Challenges of Coordination: Automotive Innovation in the Ontario Supply Chain in Comparative Context | Zendy

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Challenges of Coordination: Automotive Innovation in the Ontario Supply Chain in Comparative Context

Author(s) -

Elena Goracinova,

Peter Warrian,

David A. Wolfe

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

canadian public policy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.397

H-Index - 33

eISSN - 1911-9917

pISSN - 0317-0861

DOI - 10.3138/cpp.2016-024

Subject(s) - automotive industry , context (archaeology) , business , supply chain , industrial organization , cluster (spacecraft) , marketing , engineering , computer science , geography , archaeology , aerospace engineering , programming language

Policies for the southern Ontario automotive cluster support multiple collaborative research projects designed for the application of enabling technologies. However, these initiatives cater to a small percentage of highly innovative automotive suppliers and exclude much of the traditional manufacturing base. This stands in contrast to automotive clusters in Detroit, MI; the West Midlands, United Kingdom; and Baden-Württemberg, Germany, where applied research collaborations target the entire supply chain. With respect to policy implications, we argue that new forms of industrial coordination emerging in competitor regions may offer critical policy lessons for Ontario on how to stem the erosion of innovation capabilities in its automotive supply base.

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