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PHILLIPS, Peter W. B
Peter W.B. Phillips is a professor in the department of Political Studies at the University of Saskatchewan. He holds concurrent faculty appointments in both Agricultural Economics and Management at the U. of S. and is a Professor-at-Large in the Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of Western Australia. Dr. Phillips’ research concentrates on issues related to governing transformative innovations, a topic that involves examining intellectual property rights for agricultural biotechnology, the economics and management of innovation and trade, and marketing issues related to new technologies. He has done theoretical, empirical, institutional, and policy analysis of technological change, has published a variety of books and journal articles on governing innovation, and has consulted on innovation policy with industry and governments in Canada, the U.S., the E.U., and Australia, as well as with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). He is either a principal investigator or investigator of seven internationally peer-reviewed research programs that have a combined budget of CAD$52 million. He is currently a member of the Canadian Biotechnology Advisory Committee, a senior research associate with the Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade, a member of the editorial boards of AgBioForum and IP Strategy, a fellow at The Centre for Innovation Studies (THECIS), and a member of the Canadian Association of Business Economists.
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Building Research Clusters: Exploring Public Policy Options for Supporting Regional Innovation
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Governments at all levels are showing great interest—and some are spending lots of money—in developing research clusters that they hope will benefit their local and national economies. Clusters are complex, however, and this chapter aims to help policy-makers maximize their benefits. The chapter offers a taxonomy of countries and their potential for cluster development and explains a five-stage process for realistic cluster building. Stage one assesses capacities, resources, and opportunities. Stage two involves choosing an anchor strategy. In stage three, organizational and institutional leaders are identified to take the lead in developing the cluster. In stage four, proactive tactics are chosen. Stage five identifies the cluster’s lifecycle and the strategies needed to sustain it. Cluster building is knowledge-based development, which is inherently different from traditional industrial development. For one thing, cluster building requires global links. Companies and skilled employees are less interested in fiscal incentives, public infrastructure, or other government support than in the innovation community and its networks.
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The Role of Clusters in Driving Innovation
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The promise of biotechnology relies on new science that is increasingly complex and specialized and depends on sophisticated, global intellectual property rights systems. This complexity requires a more open system of knowledge sharing than previous research and development programs. Studies suggest that successful innovation requires developing clusters of institutions, businesses, and personnel. “Location, location, location,” the battle cry for property realtors everywhere, is increasingly becoming the key phrase in studies of innovation dynamics and knowledge-based growth. Offering an overview of recent research on clusters in Canada, this chapter suggests that governments have an important role to play in the process of cluster formation and that ensuring a mix of “local buzz” and “global reach” is part of the recipe for success.
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