Innovation across sectors
Innovation is essential for both the private and public sectors to promote qualities such as development, efficiency, growth, and adaptibility. ENRI is a strong force in regional innovation across both sectors.
The private sector
Innovation is essential for strengthening competitiveness, improving profitability, and fostering growth in the business sector. It is a fundamental factor that can help companies enter new markets, expand their existing market shares, and achieve sustained competitive advantages.
We aim to contribute to knowledge development about the barriers and drivers of innovation, innovation processes, and the effects of service innovations in the Norwegian business sector.
This aspect of innovation research has been, and remains, central to several studies at ENRI:
- RFF research project: Innovative Pricing Approaches in the Alpine Skiing Industry
In this project, we focused on what influences the demand for alpine skiing and identified new and innovative ways to price ski passes to maximise profits for ski resorts and ensure sustainable development under varying conditions. - RFF research project: CreaTur
In this project, we explored new areas where the sharing economy can contribute to more sustainable solutions and increased value creation in the tourism industry in Innlandet county. In addition to meta-analyses, surveys, and interviews, the CreaTur project used innovative research methods to bring forward ideas and perspectives from the younger population of Innlandet by organising innovation camps.
The public sector
ENRI also possess strong and interdisciplinary expertise in public sector innovation, particularly related to welfare services. Our research on public service innovation includes investigations of frameworks, framework conditions, measures, factors that hinder or promote innovation, models for innovation and innovation processes, as well as the implementation and dissemination of new solutions aimed at improving service quality or efficiency.
The public sector faces significant challenges, such as demographic changes, social exclusion, and shortages of qualified labour. These changes place substantial pressure on the capacity of public services and the sustainability of society more broadly. Simultaneously, the demand for flexibility and adaptations will increase in the coming years. Technological developments, for instance, are rapidly shifting the public's expectations of services.
To address these challenges, it is vital to enhance knowledge and ensure it becomes an integral part of societal transformation processes. Meeting future public sector responsibilities requires innovation within the public sector, as well as in the collaboration between the public sector, businesses, civil society, and individuals.
We work closely with institutions such as the Centre for Public Innovation (KOI) at INN University.