Publications

Automotive Regions in Transition

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The project compared how governments and industry in automotive regions in Austria and Canada are adjusting to the digitization of their respective automotive industries. Click here to view.

Embedding Foreign Subsidiaries

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A study of the challenges policy-makers face when trying to incentivize foreign multinationals to invest in a semi-peripheral economy such as Canada. Click here to view.

Developing the Industrial Commons

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Study of Canadian policies geared toward helping domestically owned, small and medium-sized enterprises adopt new technologies. Specifically, the focus is on programs that aim to facilitate the adoption of additive manufacturing technologies. Click here to view.

Upgrading the automotive supply chain

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This research studied the challenges Canadian automotive suppliers face when innovating and how public policies help them develop design and engineering capabilities. It also compares the Canadian public policy response to those in Germany and the US. Click here to view.

Global Perspectives on Automotive Policy

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An international comparison of public policies designed to support manufacturing innovation. This project compared Canadian public policies with those in the United States, Mexico, Germany, and Spain. The final report is available here. An Executive summary is available here.

Regional Resilience in a Digital World

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This paper examines the digital transformation of the German automotive industry. Particular focus is placed on examining the winners and losers of the automotive industry’s datafication. Click here to view the presentation.