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Management Strength in the Retail Sector

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The Martin Prosperity Institute’s sister institute, The Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity, is pleased to announce the release of Working Paper 13 on management strength in the retail sector on April 8, 2010 from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at The Rotman School of Management.

The Working Paper features recent research done by the Institute on the strength of management in Canada’s and Ontario’s retail sector.The Working Paper follows the Institute’s work on Canada and Ontario’s manufacturing sector, presented in Working Paper 12, Management matters.

There is no charge for this event, but space is limited. Registration is required.

The creative economy in Ontario: A Prince Edward County case example

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Dan Taylor (Prince Edward County Economic Development)and Dr. Greg Spencer(Munk Centre, University of Toronto) will present ‘The creative economy in Ontario: A Prince Edward County case example’ as the next installment of the Creative Economy Seminar Series at Queen’s University.

The seminar will take place on Tuesday March 23 from 12:00 – 1:00 PM in Room 304, Goodes Hall.

Olive: Who will be tomorrow's builders?

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

thestar.com
“Toronto is the most ambitious place I’ve lived,” says Richard Florida, the urban-policy guru who heads up the Martin Prosperity Institute, a think-tank at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

'Campers' plot path to success

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Brockville Recorder and Times
Kevin Stolarick is the research director with the Martin Prosperity Institute, a University of Toronto think-tank that has been taking part in the “Agenda …

Higher Education and the Creative Economy

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The MPI’s Kevin Stolarick will be speaking at the University of Southampton’s conference on Higher Education and the Creative Economy on March 23rd. He will present a keynote called “The University and the Creative Economy: Is This Thing On?”.

The conference takes place in Southampton, UK on March 22nd and 23rd.

The TTC that could be

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

National Post
Kevin Stolarick writes: “It’s time for the service sector to undertake the same kind of transformation. Services are the jobs of the future. Production might move to China or India, but the financing, marketing, advertising, design and sales are still run out of New York and Toronto. And, most service work cannot be shipped offshore — how would you offshore your haircut or your dry cleaning?”

Is America Really Ahead in the Olympic Medal Count?

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The Atlantic
So with the help of my statistically minded colleagues at the University of Toronto’s Martin Prosperity Institute, I decided to take a different kind of look. We rated and ranked medal performance by the size of each country’s population. We’ve dubbed this new ranking system the Winter Olympic Medals Per Capita Metric, WMPC for short, where we rank medals per one million people.

High Speeds, High Costs, Hidden Benefits: A Broader Perspective on High-Speed Rail

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Opponents of high-speed rail have a common thread in their reasoning. Trains are fast and enjoyable to ride, they say, but when scrutinized by rigorous cost-benefit analysis their high cost simply cannot be justified. Typical analysis considers benefits like reduced travel times, reduced congestion, and reduced pollution. We make a case that it should also consider economy-expanding effects like expansion of the labour pool and job market, and extension of the effects of major infrastructure across a broader region.

New Insight: A Broader Perspective on High-Speed Rail

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Typical cost-benefit analysis of high-speed rail considers benefits like reduced travel times, reduced congestion, and reduced pollution. The new issue of Insights makes a case that other economy-expanding effects should also be considered: expansion of the labour pool and job market, and extension of the effects of major infrastructure across the broader region.

How High-Speed Rail Can Help Expand the Economy

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The Atlantic
It’s been hard to justify high-speed rail (HSR) projects in terms of conventional cost-benefit analysis. But, it may be time to rethink—and broaden—the way we think of the benefits of HSR. HSR’s benefits are usually thought of in terms of lowering transport costs by reducing problems like gridlock, pollution, and travel time. But the real benefit of HSR may turn on its ability to expand economic growth, according to a new analysis by my colleagues at the Martin Prosperity Institute.

Summer School on Management of Creativity in an Innovation Society

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

This two-week intensive program is offered by HEC Montréal and the University of Barcelona,
in collaboration with ESADE and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Discover and experience
two of the most creative cities in the world.

Montreal : July 2nd to 9th
Barcelona : July 10th to 17th

Does Education Make You Happy?

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The New York Times
Now Richard Florida, director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, and his colleague Charlotta Mellander have taken a closer look at the metropolitan well-being numbers. They found moderate correlations between happiness and other factors, like wages, unemployment and output per capita.

Oh happy days: Silicon Valley tops the happy charts

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

San Francisco Chronicle
Richard Florida points out in his commentary on the survey, published on the Atlantic Wire, the cities that fare badly for happiness — Detroit, Providence, Tampa and Jacksonville, for example — are mainly housing-dependent Sunbelt cities and Rustbelt locations that have been hard hit by what he terms the “great reset”, namely the technology-driven new geographies of living and working, which, he believes, will drive the economic recovery.

Call for Applications to attend Experience the Creative Economy 2010

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Experience the Creative Economy is a unique conference which allows scholars new in their careers to experience notions of the creative economy in a small and focused setting. This conference will bring together up to 25 individuals with similar research interests to share their work, receive feedback, foster the development of effective research methods and to establish an ongoing framework of collaborative learning and mutual exchange for years to come. Learn more about the conference, and how to apply to attend.

Rediscovering the Wealth of Places

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Municiapal World recently published a municipal cultural planning handbook for Canadian communities by MPI affiliate Greg Baeker.

Rediscovering the Wealth of Places is a practical introduction to core planning concepts and tools. This includes a methodology for cultural mapping and the systematic identification of a wide range of local cultural assets. A strong focus is placed on the effective integration of culture in planning across municipal departments, and with a look at some leading practices from Canada and around the world.

This important work includes chapters from Elena Bird; David T. Brown; Susan M. Gardner; Jeannette Hanna; Gord Hume; Jennifer Keesmaat; Mark Kuznicki; Colin Mercer; and Kevin Stolarick.

Making high-speed rail work for Ottawa

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The MPI’s Kevin Stolarick, Ian Swain, and Patrick Adler explain why Ottawa should integrate high-speed commuter rail into its public transit infrastructure in the inaugural issue of the Journal of Public Transit in Ottawa.

Creative Economy Seminars

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The Martin Prosperity Institute’s Dr. Kevin Stolarick is presenting a seminar on ‘The rural creative economy: Issues and challenges’ as part of the Creative Economy Seminars at Queen’s University.

The seminar will take place on February 16, 2010 from 12 – 1 pm.

The Great Reset

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Academic Director Richard Florida will release his next book “The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity” on April 27th in the United States and Canada. In its analysis of the global downtown and recovery, the book cites a wide range of studies undertaken by the institute. It is to be published by Harper Collins in the US and Random House in Canada.

For more information:
The Great Reset

To pre-order a copy:
Harper Collins (USA)
Random House (Canada)

Winnipeg receives high marks for creativity sector: study

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Winnipeg Free Press
A new study of creative sectors in 11 North America cities including Winnipeg gives the city high marks in a variety of categories, including No. 1 for the number of “bohemians” and No. 2 for “super creative” workers.

The study by The Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto and Pittsburgh consulting firm Catalytix Inc. used criteria touted by U.S. urban economist Richard Florida and championed locally by former Winnipeg mayor Glen Murray.

Listen to the radio interview on CJOB.

"Prosperity" Rules for 2010

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

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