Article: Clusters Old and New: The Transition to a Knowledge Economy in Canada's Regions.(Book review)

Clusters Old and New: The Transition to a Knowledge Economy in Canada's Regions. 2003, 238 pages. David A. Wolfe (editor). Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's Press. ISBN: 0-88911-959-7 (paper: $24.95); 0-8811-9619 (cloth: $65.00).

This volume covers a topic of considerable interest to regional scientists. In recent decades, many economic development authorities and business communities in Canada and elsewhere have occupied themselves with the idea that they might create the next "Silicon Valley". (Miller and Cote (1987) provide a classic example of this thinking). "Silicon Prairie", "Silicon Valley North", "Telecom Corridor" and other regional clusters ...

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