Innovating in Urban Economies : : Economic Transformation in Canadian City-Regions / / ed. by David A. Wolfe.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• MitwirkendeR: Bathelt, Harald,; Bourgeois, Yves,; Bradford, Neil,; Cooke, Philip,; Dallaire, Rosemarie,; Davis, Charles H.,; Gosselin, Pierre-Marc,; Grant, Jill L.,; Holbrook, J. Adam,; Klein, Juan-Luis,; Langford, Cooper H.,; Li, Ben,; Mills, Nicholas,; Munro, Andrew,; Nelles, Jen,; Phillips, Peter W.B.,; Ryan, Cami,; Spencer, Gregory M.,; Tremblay, Diane-Gabrielle,; Trépanier, Michel,; Warrian, Peter,; Webb, Graeme,; Wixted, Brian,; Wolfe, David A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Wolfe, David A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Innovation, Creativity, and Governance in Canadian City-Regions
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (392 p.) :; 11 Figures

In a globalizing, knowledge-based economy, innovation and creative capacity lead to economic prosperity. Starting in 2006, the Innovation Systems Research Network began a six year-long study on how city-regions in Canada were surviving and thriving in a globalized world. That study resulted in the "Innovation, Creativity, and Governance in Canadian City-Regions" series, which examines the impact of innovation, talent, and institutions on sixteen city-regions across Canada. This volume explores how the social dynamics that influence innovation and knowledge flows in Canadian city-regions contribute to transformation and long-term growth.With case studies examining cities of all sizes, from Toronto to Moncton, Innovating in Urban Economies analyzes the impact of size, location, and the regional economy on innovation and knowledge in Canada's cities.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Foreword to the Series -- Acknowledgments -- PART I. Dynamics of Innovation in City-Regions - Diversity, Specialization, and Variety -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Systems of Innovation and Contexts of Creativity: An Assessment of the Knowledge Bases of Canadian City-Regions -- PART II. Diversity, Variety, and the Cognitive- Cultural Economy in Large Cities -- 3. Innovation and Toronto's Cognitive-Cultural Economy -- 4. Living on the Edge: Knowledge Interdependencies of Human Capital Intensive Clusters in Vancouver -- 5. Innovation and Social Actors in Montreal: Intersectoral Challenges of Place-Based Dynamics -- 6. Firms and Their Problems: Systemic Innovation and Related Diversity in Calgary -- PART III. The Specialized Characteristics of Innovation in Medium-Sized Cities -- 7. Innovation in an Ordinary City: Knowledge Flows in London, Ontario -- 8. Biotech and Lunch Buckets: The Curious Knowledge Networks of Steel Town -- 9. Innovation Linkages in New- and Old- Economy Sectors in Cambridge-Guelph- Kitchener-Waterloo (Ontario) -- 10. Knowledge Flows in the Consulting, Advertising/Design, and Music Sectors in Halifax -- PART IV. Innovation for Survival or Growth in Canada's Small Cities -- 11. Social Dynamics, Diversity, and Physical Infrastructure in Creative, Innovative Communities: The Saskatoon Case -- 12. How ICTs and Face-to-face Interactions Mediate Knowledge Flows in Moncton -- 13. Networking Patterns and Performance of the Trois-Rivières City-Region's Firms in the Light of Sectoral and Place Characteristics -- PART V. The Global Challenge for Innovation in Canadian City-Regions -- 14. Related Variety, Knowledge Platforms, and the Challenge for Cities and Regions in the Global Economy -- Contributors