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Global networks and local linkages : the paradox of cluster development in an open economy
- Title
- Global networks and local linkages : the paradox of cluster development in an open economy / edited by David A. Wolfe and Matthew Lucas.
- Publication
- Montreal ; Ithaca : Published for the School of Policy Studies, Queen's University by McGill-Queen's University Press, [2005], ©2005.
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- Description
- x, 258 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "This volume presents the final case studies in the Innovation Systems Research Network's five-year investigation of 26 industry clusters across Canada. It describes clusters in regions as diverse as Toronto, Sudbury, and the Okanagan and in industries as varied as biotechnology, tool and die making, and mining services. Given their considerable differences in history, environment, and technology, it is not surprising that these case studies exhibit significant variation in institutional dynamics and knowledge and resource flows, two of the key variables of cluster vitality. These variations make it difficult to craft a single explanation of the clustering phenomenon or, moreover, a single definition of a cluster. This volume offers an initial attempt to develop a meaningful cluster typology that accounts for fundamental differences in institutional linkages, knowledge dimensions, and stages of cluster growth."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- The innovation systems research series
- Uniform Title
- Innovation systems research series.
- Subjects
- Business networks > Canada
- Industrie > Localisation > Canada > Congrès
- Technological innovations > Economic aspects > Canada
- Global networks
- Knowledge management > Canada
- Local linkages
- Innovations > Aspect économique > Canada > Congrès
- Innovation systems resaerch
- Gestion des connaissances > Canada > Congrès
- Industrial location > Canada
- Industrial clusters > Canada
- Cluster development
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- 1. Global networks and local linkages : an introduction / David A. Wolfe, Charles H. Davis and Matthew Lucas -- 2. Diversity and the evolution of a life-science innovation system : the Toronto region in comparative perspective / Nichola J. Lowe and Meric S. Gertler -- 3. Quantitative analysis of Saskatoon's agricultural biotechnology cluster : from theory to practice / Peter W. B. Phillips, Camille (Cami) D. Ryan, Jeremy Karwandy, Tara L. Procyshyn and Julie L. Parchewski -- 4. The Okanagan winemaking cluster / Caroline Hickton and Timothy Padmore -- 5. Innovation in the automotive tool, die and mould industry : a case study of the Windsor-Essex region / John Holmes, Tod Rutherford and Susan Fitzgibbon -- 6. Sudbury's mining supply and service industry : from a cluster "in itself" to a cluster "for itself" / David Robinson -- 7. Cluster evolution : the relevance of path dependence for Toronto's multimedia cluster / John N. H. Britton and Gerry Legare -- 8. The evolution and structure of the Vancouver wireless cluster : growth and loss of core firms / Cooper H. Langford, Jaime R. Wood and Astrid Jacobson -- 9. History, culture and path dependency : origins of the Waterloo ICT cluster / Jen Nelles, Allison Bramwell and David A. Wolfe.
- ISBN
- 1553390482
- 1553390474 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2005415797
- OCLC
- ocm59338595
- SCSB-5207354
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries