Jerry Patchell, Kevin Rees, Roger Hayter

The Thin Edge of Innovation

Metro Vancouver's Evolving Economy

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Produktbeschreibung

The Thin Edge of Innovation charts the origins, potential, and pitfalls of Metro Vancouver's entrepreneur-led innovation economy, including the tremendous growth of high-tech, apparel, and consumer-oriented life-style businesses in the city.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of British Columbia Press
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• ISBN-13: 9780774869928
• ISBN-10: 0774869925
• Artikelnr.: 70678017

Autorenporträt

Roger Hayter, Jerry Patchell, and Kevin Rees

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Metro Vancouver's Economy Post-industrial Transformation
Towards an Innovation Economy
1 Rethinking Forestry's Role Towards Value and Innovation
2 Metro Vancouver High-Tech Firms in Arrested Transition?
3 The Influence of FDI in Metro Vancouver High Tech
4 Inter-firm Relations Among High-tech Activities: Local Clustering and
Global Connections
5 Deepening Institutional Support for Metro Vancouver High-tech
6 Lifestyle Innovators, West-coast Style
7 Metro Vancouver on the Thin Edge of Innovation, and Associated Conundrums
Appendix 1: Locally-Founded "Transitioning" Firms in Metro Vancouver
High-tech to circa 2019
Appendix 2: Foreign Firms in Metro Vancouver's High-tech Sector 1980-2019
Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index