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JPJ494H1S L0101

Graduate Course Code: JPJ2394H1S L0101

Innovation and Knowledge Transfer in City Regions

Themes

This course surveys two of the key themes related to the process of innovation in a knowledge-based economy: the process by which new knowledge is generated and effectively transferred to those organizations with the potential to commercialize it; and secondly, the paradoxical relationship between knowledge creation and proximity in a modern global economy. Increasingly the global economy is seen as a knowledge-based one, hence the critical importance of understanding how new knowledge is generated and deployed in the form of new products and processes. At the same time, the more global the economy becomes, the greater the value of proximity, hence the fascination with how to foster the growth of dynamic and innovative city regions. This course surveys the state of current knowledge about both these processes and explores the implications of this understanding for public policies designed to stimulate knowledge transfer and promote the growth of dynamic local economies.

Texts

Course kit.

Format and Requirements

One two-hour seminar per week. Course requirements TBA.

Prerequisites

CSC300 H1 OR ECO 360Y1 OR GGR 431H1 OR HPS 202H1 OR HPS 431H1 OR POL 218Y5 OR a 300 or 400-level course in comparative politics OR POL 409H1 OR SOC 356Y1