03041nam 22005653 450 99665776810331620250413090334.097814875552691487555261(MiAaPQ)EBC32006241(Au-PeEL)EBL32006241(CKB)38332560000041(DE-B1597)691081(DE-B1597)9781487555269(EXLCZ)993833256000004120250413d2025 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMediating Innovation Policy Delivery The Regional Innovation Centres of Ontario1st ed.Toronto :University of Toronto Press,2025.©2025.1 online resource (0 pages)9781487539986 1487539983 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 -- IndexUsing Ontario as a case study, this book sheds light on the delivery of innovation policy in politically complex environments.POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & AdministrationbisacshCanadian politics.Innovation policy.Ontario politics.innovation policy Canada.intermediary institutions.policy implementation.public affairs.regional economic development.regional innovation centres.POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration.Conteh Charles1817858University of Toronto Librariesfndhttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fndMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996657768103316Mediating Innovation Policy Delivery4376484UNISA