www.iris.no © This document may only be reproduced with the permission of IRIS or the client. International Research Institute of Stavanger (IRIS) has a certified Quality System in compliance with the standard NS - EN ISO 9001 Petter Westnes 1 , Sachi Hatakenaka 2 , Martin Gjelsvik 3 , Richard K. Lester 4 The ‘third role’ of universities in strengthening local capabilities for innovation A comparative case study of the oil and gas industry in Stavanger and Aberdeen Work note IRIS – 2007/095 Project number: 7252170 Project title: Regioner i endring: Samspill mellom FoU-sektoren og næringsliv som drivkraft i innovasjonsdrevet regional næringsutvikling Client(s): Norwegian Research Council Research program: Strategic Institute Program: ISBN: 978-82-490-0532-1 Distribution restriction: Open 1 International Research Institute of Stavanger, P. O. Box 8046, 4068 Stavanger, Norway petter.westnes@irisresearch.no 2 Industrial Performance Center, MIT, 292 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA sachihata@aol.com 3 International Research Institute of Stavanger, P. O. Box 8046, 4068 Stavanger, Norway martin.gjelsvik@irisresearch.no 4 Industrial Performance Center, MIT, 292 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA rklester@mit.edu