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Business & Economics Urban & Regional

Canada's Regional Innovation System

The Science-based Industries

by (author) Jorge Niosi

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Jan 2005
Category
Urban & Regional
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773528239
    Publish Date
    Jan 2005
    List Price
    $125.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773572430
    Publish Date
    Jan 2005
    List Price
    $95.00

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While aerospace and aircraft form two poles in Montreal and Toronto, Ottawa is Canada's centre for semiconductor and telecommunication innovation. Niosi explores how these regional configurations are shaped by national and provincial public policy incentives.

About the author

Jorge Niosi won the John Porter Memorial Book Award of the CSSA in 1983 for Canadian Capitalism. He is a Professor of Sociology at the Université du Québec á Montréal.

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