Global Innovation Policy (GLA1011H)
This course provides an introduction to cross-national study of the role of the state in industrial development, innovation, and business-government relations. The emphasis is on providing a broad base of the competing theoretical perspectives with particular attention to the different ways in which state and markets interact in rapid-innovation-based industries. Special consideration is given to the role of Science and Technology Industrial Policies, Innovation, and Economic Development. Centering our attention on politics the seminar examines the nature and extent of government in business and business in government.
2026
AV Presentations
Too Much Light in One City: Expanding France 2030 Beyond the Capital
by Vick Gu, Mario Mastrocola, Ash More, and Orion Skoblo
Addressing Vietnam’s Binding Constraint in Manufacturing: The SME TechLift Program
by Alice Gales, Diane Gorun, Swann Pichat, and Nina Veselovskaya.
Breaking News: Pushing Japan's Rural Innovation Forward
by Naomi Papavero, Parna Zarei, Kano Fujiyoshi, Melanie Tanabe, Madomi Kusano
China Video Game Industry Presentation
by Ruo Fan Lin, Milton Ibarez, Sybil Monteiro, NAILA REAZ
Vanadium Man" - Power Grid Stabilization in South Africa
by Marlo Scharf, William Hamilton, Ryan Holloway, Arundhati Banerjee, William Clark, Marte Vroom
The Innovation Brainstorm
by Jana Ghandour, Sara Nasrallah, Nour Mourad, Yousef El-Halabi, Omar Hassan
2025
Best paper
Kiran Singh, Jeanne St-Pierre, Vladyslava Hedz, Ziang Chen
2024
Best paper
Kenneth Chen, Sarina Macleod, Quinn Melenbacher, Lauraine Ramazani Buledi, and Mishal Khan
2023
Best papers
Claire Posno, Claudia Velimirovic, Madalena Monteiro, Matthew Chasmar, and Yuruo Shen
Sam Crocker, Nikhil Konduru, Gauri Chuttani, Olivia Paul, and Emily Tambos
Isabelle Watkinson, Ilsa Weinstein-Wright, Kate Costaris, Ping Yim Miu, and Sifarath Parakot Salim