Innovation in the Arctic: Squaring the Circle

Abstract

Innovation and entrepreneurship are prominent buzz words in the modern lexicon, reflective of the knowledge economy in which we now dwell. While the possibilities in a world of big data, robotics, and the internet of everything seem endless, they do indeed have limits. Cities, it has become routine to point out, are the harbingers of innovation, and attract creative people who develop and apply the new technologies our economy now depends upon. But where does that leave those in rural and remote communities? Can the Arctic region be a place where new technologies are more readily adapted, much less developed?