What drives innovation in the automotive, advanced manufacturing and steel sectors? How is innovation disseminated across the supply chain? How well do industry and research institutions collaborate? What does this mean for manufacturing in Ontario?
Innovation in Manufacturing, Supply Chains and Knowledge Networks in Ontario:
A report prepared for Toronto Region Research Alliance (TRRA)
 By Peter Warrian, Ph.D., D.S.L.
Senior Research Fellow
Munk Centre for International Studies

 Professor Peter Warrian, Senior Research Fellow at the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto, studied the current state of innovation and knowledge flows in the automotive, advanced manufacturing and steel sectors in the Greater Golden Horseshoe (GGH). This report provides a brief overview of sector-specific findings, highlighting major trends, advantages and disadvantages of the region, global knowledge partnerships, the role of universities and colleges, the effects of the recession on these sectors and implications for researchers.

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