This paper examines the actors and activities and the institutional--spatial dynamics that characterize innovation and knowledge processes within the aquaculture industry and its support organizations in the coastal region of Quebec, Canada. It aims to identify the main features and components...

M<sc>elançon</sc> Y. and D<sc>oloreux</sc> D. Developing a knowledge infrastructure to foster regional innovation in the periphery: a study from Quebec's coastal region in Canada, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. Building on the case study of Quebec's coastal region maritime industry, the relevance of the regional innovation...

This study examines the roles of innovation-support organizations in their acquisition and diffusion of technological ideas, solutions, and know-how throughout the marine science and technology innovation system. The research is based on a set of case studies that involved semi-structured...

Purpose – The paper is concerned with spin‐off firms and the process by which a new firm is created and formed from a university. The objectives are to examine characteristics of firms generated by this process, and the intensity of the spin‐off firms' network activity with the parent...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the debate on the spatial organisation of the open innovation model in the wine industry in Canada. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs a micro‐firm level survey among 146 wine firms in Canada. Descriptive and...

Doloreux D. (2004) Regional innovation systems in Canada: a comparative study. Reg. Studies 38, 481-494. The Regional Innovation System (RIS) has become a leading approach in explaining the innovation processes and patterns experienced by firms and industries at the regional level. This paper...