Economic Structures & Regional Economies

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From A Cambrian Explosion From: Unicorn in the Woods View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter explores the chain reactions that were started in the Maritimes by the sale of Radian6 and Q1 Labs.	Gordon Pitts	15	2020	$1.50 Add
From Angels and Angles From: Unicorn in the Woods View Goose Lane Editions	In this chapter, Pitts recounts the founding of Q1 Labs in 2001, its business agreement with UNB, and the nascent company’s relationship with the dean of the faculty of computer science. It …	Gordon Pitts	15	2020	$1.50 Add
From NEW! Cities and Nation-States Section 2: Jacobs’ Urban Economics From: Cities Matter View bar	Chapter 6 explores the political and economic environments cities have to compete within their larger political structures, such as nation-states, federations, or confederations. It explores …	Charles-Albert Ramsay	11	2022	$1.10 Add
NEW! Cities Matter A Montrealer’s Ode to Jane Jacobs, Economist bar	Why do cities exist? Can’t we find better ways of organizing life on earth? With the climate crisis and other environmental issues, are cities part of the problem? Or can they help solve …	Charles-Albert Ramsay	152	2022	View
From NEW! City Instabilities Section 2: Jacobs’ Urban Economics From: Cities Matter View bar	Chapter 5 examines the weaknesses of cities. The chapter focuses on exploring the built-in instabilities of cities such as congestion, pollution, crime, labour reducing process innovations, …	Charles-Albert Ramsay	7	2022	$0.70 Add
From NEW! Conclusion From: Cities Matter View bar	The conclusion reflects on COVID-19’s impact on cities, urban anxiety, healthy cities, and what kind of society we want to live in.	Charles-Albert Ramsay	6	2022	$0.60 Add
From Congratulations, You’re Fired! From: Unicorn in the Woods View Goose Lane Editions	In this chapter, Pitts examines the new American CEO of Q1 Labs, Shaun McConnon.	Gordon Pitts	9	2020	$0.90 Add
From Cyber Cyber Everywhere From: Unicorn in the Woods View Goose Lane Editions	In this chapter, Pitt explores the career of Steve Lund, the key driver behind CyberNB, an agency designed to leverage New Brunswick’s homegrown expertise.	Gordon Pitts	15	2020	$1.50 Add
From NEW! Deep Democracy in Kerala From: Civilizing the State View New Society Publishers	Deep Democracy in Kerala looks at the history of the Indian state of Kerala and how it has become a model of alternatives to economic growth.	John Restakis	16	2021	$1.60 Add
From NEW! Diversity Trumps Specialization Section 4: Cities as a Dynamic Economy From: Cities Matter View bar	Chapter 14 explores Jacobs’ theory of diversity as the most important feature for thriving cities and urban economies. The chapter discusses topics including macroeconomics, economic …	Charles-Albert Ramsay	8	2022	$0.80 Add
From NEW! Economies of Agglomeration Section 1: The Economist’s City From: Cities Matter View bar	Chapter 1 examines the theory of economic agglomeration, topics discussed include “economies of scale,” types of economies of agglomeration (Shared pool of labour, Input sharing, …	Charles-Albert Ramsay	10	2022	$1.00 Add
From Extractive Economy From: Getting to Zero View James Lorimer and Company	Discusses Canadian economic history, focusing on the analysis that inteprets Canada as an extractive economy. Situates PMs Harper and Trudeau’s policies in this context. Examines the …	Tony Clarke	27	2018	$2.70 Add
From From Beaver to Pond A History From: Unicorn in the Woods View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter links the entrepreneurial activities of Flood and Newton with another businessman from New Brunswick: Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook. It also touches on the historic and current …	Gordon Pitts	14	2020	$1.40 Add
From From the Ashes of Nortel From: Unicorn in the Woods View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter recounts the bankrupcy of Nortel, and describes how one former Nortel employee took up a leadership role at UNB’s Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship.	Gordon Pitts	13	2020	$1.30 Add
Getting to Zero Canada Confronts Global Warming James Lorimer and Company	In this book, long-time social and environmental activist Tony Clarke provides hard-to-find information and analysis about what Canada is and is not doing as of 2018 to get to zero emissions. He …	Tony Clarke	248	2018	View
From Halfway to Impossible From: Unicorn in the Woods View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter concerns Radian6, a social media monitoring platform founded by many of the players discussed in the book thus far. Radian6 was later purchased and folded into the Salesforce brand.	Gordon Pitts	14	2020	$1.40 Add