Using state-of-the-art empirical techniques, contributors address the policy challenges raised by globalization, the internet and other technological advances, innovation, and the rise of security measures in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Chapters are organized around five themes: recent developments and policy challenges, Canadian firms in the information age, research and development and innovation, regulation and industrial performance, and securing trade and investment opportunities.

The only substantive research volume on this subject in two decades, Industrial Organization in Canada is a welcome resource for policy makers, researchers, and academics concerned with industrial policy issues in contemporary Canada.

Contributors include Ajay Agrawal (University of Toronto), Doug Allen (Simon Fraser University), Werner Antweiler (University of British Columbia), John Baldwin (Statistics Canada), Zhiqi Chen (Carleton University), Jean-Étienne de Bettignies (Queen’s University), Marc Duhamel (Industry Canada), James Gaisford (University of Calgary), Avi Goldfarb (University of Toronto), Wulong Gu (Statistics Canada), Kathryn Harrison (University of British Columbia), Patrick Joly (Industry Canada), William Kerr (University of Saskatchewan), Kevin Koch (PricewaterhouseCoopers), Donald G. McFetridge (Carleton University), Peter W. B. Phillips (University of Saskatchewan), Mohammed Rafiquzzaman (Industry Canada), Someshwar Rao (Institute for Research on Public Policy), Thomas W. Ross (University of British Columbia), Camille Ryan (University of Saskatchewan), Michel Sabbagh (Industry Canada), Guofu Tan (University of Southern California), Henry Thille (Guelph University), Johannes Van Biesebroeck (K.U. Leuven, Belgium), and Lasheng Yuan (University of Calgary).

Zhiqi Chen is a professor of economics at Carleton University and co-editor of the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy.Marc Duhamel is the director of the Market Structure and Framework Policy Analysis Directorate of the Economic Research and Policy Analysis Branch at Industry Canada and an adjunct professor of economics at the University of Windsor.

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"A well-defined industrial policy or strategy is absolutely essential in order to ensure a strong, competitive, and innovative economy with persistently high growth rates. In this respect, academic research is a vital input, not only providing guidance but also acting as a stimulus in developing appropriate strategies ... Industrial Organization in Canada is an invaluable contribution that discusses and pinpoints the need for research in certain sectors, empirically evaluates the effects of existing policies, and develops theoretical models that can be used by policymakers to assess the likely impacts of possible industrial strategies. There are no other books that are of such contemporary relevance and such wide-ranging depth and coverage." Anindya Sen, Department of Economics, University of Waterloo