Silicon Valley North: A High-Tech Cluster of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Competitive Strategy) (Technology, ... Entrepreneurship and Competitive Strategy)

360 Pages·2004·1.99 MB·English

by  Larisa V Shavinina

SILICON VALLEY NORTH
A HIGH-TECH CLUSTER OF INNOVATION AND
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
TECHNOLOGY,INNOVATION,ENTREPRENEURSHIPANDCOMPETITIVE
STRATEGYSERIES
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SILICON VALLEY NORTH
A HIGH-TECH CLUSTER OF INNOVATION
AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
EDITED BY
LARISA V. SHAVININA
DépartementdesSciencesAdministratives,UniversitéduQuébecen
Outaouais,Canada
2004
Amsterdam–Boston–Heidelberg–London–NewYork–Oxford
Paris–SanDiego–SanFrancisco–Singapore–Sydney–Tokyo
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Contents
AbouttheAuthors ix
Preface xv
PartI:Introduction
1. SiliconPhenomenon:IntroductiontoSomeImportantIssues 3
LarisaV.Shavinina
2. SiliconValleyNorth:TheFormationoftheOttawaInnovationCluster 21
JocelynGhentMallett
3. Yesterday’sAdventureswithToday’sTechnology:CarletonUniversity’s
WiredCitySimulationLaboratory 33
DavidC.Coll
PartII:SiliconValleyNorth:ItsRecentPast,CurrentState,andFuture
4. FirmDemographicsinSiliconValleyNorth 57
FrançoisBrouard,TylerChamberlin,JérômeDoutriauxandJohndelaMothe
5. ATaleofOneCity:TheOttawaTechnologyCluster 85
JudithJ.Madill,GeorgeH.HainesJr.andAllanL.Riding
6. TheNationalCapitalRegion’sProductLeadershipCluster 119
AntonioJ.Bailetti
7. HowTechnology-IntensiveClustersareOrganizedintheOttawaRegion 143
AlanO’Sullivan
8. TheRoleofVentureCapitalinBuildingTechnologyCompanies
intheOttawaRegion 167
JohnCallahanandKenCharbonneau
viii Contents
9. TheRoleofUniversitiesinDevelopingCanadianSiliconValley 203
RobertE.Armit
10. TheRiverRunsThroughIt:TheCaseforCollaborativeGovernancein
theNationalCapitalRegion 223
GillesPaquet,JeffreyRoyandChrisWilson
11. TechnologicalDevelopmentinGatineau,theQuebecSectorof
SiliconValleyNorth 241
FrancoMaterazzi
12. DevelopingKnowledgeWorkersinSiliconValleyNorth:ItIsNot
JustAboutTraining 251
LorraineDyke,LindaDuxburyandNatalieLam
13. CanTechnologyClustersDeliverSustainableLivelihoods?Constructing
aRoleforCommunityEconomicDevelopment 275
EdwardT.JacksonandRahilKhan
14. AnInnovativeModelforSkillDevelopmentin
SiliconValleyNorth:O-Vitesse 293
ArvindChhatbar
15. Ottawa’sTalentWorks—RegionalLearningandCollaborativeGovernance
foraKnowledgeAge 311
GillesPaquet,JeffreyRoyandChrisWilson
PartIII:Conclusion
16. TheLusterofClusters:ACautionaryTale 333
WarrenThorngate
SubjectIndex 341
About the Authors
RobertArmitisaprofessionaleconomistandconsultantinTechnologyBusinessDevel-
opment.Priortoestablishinghisconsultancyin1998,RobertArmitservedasDirectorof
theTechnologyTransferCentreatOCRIinOttawaandasDirectorofTechnologyTransfer
atboththeUniversityofAlbertainEdmontonandCarletonUniversityinOttawa.Whileat
Carleton,forthreeyearsheservedlaterallyasVice-President(Technology)oftheCarleton
University Development Corporation where he developed the concept for the technology
initiativeatthebaseoftheCarletonTechnologyandTrainingCentre.RobertArmitwasa
memberoftheBoardofDirectorsoftheAssociationofUniversityRelatedResearchParksin
theUSAandwasSecretary-TreasureroftheCanadianResearchManagementAssociation.
Antonio J. Bailetti holds a faculty appointment in both the Department of Systems and
Computer Engineering and in the Eric Sprott School of Business at Carleton University,
Ottawa, Canada. Professor Bailetti has been the Director of the M.Eng. in Telecommu-
nicationsTechnologyManagementprogramsince1998.HewastheDirectorofCarleton
University’s School of Business from 1981 to 1988 and a Director at Bell-Northern
Research(todayapartofNortelNetworks)from1988to1992.ProfessorBailetti’swork
has been published in engineering management journals such as IEEE Transactions on
EngineeringManagement,JournalofProductInnovationManagement,ResearchPolicy,
andR&DManagement.
Franc¸oisBrouardisafacultymemberintheEricSprottSchoolofBusinessatCarleton
University in Ottawa, Canada, where he teaches Accounting and Taxation. A Chartered
Accountant,Franc¸oisearnedadoctorateinbusinessadministration(DBA)fromUniversite´
du Que´bec a` Trois-Rivie`res. He develops a diagnostic tool for environmental scanning
practicesinsmallandmedium-sizedenterprises(SME).
John Callahan is cross-appointed in both the Department of Systems and Computer
Engineering and the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
He teaches graduate courses and supervises graduate research in telecommunications
and product development management in Engineering, and in R&D management in the
Sprott School of Business. He has published in journals such as Management Science,
ResearchPolicy,IEEETransactionsonEngineeringManagement,TechnovationandR&D
Management.ProfessorCallahangraduatedfromCarletonUniversitywithaB.Sc.(Hon)
inMathematicsandPhysics.HethendidanMAinAppliedMathematicsandaPh.D.in
IndustrialEngineeringattheUniversityofToronto.