Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource 11 Figures |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | De Gruyter - University Press Pilot Project. eBook available to select US libraries only Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web Frontmatter -- ; Contents -- ; Tables -- ; Figures -- ; Foreword to the Series -- ; Acknowledgments -- ; PART I. Dynamics of Innovation in City-Regions – Diversity, Specialization, and Variety -- ; 1. Introduction / Wolfe, David A. -- 2. Systems of Innovation and Contexts of Creativity: An Assessment of the Knowledge Bases of Canadian City-Regions / Spencer, Gregory M. -- PART II. Diversity, Variety, and the Cognitive- Cultural Economy in Large Cities -- ; 3. Innovation and Toronto’s Cognitive-Cultural Economy / Davis, Charles H. / Mills, Nicholas -- 4. Living on the Edge: Knowledge Interdependencies of Human Capital Intensive Clusters in Vancouver / Wixted, Brian / Holbrook, J. Adam -- 5. Innovation and Social Actors in Montreal: Intersectoral Challenges of Place-Based Dynamics / Tremblay, Diane-Gabrielle / Klein, Juan-Luis -- 6. Firms and Their Problems: Systemic Innovation and Related Diversity in Calgary / Langford, Cooper H. / Li, Ben / Ryan, Cami -- PART III. The Specialized Characteristics of Innovation in Medium-Sized Cities -- ; 7. Innovation in an Ordinary City: Knowledge Flows in London, Ontario / Bradford, Neil / Nelles, Jen -- 8. Biotech and Lunch Buckets: The Curious Knowledge Networks of Steel Town / Warrian, Peter -- 9. Innovation Linkages in New- and Old- Economy Sectors in Cambridge-Guelph- Kitchener-Waterloo (Ontario) / Munro, Andrew / Bathelt, Harald -- 10. Knowledge Flows in the Consulting, Advertising/Design, and Music Sectors in Halifax / Grant, Jill L. -- 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 / Phillips, Peter W.B. / Webb, Graeme -- 12. How ICTs and Face-to-face Interactions Mediate Knowledge Flows in Moncton / Bourgeois, Yves -- 13. Networking Patterns and Performance of the Trois-Rivières City-Region’s Firms in the Light of Sectoral and Place Characteristics / Trépanier, Michel / Gosselin, Pierre-Marc / Dallaire, Rosemarie -- 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 / Cooke, Philip -- Contributors In English |
ISBN: | 978-1-4426-6696-2 ; 978-1-4426-4698-8 |
Other identifiers: | 10.3138/9781442666962 [DOI] |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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