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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Conteh, Charles
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2025.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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