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July 23, 2007
Centre for Jurisdictional Advantage
The concept of "jurisdictional advantage" is one that Athena Alliance (and this blog) has followed for some time. Earlier this year, the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto announced the creation of a new research center on the topic:
"The Centre for Jurisdictional Advantage and Prosperity will enhance the province’s prosperity by taking an integrative approach to the study and creation of jurisdictional advantage. Currently, the study of how jurisdictions, including provinces, become magnets for companies to start-up, locate and grow, and for talent to study, live and work, has been fragmented across many diverse fields. This disconnected knowledge has been less helpful to policy-makers and businesses than is required,” says Rotman Dean Roger Martin. “The Centre will remedy this by attracting and bringing together the best group of scholars in the world to study jurisdictional advantage in order to create new and valuable insights that will benefit Ontario and the world at large.”
And last week, they announced that Richard Florida will be heading up this new Centre (Creative Class Thinker Joins Rotman School of Management).
Over the years, Athena Alliance has been fortunate to be associated with key members of the Rotman School. Dr. MaryAnn Feldman gave the original jurisdictional advantage paper at an Athena-Wilson Center symposium. and Dr. Florida presented his book, The Flight of the Creative Class, at another symposium. Dean Roger Martin spoke to an Athena sponsored Congressional briefing on innovation.
We wish Dr. Florida and the new Centre all the best in their work.
Posted by Ken Jarboe at July 23, 2007 09:44 AM
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