Starting from the premise that firms are distinct in terms of their capacity to create radical product innovations, the present paper attempts to explore how firms choose between different forms of R&D cooperation and their consequences for social welfare. It studies a duopolistic market, where...

Intro -- Contents -- Tables, Figures and Sidebars -- Preface -- I Introduction: Regional Production Systems and Regional Systems of Innovation -- 2 Methods: Patent Analysis and Related Techniques -- 3 Biotechnology (with the collaboration of Tomas Gabriel Bas) -- 4 Aircraft systems of Innovation...

The paper maintains that biotechnology regions develop as complex systems: they start with star scientists in research universities, generating knowledge spillovers, then move progressively towards regional technology markets. In the process they attract venture capital (or modify the behaviour...

While aerospace and aircraft form two poles in Montreal and Toronto, Ottawa is Canada's centre for semiconductor and telecommunication innovation. Niosi explores how these regional configurations are shaped by national and provincial public policy incentives