Innovation within the Context of Local Economic Development and Planning: Perspectives of City Practitioners
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Resumo: | Although innovation is a major theme in current local economic development and planning, there is a considerable uncertainty of what the concept specifically means, measured, and how outcomes are identified. To date, no study has investigated this glaring gap in scholarship. To address this gap, we interviewed economic development practitioners across cities in Ontario to identify and clarify how they define, apply, and measure innovation within their cities’ economic development strategies. Practitioners indicate that innovation plays a key role in their cities’ economic development strategy, demonstrating the importance of the concept within local governments. Additionally, it is clear that local governments are key facilitators of innovation. While many cities claim to have some form of innovation in their economic development strategies, a wide range of framings and approaches to innovation exist. Cities may not be taking the most efficient approach to fostering local innovation, which is critical with the rise of knowledge-based economic development. |
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Innovation within the Context of Local Economic Development and Planning: Perspectives of City Practitionerscities; economic development; innovation; Ontario; policy; practitionersAlthough innovation is a major theme in current local economic development and planning, there is a considerable uncertainty of what the concept specifically means, measured, and how outcomes are identified. To date, no study has investigated this glaring gap in scholarship. To address this gap, we interviewed economic development practitioners across cities in Ontario to identify and clarify how they define, apply, and measure innovation within their cities’ economic development strategies. Practitioners indicate that innovation plays a key role in their cities’ economic development strategy, demonstrating the importance of the concept within local governments. Additionally, it is clear that local governments are key facilitators of innovation. While many cities claim to have some form of innovation in their economic development strategies, a wide range of framings and approaches to innovation exist. Cities may not be taking the most efficient approach to fostering local innovation, which is critical with the rise of knowledge-based economic development.Cogitatio2020-09-29info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/up.v5i3.3100oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/3100Urban Planning; Vol 5, No 3 (2020): Planning for Local Economic Development: Research into Policymaking and Practice; 364-3772183-7635reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning/article/view/3100https://doi.org/10.17645/up.v5i3.3100https://www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning/article/view/3100/3100Copyright (c) 2020 Selina Phan, Evan Cleave, Godwin Arkuhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPhan, SelinaCleave, EvanArku, Godwin2022-12-20T11:00:07Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/3100Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:22:03.295416Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Innovation within the Context of Local Economic Development and Planning: Perspectives of City Practitioners |
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Innovation within the Context of Local Economic Development and Planning: Perspectives of City Practitioners |
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Innovation within the Context of Local Economic Development and Planning: Perspectives of City Practitioners Phan, Selina cities; economic development; innovation; Ontario; policy; practitioners |
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Innovation within the Context of Local Economic Development and Planning: Perspectives of City Practitioners |
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Innovation within the Context of Local Economic Development and Planning: Perspectives of City Practitioners |
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Innovation within the Context of Local Economic Development and Planning: Perspectives of City Practitioners |
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Innovation within the Context of Local Economic Development and Planning: Perspectives of City Practitioners |
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Innovation within the Context of Local Economic Development and Planning: Perspectives of City Practitioners |
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Phan, Selina |
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Phan, Selina Cleave, Evan Arku, Godwin |
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Cleave, Evan Arku, Godwin |
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Phan, Selina Cleave, Evan Arku, Godwin |
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cities; economic development; innovation; Ontario; policy; practitioners |
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cities; economic development; innovation; Ontario; policy; practitioners |
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Although innovation is a major theme in current local economic development and planning, there is a considerable uncertainty of what the concept specifically means, measured, and how outcomes are identified. To date, no study has investigated this glaring gap in scholarship. To address this gap, we interviewed economic development practitioners across cities in Ontario to identify and clarify how they define, apply, and measure innovation within their cities’ economic development strategies. Practitioners indicate that innovation plays a key role in their cities’ economic development strategy, demonstrating the importance of the concept within local governments. Additionally, it is clear that local governments are key facilitators of innovation. While many cities claim to have some form of innovation in their economic development strategies, a wide range of framings and approaches to innovation exist. Cities may not be taking the most efficient approach to fostering local innovation, which is critical with the rise of knowledge-based economic development. |
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