Regional Innovation Systems Within a Federation: Do National Policies Affect all Regions Equally

摘要

This paper is an initial result of research being carried out through the Innovation Systems Research Network (ISRN). The ISRN cluster project results should contribute to the development of a theoretical insight on regional innovations systems (RIS) and clusters. The purpose of this discussion is to test the proposition that the Canadian national innovation systems (NIS) are greater than the sum of its component RIS.