Innovation Ecosystem and Students’ Firms

Project leader: Shiri M. Breznitz, University of Toronto

Other researchers: Margaret Dalziel, University of Waterloo | Qiantao Zhang, University of Toronto

4POINT0 Theme: Emergence
Start and end dates: March 1 2019- February 28 2023

Over the last two decades researchers have tried to unpack innovation spaces, innovation leadership, and how innovation leads to economic development. A focus of these studies for many years was the role universities play as significant contributors to entrepreneurship. However, only a handful of studies focus on student start-ups. In addition, much of the responsibility for the development and growth of students’ firms had been placed at universities while dismissing the role of the local innovation system. In response, this project will conduct a case study on students’ firms within the regional innovation ecosystem.

This content has been updated on 2024-01-30 at 19 h 02 min.