LEADER 03041nam 22005653 450 001 996657768103316 005 20250413090334.0 010 $a9781487555269 010 $a1487555261 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32006241 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32006241 035 $a(CKB)38332560000041 035 $a(DE-B1597)691081 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781487555269 035 $a(EXLCZ)9938332560000041 100 $a20250413d2025 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMediating Innovation Policy Delivery $eThe Regional Innovation Centres of Ontario 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aToronto :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2025. 210 4$dİ2025. 215 $a1 online resource (0 pages) 311 08$a9781487539986 311 08$a1487539983 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tAbbreviations -- $tPreface -- $t1 Introduction -- $tPart One: Historical Overview and Conceptual Framework of Innovation Policy -- $t2 Innovation in the Digital Age -- $t3 Innovation Policy and the Ontario Experience -- $t4 A Framework of Intermediary Institutions as Strategic Modular Network Platforms of Policy Delivery in Complex Systems -- $tPart Two: Five Cases of Regional Innovation Centres (RICs) as Spatially Embedded Platforms of Innovation Policy Delivery in Ontario -- $t5 Innovation Factory: Thriving in the Belly of a Whale -- $t6 TechAlliance: Carving a Niche in London?s Innovation Ecosystem -- $t7 Innovate Niagara: Navigating the Jurisdictional Fissures of a Two-Tier Region -- $t8 The Northern Centre for Advanced Technology (NORCAT): A Tech Gateway to Ontario?s North? -- $t9 WEtech Alliance: In Search of Coherence in a Splintered Ecosystem -- $t10 Comparing the RICs in Five Midsized Regions of Ontario: Triumphs, Tribulations, Conundrums, and Gaps -- $tPart Three: Where Do We Go from Here? -- $t11 Policy Recommendations -- $t12 Conclusion -- $tAppendices -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aUsing Ontario as a case study, this book sheds light on the delivery of innovation policy in politically complex environments. 606 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration$2bisacsh 610 $aCanadian politics. 610 $aInnovation policy. 610 $aOntario politics. 610 $ainnovation policy Canada. 610 $aintermediary institutions. 610 $apolicy implementation. 610 $apublic affairs. 610 $aregional economic development. 610 $aregional innovation centres. 615 7$aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration. 700 $aConteh$b Charles$01817858 712 02$aUniversity of Toronto Libraries$4fnd$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fnd 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996657768103316 996 $aMediating Innovation Policy Delivery$94376484 997 $aUNISA