Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables ix
4. Figures xi
5. Foreword to the Series xiii
6. Acknowledgments xix
7. PART I. Dynamics of Innovation in City-Regions – Diversity, Specialization, and Variety
8. 1. Introduction 3
9. 2. Systems of Innovation and Contexts of Creativity: An Assessment of the Knowledge Bases of Canadian City-Regions 33
10. PART II. Diversity, Variety, and the Cognitive- Cultural Economy in Large Cities
11. 3. Innovation and Toronto’s Cognitive-Cultural Economy 59
12. 4. Living on the Edge: Knowledge Interdependencies of Human Capital Intensive Clusters in Vancouver 92
13. 5. Innovation and Social Actors in Montreal: Intersectoral Challenges of Place-Based Dynamics 123
14. 6. Firms and Their Problems: Systemic Innovation and Related Diversity in Calgary 151
15. PART III. The Specialized Characteristics of Innovation in Medium-Sized Cities
16. 7. Innovation in an Ordinary City: Knowledge Flows in London, Ontario 175
17. 8. Biotech and Lunch Buckets: The Curious Knowledge Networks of Steel Town 197
18. 9. Innovation Linkages in New- and Old- Economy Sectors in Cambridge-Guelph- Kitchener-Waterloo (Ontario) 219
19. 10. Knowledge Flows in the Consulting, Advertising/Design, and Music Sectors in Halifax 245
20. PART IV. Innovation for Survival or Growth in Canada’s Small Cities
21. 11. Social Dynamics, Diversity, and Physical Infrastructure in Creative, Innovative Communities: The Saskatoon Case 269
22. 12. How ICTs and Face-to-face Interactions Mediate Knowledge Flows in Moncton 292
23. 13. Networking Patterns and Performance of the Trois-Rivières City-Region’s Firms in the Light of Sectoral and Place Characteristics 318
24. PART V. The Global Challenge for Innovation in Canadian City-Regions
25. 14. Related Variety, Knowledge Platforms, and the Challenge for Cities and Regions in the Global Economy 353
26. Contributors 369