Mediating Innovation Policy Delivery : The Regional Innovation Centres of Ontario.
Using Ontario as a case study, this book sheds light on the delivery of innovation policy in politically complex environments.
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| Language: | English |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
2025.
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part One: Historical Overview and Conceptual Framework of Innovation Policy
- 2 Innovation in the Digital Age
- 3 Innovation Policy and the Ontario Experience
- 4 A Framework of Intermediary Institutions as Strategic Modular Network Platforms of Policy Delivery in Complex Systems
- Part Two: Five Cases of Regional Innovation Centres (RICs) as Spatially Embedded Platforms of Innovation Policy Delivery in Ontario
- 5 Innovation Factory: Thriving in the Belly of a Whale
- 6 TechAlliance: Carving a Niche in London's Innovation Ecosystem
- 7 Innovate Niagara: Navigating the Jurisdictional Fissures of a Two-Tier Region
- 8 The Northern Centre for Advanced Technology (NORCAT): A Tech Gateway to Ontario's North?
- 9 WEtech Alliance: In Search of Coherence in a Splintered Ecosystem
- 10 Comparing the RICs in Five Midsized Regions of Ontario: Triumphs, Tribulations, Conundrums, and Gaps
- Part Three: Where Do We Go from Here?
- 11 Policy Recommendations
- 12 Conclusion
- Appendices
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index