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2010

Gregory Spencer, Tara Vinodrai, Meric Gertler, and David Wolfe, “Do Clusters Make a Difference: Defining and Assessing their Economic Performance”, Regional Studies, 44:6 (July, 2010): 697-715.

David A. Wolfe, “The Strategic Management of Core Cities: Path Dependency and Economic Adjustment in Resilient Regions”, special issue of the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society 3:1 (March, 2010): 139-52.

2009

David A. Wolfe, "21st Century Cities in Canada: The Geography of Innovation," the 2009 CIBC Scholar-in-Residence Lecture, (Ottawa: Conference Board of Canada, 2009).

David A. Wolfe, “Universities and Knowledge Transfer: Powering Local Economic and Cluster Development,” in G. Bruce Doern and Christopher Stoney, eds, Research and Innovation Policy: Changing Federal Government-University Relations, (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2009): 265-287.

David A. Wolfe, "Social Dynamics of Innovation and Civic Engagement in City Regions," special issue on Social Innovation and Territorial Development, Canadian Journal of Regional Science 32:1 (Spring, 2009): 59-72.

David A. Wolfe, “The Waterloo ICT Cluster,” in Clusters, Innovation and Entrepreneurship: International Comparisons, eds Jonathan Potter and Gabriela Miranda (Paris: OECD, 2009): 193-216.

David Arthurs, Erin Cassidy, Charles Davis and David A. Wolfe, “Indicators to Support Innovation Cluster Policy,” International Journal of Technology Management 45:3/4 (2009): 263-279.

David A. Wolfe, “Introduction: Embedded Clusters in a Global Economy,” European Planning Studies, 17:2 (Feb. 2009): 179-87.

Matthew Lucas, Anita Sands and David A. Wolfe, “Regional Clusters in a Global Industry: ICT Clusters in Canada,” European Planning Studies 17:2 (February 2009): 189-209.

John N. H. Britton, Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay, Richard Smith, “Contrasts in Clustering: The Example of Canadian New Media,” European Planning Studies, 17:2 (Feb. 2009): 211-234.

Meric S. Gertler and Tara Vinodrai, “Life Sciences and Regional Innovation: One Path or Many?” European Planning Studies, 17:2 (Feb. 2009): 235-261.

Betsy Donald, “Contested Notions of Quality in a Buyer-Driven Commodity Cluster: The Case of Food and Wine in Canada,” European Planning Studies, 17:2 (Feb. 2009): 263-280.

Peter Warrian and Celine Mulhern, “From Metal Bashing to Materials Science and Services: Advanced Manufacturing and Mining Clusters in Transition,” European Planning Studies, 17:2 (Feb. 2009): 281-301.

2008

David A. Wolfe and Allison Bramwell, “Innovation, Creativity and Governance: Social Dynamics of Economic Performance in City Regions,” special issue on Innovation and the City, Innovation: Management, Policy & Practice 10:2-3 (December 2008): 170-182.

Allison Bramwell and David A. Wolfe, “Universities and Regional Economic Development: The Entrepreneurial University of Waterloo,” Research Policy 37:8 (September 2008): 1175-87.

Allison Bramwell, Jen Nelles and David A. Wolfe, “Knowledge, Innovation and Institutions: Global and Local Dimensions of the ICT Cluster in Waterloo Canada,” Regional Studies 42:1 (February 2008): 1-16.

David A. Wolfe and Jen Nelles, “The Role of Civic Capital and Civic Associations in Cluster Policies,” in Charlie Karlsson, ed., Handbook of Research on Innovation and Clusters: Cases and Policies (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2008), pp. 374-392.

2006

David A. Wolfe, “The Role of Higher Education and New Forms of Governance in Economic Development: The Ontario Case,” in Shahid Yusuf, Ed., How Universities Can Promote Growth. (Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, 2006), pp. 119-137.

David A. Wolfe and Meric S. Gertler, “Spaces of Knowledge Flows: Clusters in a Global Context,” in Bjorn Asheim, Phil Cooke and Ron Martin, eds Clusters and Regional Development: Critical reflections and explorations, (London: Routledge, 2006), pp. 218-35. 

David A. Wolfe and Meric S. Gertler, “Innovation and Creativity in City Regions: What Do We Know and Where Should We Go Next?” in Louise Earl and Fred Gault, eds, National Innovation, Indicators and Policy, (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2006), pp. 133-53. 

David A. Wolfe and Meric S. Gertler, “Local Antecedents and Trigger Events: Policy Implications of Path Dependency for Cluster Formation,” in Maryann Feldman and Pontus Braunerheim, eds, Cluster Genesis: The Emergence of Technology Clusters, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006), pp. 243-63.

2005

David A. Wolfe, “Innovation and Research Funding: The Role of Government Support,” in Taking Public Universities Seriously, eds F. Iacobucci and C. Tuohy (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005), pp. 316-40.

David A. Wolfe and J. Adam Holbrook, “The Innovation Systems Research Network: A Canadian Experiment in Knowledge Management,” Science and Public Policy, 32:2 (April 2005): 109-118. 

David A. Wolfe, Charles Davis and Matthew Lucas, “Global Networks and Local Linkages: An Introduction,” in David Wolfe and Matthew Lucas, eds, Global Networks and Local Linkages: The Paradox of Cluster Development in an Open Economy, Editors. (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queens University Press for Queen’s School of Policy Studies, 2005), pp. 1-23.

David A. Wolfe and Matthew Lucas (Eds), Global Networks and Local Linkages: The Paradox of Cluster Development in an Open Economy, (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queens University Press for Queen’s School of Policy Studies, 2005)

Jen Nelles, Allison Bramwell and David A. Wolfe, “History, Culture and Path Dependency: Origins of the Waterloo ICT Cluster ,” in David Wolfe and Matthew Lucas, Editors. Global Networks and Local Linkages: The Paradox of Cluster Development in an Open Economy, (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queens University Press for Queen’s School of Policy Studies, 2005), pp. 228-51. 

2004

Meric S. Gertler and Tara Vinodrai, "Designing the Economy: A Profile of Ontario's Design Workforce." Report to the Design Industry Advisory Committee, Toronto (City of Toronto Economic Development, and Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade), 2004.

David A. Wolfe, "The Role of Higher Education in Regional Innovation and Cluster Development,"in Creating Knowledge, Strengthening Nations, Eds Glen Jones, Patricia McCarney and Michael Skolnick (Toronto: University of Toronto Press), 2004.

David A. Wolfe, "Clusters from the Inside and Out: Lessons from the Canadian Study of Cluster Development," Urban Studies, May 2004.

David A. Wolfe and Meric S. Gertler, “Ontario’s Regional Innovation System: The Evolution of Knowledge-Based Institutional Assets,” in Regional Innovation Systems, 2nd. Ed., Ed.s Philip Cooke, Martin Heidenreich and Hans-Joachim Braczyk (London: Taylor and Francis, 2004), pp. 91-124.

David A. Wolfe and Matthew Lucas (Eds), Clusters in a Cold Climate: Innovation Dynamics in a Diverse Economy, (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queens University Press for Queen’s School of Policy Studies, 2004).

2003

David A. Wolfe (Ed), Clusters Old and New: The Transition to a Knowledge Economy in Canada’s Regions (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queens University Press for Queen’s School of Policy Studies, 2003).

2002

John N. H. Britton, "Network Structure of an Industrial Cluster: Electronics in Toronto," Environment and Planning A, 2003, 35, 983-1006.

J. Adam Holbrook and David A. Wolfe, "Knowledge, Clusters and Regional Innovation: Economic Development in Canada," introduction to Knowledge, Clusters and Learning Regions, ed. J. Adam Holbrook and David A. Wolfe, Kingston: School of Policy Studies, Queen's University. 2002.

Meric S. Gertler, Richard Florida, Gary Gates, Tara Vinodrai "Competing on Creativity: Placing Ontario's Cities in North American Context," A report prepared for the Ontario Ministry of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation and the Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity, November 2002.

Meric S. Gertler and David A. Wolfe, "Local Social Knowledge Management: Community Actors, Institutions and Multilevel Governance in Regional Foresight Exercises," Paper prepared for the STRATA-ETAN Expert Group Action on "Mobilising the regional foresight potential for an enlarged European Union", Brussels, May 2002.

Meric S. Gertler, "Technology, Culture and Social Learning: regional and national institutions of governance," in Innovation and Social Learning: Institutional Adaptation in an Era of Technological Change, ed. Meric S. Gertler and David A. Wolfe, Basingstoke: Palgrave. 2002.

David A. Wolfe, "Knowledge, Learning and Social Capital in Ontario's ICT Clusters," Paper prepared for the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario May 29-31, 2002

David A. Wolfe, "Innovation Policy for the Knowledge-Based Economy: From the Red Book to the White Paper," in How Ottawa Spends, 2001-2002, ed. G. Bruce Doern, Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2002

David A. Wolfe, "Social Capital and Cluster Development in Learning Regions," in Knowledge, Clusters and Learning Regions, ed. J. Adam Holbrook and David A. Wolfe, Kingston: School of Policy Studies, Queen's University. 2002.

David A. Wolfe and Meric S. Gertler, "Innovation and Social Learning: An Introduction," in Innovation and Social Learning: Institutional Adaptation in an Era of Technological Change, ed. Meric S. Gertler and David A. Wolfe, Basingstoke: Palgrave. 2002.

David A. Wolfe, "Negotiating Order: Sectoral Policies and Social Learning in Ontario," in Innovation and Social Learning: Institutional Adaptation in an Era of Technological Change, ed. Meric S. Gertler and David A. Wolfe, Basingstoke, 2002.

David A Wolfe, “Innovation Policy for the Knowledge-Based Economy: From the Red Book to the White Paper,” in How Ottawa Spends, 2002-2003. Ed. G. Bruce Doern (Toronto: Oxford University Press) pp. 137-56.  

David A. Wolfe, “From the National to the Local: Recent Lessons for Economic Development Policy,” in Urban Affairs: Is It Back on the Policy Agenda?, Eds Caroline Andrew, Katherine Graham and Susan Philips,  (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press), pp. 239-64.

David A. Wolfe and Meric S. Gertler (Eds) Innovation and Social Learning: Institutional Adaptation in an Era of Technological Change, (Basingstoke: Palgrave)

David A. Wolfe and J. Adam Holbrook (Eds.) Knowledge, Clusters and Regional Innovation: Economic Development in Canada (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queens University Press for Queen’s School of Policy Studies, 2002).   

2001

Meric S. Gertler, "Tacit Knowledge and the Economic Geography of Context or The Undefinable Tacitness of Being (There)," paper presented at the Nelson and Winter DRUID Summer Conference, Aalborg, Denmark, June 12-15, 2001.

David A. Wolfe and Meric S. Gertler, "Globalization and Economic Restructuring in Ontario: From Industrial Heartland to Learning Region?", European Planning Studies, vol 9, no. 3, June 2001. TABLE 1, TABLE 2, TABLE 3, TABLE

David A. Wolfe and Matthew Lucas, “Investing Knowledge in Universities: Rethinking the Firm’s Role in Knowledge Transfer,” in John de la Mothe and Dominique Foray, eds Knowledge Management in the Innovation Process: Business Practices and Technology Adoption, (Amsterdam: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001), pp. 173-91. 

2000

Meric S. Gertler, David A. Wolfe and David Garkut, "No Place Like Home? The embeddedness of innovation in a regional economy", Review of International Political Economy, 2000, 30 pp., 2 tables, 7 figures.

Joe Leibovitz, "Barriers to Collaborative City-Region Governance: Institutions and Economic Governance in 'Silicon Valley North' " (working paper), 2000.

Joe Leibovitz, "The Politics of Associative Governance: Institutional Change and Economic Governance in 'Canada's Technology Triangle' " (working paper), 2000. References.

David A. Wolfe and J. Adam Holbrook (Eds.) "Innovation, Institutions and Territory: Regional Innovation Systems in Canad"a (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queens University Press for Queen’s School of Policy Studies, 2000). 

1999

Shauna Brail and Meric S. Gertler, "The Digital Regional Economy: Emergence and Evolution of Toronto's Multimedia Cluster", in H-J Braczyk, G. Fuchs and H-G Wolf (eds.) Multimedia and Regional Economic Restructuring. London: Routledge, 1999, pp. 97-130.

Meric S. Gertler, "Globalisation, Regional Economic Transition and Learning: Restructuring, Renewal and The Role of Culture", in Economic and Cultural Transition Towards a Learning City: The Case of Jena. Paris: OECD, 1999, pp. 33-56.

Meric S. Gertler, "Negotiated Path or 'Business as Usual'? Ontario's Transition to a Continental Production Regime", Space and Polity, vol. 3, no. 2, 1999, pp. 171-197.

Meric S. Gertler, "The production of industrial processes: regions, nation states and the foundations of regulation", in T.J. Barnes and M.S. Gertler (eds.), The New Industrial Geography: Regions, Regulation and Institutions. London: Routledge, 1999, pp. 225-237

David A. Wolfe, "Networking Among Regions: Ontario and The Four Motors For Europe." European Planning Studies 8:3 (2000).Trevor J. Barnes and Meric S. Gertler, eds. Towards a New Industrial Geography: Regions, Institutions and Regulation. London: Routledge, 1999.

David A. Wolfe, "Globalization, Information and Communication Technologies and Local and Regional Systems of Innovation," Transition to the Knowledge Society: Conference Proceedings, edited Kjell Rubenson and Hans Schuetze. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press.

David A. Wolfe, "Harnessing the Region: Changing Perspectives on Innovation Policy in Ontario," in The New Industrial Geography: Regions, Regulation and Institutions, eds Trevor Barnes and Meric Gertler (London: Routledge, 1999), pp. 127-54.

David A. Wolfe, "The Role of Cooperative Industrial Policy in Canada and Ontario," in Competitive Industrial Development in the Age of Information: The Role of Cooperation in the Technology Sector, eds Richard J. Braudo and Jeffrey G. MacIntosh (London: Routledge, 1999), pp. 30-63.

Blanka Vavakova and David A. Wolfe, "Regional Innovation Policy: Rhône-Alpes and Ontario," Regional and Federal Studies 9:3 (Autumn 1999): 107-29.

1998

Shauna G. Brail, "The Paradox of Technological Change: New Media in Old Urban Areas," (Department of Geography, University of Toronto,1998).

Meric S. Gertler and David A. Wolfe, "Dynamics of the Regional Innovation System in Ontario," in Local and Regional Systems of Innovation, ed. J. de la Mothe and Gilles Paquet (Amsterdam: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998). Tables1-17

David A. Wolfe and Meric S. Gertler, "The Regional Innovation System in Ontario," in Regional Innovation Systems: The Role of Governances in a Globalized World, eds H.-J. Braczyk, P. Cooke and M. Heidenreich, (London: UCL Press, 1998).

1997

David A. Wolfe, "The Emergence of the Region State," in The Nation State in a Global Information Era: Policy Challenges, ed. Thomas J. Courchene, Bell Canada Papers on Economic and Public Policy 5 (Kingston: John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy, 1997), pp. 205-40.