DO THEY SEE WHAT WE SEE?: A CRITICAL NORDIC TALE ABOUT PERCEPTIONS OF ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES, GOALS AND GROWTH

This paper serves as an overview of a decade of the authors' theoretical reviews, participant observations, empirical studies, quasi-experimental research, qualitative interviews, personal consulting, firm incubation, and action research with firms, clusters, and regional groups in both the information technology and biotechnology sectors in Finland. Interpretations of our findings are told using a narrative format, based on Nordic mythology....