Innovating in Urban Economies : Economic Transformation in Canadian City-Regions
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- ISBN: 9781442666962
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (392 p.) : 11 Figures
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Computer data. - Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2014
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General Note: | CatMonthString:january.23 Multi-User. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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 |
Restrictions on Access Note: | restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization |
Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
Additional Physical Form available Note: | Issued also in print. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. Mode of access: Internet. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted through purchase. |
Language Note: | In English. |
Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by publisher. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) |
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Subject: | Multi-User. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory Cities and towns -- Canada -- Growth -- Case studies |