regional networks in the Oslo region of Norway. The study derives several propositions which will be subsequently tested in the further quantitative studies.