The experience of Aboriginal peoples in North America with globalization (or at least something very like it) is not simply a feature of the current era. It began some five centuries ago, upon first contact with Europeans. The negative impact has been well documented: socially cohesive...

Purpose – In negotiation with diamond enterprises, Aboriginal communities have provided their consent for the diamond mines and have ensured their participation in all diamond projects within their traditional territories. The purpose of this study is to evaluate partnership strategies....

Focusing on North America, Innovation Systems in a Global Context examines the nature of existing systems of innovation in the United States, Canada, and Mexico; the conceptual questions surrounding the analysis of such systems; trends towards the creation of supranational systems in East Asia,...