Browsing NIFU Open Access Archive by Author "Capasso, Marco"

Actors and innovators in the circular bioeconomy: An integrated empirical approach to studying organic waste stream innovators

Iversen, Eric James; Capasso, Marco; Rørstad, Kristoffer (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019)

This chapter addresses the need for a reliable way to identify actors in the‘bioeconomy’ and to take stock of the innovative activities they engage in, especially in terms of how these activities involve organic waste paths ...

Causal relations between knowledge-intensive business services and regional employment growth

Brenner, Thomas; Capasso, Marco; Duschl, Matthias; Frenken, Koen; Treibich, Tania (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)

Causal relations between knowledge-intensive business services and regional employment growth. Regional Studies. This paper studies the causal relations between regional employment growth in knowledge-intensive business ...

Conclusions

Klitkou, Antje; Fevolden, Arne Martin; Capasso, Marco (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019)

In the following sections we explain how the book has answered the raised expectations for the main thematic issues introduced in the first chapter, such as circularity across established sectors, regional embedding and ...

Degrowth or green growth: A reflection on the recent public discourse in Norway

Capasso, Marco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

This study offers a reflection about the ongoing debate on “degrowth” and “green growth”, as depicted in the Norwegian mass media. It addresses the following two interrelated research questions. How do the topics of public ...

Digital technologies for primary education in disadvantaged contexts: An explorative review

Capasso, Marco; Wollscheid, Sabine (NIFU Arbeidsnotat;2022:7, Working paper, 2022-02)

Particularly in ‘early’ or ‘major’ adopting countries of digital technologies research on digital transformation in schools has been expanding. Such research, however, is fragmented for ‘late’ adopting countries with a ...

Empirical Research Avenues for Regional Policy Elaboration

Capasso, Marco; Iversen, Eric James; Klitkou, Antje; Sandven, Tore (NIFU Working Paper;2017:15, Working paper, 2017-12)

This Working Paper presents the findings from an exploratory analysis financed by the FORINNPOL-programme (project no. 271925/O50) and the BIONÆR-programme (project no. 244249) under the Research Council of Norway (RCN). ...

The evolving economic employment of ICT education: The case of Norway

Capasso, Marco; Mark, Michael Spjelkavik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

Digitisation breaks down traditional industry and sector boundaries and fuels new work structures and networks. By using linked employer–employee data for Norway (years 2013–2017), we address two research questions: whether ...

From Waste to Value: Valorisation Pathways for Organic Waste Streams in Circular Bioeconomies

Klitkou, Antje; Fevolden, Arne Martin; Capasso, Marco (Book; Peer reviewed, 2019)

From Waste to Value investigates how streams of organic waste and residues can be transformed into valuable products, to foster a transition towards a sustainable and circular bioeconomy. The studies are carried out within ...

Green growth in Nordic regions : Eight case studies

Andersen, Allan Dahl; Bugge, Markus; Capasso, Marco; Jolly, Suyash; Klitkou, Antje; Sotarauta, Markku; Steen, Markus; Suvinen, Nina (NIFU Working Paper;2019:7, Working paper, 2019-06)

This working paper is an outcome of the research project “Where does the green economy grow? The Geography of Nordic Sustainability Transitions (GONST)”, funded by the Nordic Green Growth Research and Innovation Programme ...

Green growth – a synthesis of scientific findings

Capasso, Marco; Hansen, Teis; Heiberg, Jonas; Klitkou, Antje; Steen, Markus (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-02)

Governments in countries across the world increasingly adopt the “green growth” discourse to underline their ambition for the greening of their economies. The central tenet of this narrative is the economic opportunities ...

Innovation Pattern Heterogeneity: Data-Driven Retrieval of Firms’ Approaches to Innovation

Capasso, Marco; Rybalka, Marina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

According to a strong and diversified theoretical framework, innovation is one of the usual suspects in defining differences in firm performance. Understanding the diversity that exists within the population of innovative ...

Introduction

Klitkou, Antje; Fevolden, Arne Martin; Capasso, Marco (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019)

Organic waste and other residual materials from bio-based industries and households are of increasing value in today’s economy. Substances that have long represented a cost to the economy are now becoming a valuable resource. ...

New path development for forest-based value creation in Norway

Klitkou, Antje; Capasso, Marco; Hansen, Teis; Szulecka, Julia (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019)

This chapter focuses on path development in the forest-based industries of Norway, based on the valorisation of side-streams and residues. Forest-based value creation is one of the main avenues for the emerging bioeconomy ...

Regional policy development based on new research directions

Capasso, Marco; Iversen, Eric James; Klitkou, Antje; Sandven, Tore (NIFU Insight;2018-2, Others, 2018-05-29)

Addressing climate change is one of the grand societal challenges of our time. It requires a concerted effort of innovation, industrial and environmental policy. In order to achieve green restructuring at regional level, ...

Socioeconomic indicators to monitor Norway's bioeconomy in transition

Capasso, Marco; Klitkou, Antje (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

Bioeconomy is a concept increasingly used to circumscribe that part of the economy which depends on the utilisation of biomass. Recent empirical analyses of the European Union bioeconomies have adopted a definition of ...

Socioeconomic Indicators to Monitor Norway’s Bioeconomy in Transition

Capasso, Marco; Klitkou, Antje (NIFU-rapport;2020:5, Research report, 2020-01)

This report gives an assessment of socioeconomic indicators for the Norwegian bioeconomy. The report is an outcome of a project funded by Innovation Norway (project no. 2019/106506) in collaboration with the Research Council ...

Understanding conditions for path development after path exhaustion

Klitkou, Antje; Capasso, Marco; Hansen, Teis (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

This paper focuses on path development processes after a sudden path exhaustion. We analyse the decline, the closure and the attempts at the re-orientation of a forestry-based industry agglomeration in Southern Norway, ...

Videreutvikling av Campus Kristiansund : En kartlegging

Røsdal, Trude; Næss, Terje; Capasso, Marco; Solberg, Espen (NIFU-rapport;2018:17, Research report, 2018-05)

På oppdrag fra Møre og Romsdal fylkeskommune har NIFU gjennomført en kartlegging med formål å synliggjøre mulige faglige satsningsområder for et framtidig Campus Kristiansund. Kartleggingen er gjort med utgangspunkt i ...

Visualizing the Evolving Fit of Education and Economy : The Case of ICT Education in Norway

Capasso, Marco; Mark, Michael Spjelkavik (NIFU Arbeidsnotat;2020:1, Working paper, 2020-01)

Our study suggests a pattern of methodological steps aimed at an efficient visualization of the fit between an education and an economy. The steps help to detect cross-sectoral skills, originating in a given education path, ...

Which region to choose for an industrial policy? A research path to highlight restructuring opportunities

Capasso, Marco; Iversen, Eric James; Klitkou, Antje; Sandven, Tore (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-03-18)

Our study explores research avenues that can help policymakers to assess regional capabilities for ‘green’ economic restructuring. After reviewing the relevant literature, and envisioning research paths which consider both ...