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MartinProsperityInstituteAnnualReportRichardFlorida,DirectorMay2011toApril2012

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TableofContentsI. Overview II. DetailedSummaryofAccomplishments 1. ActivitiesandEvents Speaking Events ....................................................................................6 Invited Lectures .....................................................................................8 Panel Discussions .............................................................................. 9 Academic Presentations ................................................................ 9 Organized Conferences ................................................................ 10 MPI Salons ........................................................................................... 11

2. AcademicService Teaching .................................................................................................. 12 Editorial .................................................................................................. 12 Research Supervision ..................................................................... 12 Research Grants and Contracts .............................................. 13

3. PublicationsandResearch Books ........................................................................................................ 14 Journal Articles Published .......................................................... 14 Accepted and Forthcoming ......................................................... 14 Articles in Books ................................................................................. 15 Reports ..................................................................................................... 15 MPI Insights .......................................................................................... 17

4. WorkinProgress . Books ......................................................................................................... 17 Working Papers ................................................................................. 17 Articles in Submission .................................................................... 18 White Papers …………........................................................................ 18

5. MediaCoverage . Columns and Opinion Editorials ............................................ 19 Broadcast and Stories ................................................................... 19

6. CommunityEngagement Projects ................................................................................................... 22 Volunteer ............................................................................................... 22

7. HonoursandAwards Awards .................................................................................................... 24

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I.OVERVIEW

The Martin Prosperity Institute (MPI) was established in 2007 as a research centre in the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

The mission of the Martin Prosperity Institute is to be the world’s leading think tank on the role of sub-national factors - location, place and city-regions - in global economic prosperity. It conducts relevant research to shape debate about economic prosperity and to inform private, public and civic decision-making at the highest levels. The Institute is the world leader in developing an integrated view of prosperity, looking beyond economic measures to include the importance of quality of place and the development of people’s creative potential. Its work enhances the global prestige, reputation and relevance of the University of Toronto and the Rotman School of Management. The Institute provides a special resource for the province of Ontario and the greater Toronto region.

This report summarizes our activities and outputs for the year ended April 30, 2012.

As an academic research centre, one of our core missions is to produce new knowledge and published academic papers in peer reviewed journals. This past year MPI staff published 12 articles in academic journals and another 2 are pending publication. In addition, MPI staff also published 11 book chapters and 4 research reports. The Institute published one major book, The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited by Richard Florida. The book has received significant praise and is currently being translated into a variety of languages including Chinese and Lithuanian.

Our mission also includes teaching and developing new courses and course materials. MPI staff taught six MBA courses and two Urban Studies courses.

A key aspect of our mission which differentiates us somewhat from traditional academic units is that MPI seeks to impact the broader public conversation. MPI staff authored numerous editorial and magazine articles over the past year. MPIs work was featured in a wide variety of media including articles and op-eds in the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Globe and Mail, and Toronto Star and television and radio appearances on CNN, NPR, CBC, CTV and City TV.

Our director, Richard Florida, contributes to a major editorial venture with The Atlantic, TheAtlanticCities.com. It is designed to put cities and the whole question of place at the centre of the global conversation on par with business, politics and culture.

Another differentiator is our commitment to community engagement in our city, province, country and around the world. MPI researchers developed several significant reports, including “Understanding the Creative Economy in China”, “The Rise of Women in the Creative Class”, and “Creativity and Prosperity: The Global Creativity Index”. In addition, for the City of Toronto MPI developed “From the Ground Up: Growing Toronto’s Cultural Sector” which identifies cultural locations with a view to developing policies to encourage cultural growth.

Working with Toronto Public Health and a team of NGO, private sector and City partners the MPI helped map the food environment all across the city, create an indicator of neighborhoods most in need of better access to affordable food stores, and identify opportunities to use planning and other municipal levers to enable change.

MPI staff are working with Monieson Centre (Queen’s), OMAFRA (Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs), and Prince Edward County on understanding the nature and role of creativity and the creative economy in a rural setting. Businesses are relying less on physical labour and routinized tasks, and competing increasingly using talent and technology. MPI Research Director, Kevin Stolarick, is part of a SSHRC funded Partnership Development Grant at Monieson that is centred around this research agenda.

In addition to the major reports and projects described above, MPI publishes short, compelling research briefs, known as MPI Insights, on a weekly or bi-monthly basis. MPI Insights give our audience of over 4000 subscribers a taste of the research currently in the works at the Institute. Of the 39 MPI Insights that were released this year, the following received significant media attention:

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Listening to the People: The Components of an Ideal City The Canucky-est City Cities Grow Ontario Exploring the Gender Wage Gap in Canada: Occupational Typology Influences Women’s Labour Force

Participation The Labour Force Post-recession: A Woman’s World? Dear Santa: Who’s Your City?

One of the significant research reports we produced this year is “Benchmarking the Creative Economy in Rural Ontario”. This report explores the opportunities that exist for rural communities to regain momentum and stimulate their regional economies by pursuing their own distinct strategies in the emerging Creative Economy. We are proud of our research staff and one reason for that pride is the high regard they are held in by prospective employers. In the past year, Brian Hracs, one of our post-doctoral fellows, has joined Uppsala University in Sweden, Research Associate Patrick Adler has begun his PhD at UCLA, GIS Analyst Paulo Raposo has begun his PhD at Pennsylvania State University, Research Associate Ronnie Sanders has joined Millier Dickinson Blais, Research Assistant Taylor Brydges has begun her Masters studies in Geography and Planning at the University of Toronto, and Research Intern Shawn Gilligan has begun his Masters studies in Geography at York University. We are thrilled to welcome Don Tapscott as our inaugural MPI Fellow, and we are excited about his work and the future projects we will collaborate on in future.

Below is a detailed summary of the year’s activities.

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II. DetailedSummaryofAccomplishmentsMay2011–April2012

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1.ACTIVITIESANDEVENTSSPEAKINGEVENTSRichardFlorida:2012Feb 9 Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, Las Vegas, NV

Feb 28 Miami Downtown Development Authority, Miami, FL

Feb 29 Omaha Chamber of Commerce Young Professionals Summit presented by Peter Kageyama, Omaha, Nebraska

Apr 10 PlanSmart NJ, Trenton, NJ

April 24 Human Resources Institute of Alberta, Calgary, AB

2011May 3 Milken Institute, Beverly Hills, CA

May 18 Ontario Teacher’s Pension Plan, Toronto, ON

June 10 American Society of Association Executives, Toronto, ON

June 23 Le Meridien Launch Event, New York, NY

June 24 Office of the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development at New York City Hall, New York, NY

July 13 United Nations Development Programme and Government of Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan

July 25 Erie Community Foundation, Erie, PA

Aug 12 Florida League of Cities, Orlando, FL

Sept 8 Canadian Business and Siemens, Toronto, ON

Sept 27 National Capital Commission, Ottawa, ON

Oct 4 American Public Transit Association, New Orleans, LA

Oct 13 Green Growth Leaders, Copenhagen, Denmark

Oct 26 Canadian Association of Chain Drug Stores, Toronto, ON

Oct 28 University of Texas at Arlington and Vision North Texas, Arlington, TX

Nov 3 National Programme for Redevelopment, National Agency for Cultural Heritage, the City of Amsterdam and the City of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Nov 10 KIAT: Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology, Seoul, Korea

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Nov 12 2011 APEC Leaders and CEO Summit, Honolulu, HI

Nov 14 Canadian Association for Prior Learning Assessment, Toronto, ON

Nov 17 The Atlantic Green Intelligence Forum, Washington, DC

Nov 24 Poland Ministry of Regional Development, Poznan, Poland

Dec 1 Federation of Rental-housing Providers of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario

Dec 15 Le Meridien Hub Launch Event, Barcelona, Spain

KevinStolarick:2012January 12 Canadian Space Commerce Association (CSCA). “The role of sub-national factors such as

location, place and city-regions in global economic prosperity and how these factors relate to the Canadian space systems industry.” Toronto, ON.

January 23 Innovative Sweden Event at MaRS Discovery District. “Creating and sustaining innovation.”

Toronto, ON. February 29 Summit on Cultivating and Sustaining Your Creative Economy hosted by the Strategy Institute.

“Understanding the Latest Trends on Their Demographics, Motivations, Behaviours, and Lifestyles.” Toronto, ON.

March 6 EU Conference on Disability. “Projecting the Economic Impacts of Improved Accessibility in

Ontario.” Copenhagen, Denmark. March 15 Invited Presentation. Event hosted by Rosario Marchese, MPP to build support against the

proposal of building a casino at Ontario Place. Toronto ON. April 5 The Greater Peterborough Innovation Cluster’s Community Innovation Forum: Knowledge In

Action (CIF). Peterborough, ON. (Keynote) April 28 Guest presentation. From Ground Up: Growing Toronto's Cultural Sector Launch. Toronto, ON.

2011

June 6 The Mayors and Councils of the North Simcoe County at Mayors’ Annual Economic Action Initiative (EAI). “Creativity in Cottage Country.” Midland, ON.

CharlottaMellander:2012Jan 31 Besöksnäringens Ledarforum, Kolmården

Feb 6 Stadskärneutveckling, Trollhättan

Feb 13 Campus Telge Business Day, Södertälje

March 13 Skanska Framtidsdag, Malmö

March 21 Skanska Framtidsdag, Stockholm

March 23 Executive Master of Strategy, Stockholm

March 29 Skanska Framtidsdag, Gothenburg

April 18 Stora Tillväxtdagen, Stockholm

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2011May 10 Svenska Stadskärnors Årskongress, Växjö

May 15 Kickoff Göteborg 400 years, Göteborg and Co

May 21 Partnerskap Skåne, Malmö

May 28 Bostadsmarknadsdagar, Norrköping Municipality

June 14 Uddevalla Conference, Bergamo (Keynote)

Sept 27 Bostadsmarknadsdagen, Göteborg

Oct 14 ACT Innovatum, Trollhättan

Nov 12 Karlshamn Municipality

Nov 21 Global Forum, Gothenburg

Nov 26 Consumer Insight, Stockholm

DonTapscott:2012March 10 SXSW Interactive, Featured presentation, "Rethinking Civilization for the Social Age"

March 28 The Economist, Ideas Economy: Innovation 2012, "The see-through chief executive"

March 30 TEDx Wall Street, Opening Speaker, "3 Principles for a New Wall Street"

April 24 Google, Atmosphere on tour, "Evolution of Work" 

INVITEDLECTURESRichardFlorida:2011May 21 Niagara University, Lewiston, NY

Aug 30 European Regional Science Association Conference, Barcelona, Spain

Sept 12 Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business, Columbus, OH

KevinStolarick:2012January 11 Employer Marketing Day. School of Public Programming and Governance, University of Toronto. February 3 Karl Moore’s Class - Hot Cities of the World Tour, McGill University, Montreal, QC. March 28 “Ontario in the Creative Economy.” Presentation and Q&A for Sheridan College’s Annual Board

of Governors Retreat. Brampton, ON. April 13 CITY Institute and NDP’s Urban Economy Policy Summit - Re-imagining our Cities: Toward an

Urban Economic Strategy, York University, Toronto, ON.

2011December 2 “The Problem a (non) City Is: The Spatial Distribution of Creative Workers.” School of

Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.

December 5 “The Green Economy: Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Jobs.” Green Economy Workshop at the School of Sustainability, Arizona State University. Tempe, Arizona.

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BrianJ.Hracs:2011Aug 16 “Researching the Creative Economy.” Invited lecture at the Department of Social and Economic

Geography, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

Oct 10 “Planning of Urban Spaces/Places: Memories and Prosperity.” Presented with Bryan Massam at the Centre of Urban Studies and Urban Planning, Faculty of Architecture, the University of Hong Kong.

AjayAgrawal:2011July 26 “The Geography of Crowd-funding.” NBER Summer Institute.

December 10 “Why Are Some Regions more Innovative than Others? The Role of Firm Size.” Diversity, London Business School.

December 17 Regional Innovation and Firm Size Diversity, London School of Economics.

PANELDISCUSSIONSKevinStolarick:2012Panel Member and Presenter, “Measuring Vibrancy: The Impacts of Arts and Culture Investments in Placemaking.” At a special Arts Forum panel at the National Museum of the American Indian in Lower Manhattan – Panel Discussion & Presentation – to The Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS NYC). New York, NY. April 24, 2012.

Panel Member, the City Wide Public Consultation (Youth focus) Panel. Toronto, ON. April 7, 2012

Panel Member, ArtPlace Panel “Vibrancy Indicators: Measuring People, Activity and Value.” At the Municipal Art Society. New York, NY. April 25, 2012.

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Panel Member, “Urban Regeneration: From Industry to Knowledge Services and Culture” At EU Conference on Cohesion Policy and Catching-up Regions. Lublin, Poland. November 17, 2011.

ACADEMICPRESENTATIONS2012“RRP Research Report: Benchmarking the Creative Economy in Rural Ontario” Concurrent Workshop Session: EDCO Conference, Toronto, ON. February 2. (Zara Matheson & Kevin Stolarick) “Comparing the Occupation-Industry Mix in Canada between 1991 and 2006: Evidence from the Census of Canada” Conference Presentation: American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, New York, New York. February 24-28. (Karen M. King)

“Are Inventive Metropolitan Areas Also Entrepreneurial?” Conference Presentation: American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, New York, New York. February 27. (Kevin Stolarick with Jose Lobo and Deborah Strumsky)

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2011“The problem a (non) city is: The spatial distribution of creative workers CS2.” At the Rural Research Workshop: From Policy to Research and Back Again, Ottawa, ON. May 5. (Kevin Stolarick)

“D.I.Y. in Decline? The evolving role of managers as key intermediaries in the contemporary music industry.” Conference Presentation: ‘Experience the Creative Economy’ Conference. Martin Prosperity Institute, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON. June 21–23. (Brian J. Hracs)

“Understanding Occupation Employment Transitions in the Canadian Labour Force: An Analysis of the Survey of Income and Labour Dynamics, 1993 to 2008.” Conference Presentation: ‘Experience the Creative Economy’ Conference. Martin Prosperity Institute, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON. June 21–23. (Karen King & Kevin Stolarick)

“A Tale of Two Scenes: Civic capital and retaining musical talent in Toronto and Halifax.” Conference Presentation: Ontario Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers (CAGONT), Lakehead University, Orillia, Ontario. October 21-22. (Brian J. Hracs)

“The Inventive, the Educated, the Creative: Do They Make a Difference to Metropolitan Productivity?” Conference Presentation: Canadian Association of Geographers Ontario Division (CAGONT), Lakehead University, Orillia, ON. October 22. (Kevin Stolarick)

“Examining the Educational Attainment of Canada’s Labour Force.” Conference Presentation: Canadian Association of Geographers Ontario Division (CAGONT), Orillia, ON. October 21-22. (Taylor Brydges)

“We won’t be meeting in class this week – we’re going on a field trip…” Roundtable Discussion Participant at 6th Annual Teaching & Learning Symposium, University of Toronto, Toronto , ON. November. (Taylor Brydges)

Chair and Participant. “Understanding Creative Clusters: The Arts and Artists (not necessarily the same).” At Regional Talent, Creativity and Clustering I Session, NARSC Conference, Miami, FL. November 21. (Kevin Stolarick)

ORGANIZEDCONFERENCES2012Conference co-organizer, Innovation, Patents, and Standards through the NBER and US Patent and Trademark office with Tim Simcoe (Boston University) and Stuart Graham (Geogria Tech) in January 2012. This conference is associated with a special issue of the International Journal of Industrial Organization (forthcoming). (Ajay Agrawal)

2011Coordinators: Experience the Creative Economy Conference, Martin Prosperity Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, June 21-23, 2011. (Kevin Stolarick, Brian J. Hracs, Karen King)

Organizer of two sessions: Prosperous Places: Scaling Creativity. Ontario Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers (CAGONT), Lakehead University, Orillia, Ontario, October 21-22. (Brian J. Hracs)

Co-organizer, Economics of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Conference at Queen’s University with Jean-Etienne de Bettignies (Queen’s) and Douglas Cumming (York), June 2011. (Ajay Agrawal)

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MPISALONS2012March 20 A conversation with Anouk Dey: Prospering Together – Poverty and Inequality as obstacles to

Growth

April 19 A conversation with Joel Ray: Resuscitating Health Research through Creativity

July 19 Dr. Amit Kapoor, Chairman of the India Institute of Competitiveness

2011Sept 28 Is Canadian Innovation in Crisis? A conversation on Beauty, Function and Design

Sept 28 BRIC Salon Series 1: Rising India – Exploring Threats to India’s Prosperity

Nov 8 Consuming Denmark: How Cultural Experiences Drive Prosperity

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2.ACADEMICSERVICETeachingRSM 2115: Creative Regional Strategies, 8 enrolled MBA (Winter 2012) – Richard Florida & Kevin Stolarick

RSM 2082: Prosperity and Competitiveness, 36 enrolled MBA (Fall 2011) – Richard Florida

RSM 2021-01: Corporate Strategy, 50 enrolled, MBA (Spring 2012) – Ajay Agrawal

RSM 2021-07: Corporate Strategy, 50 enrolled, MBA (Spring 2012) – Ajay Agrawal

RSM 2021-08: Corporate Strategy, 50 enrolled, MBA (Spring 2012) – Ajay Agrawal

RSM 3091H: Innovation and Technology, 6 enrolled, PhD – Ajay Agrawal

INI 336: Creative Cities, 45 enrolled, Urban Studies (Fall 2011) – Kevin Stolarick

INI 433: Creative Cities Practicum, 40 enrolled, Urban Studies (Winter 2012) – Kevin Stolarick

EditorialReviewer for: American Behavioral Scientist, Cartography and Geographic Information Science, City and Community, Innovation and Industry, National Science Foundation ARCTIC, Annals of Regional Science, City, Culture, and Society, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Journal of Regional Science, Regional Studies Urban Studies, Economic Development Quarterly, Environment and Planning – A Geographical Analysis, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research International Regional Science Review, Journal of Economic Geography Journal of Planning Education and Research, Small Business Economics, Sociological Forum, Sociology Journal Review, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development Transportation Research Board, Journal of Rural Studies, Journal of the American Planning Association, Canadian Journal of Regional Science, Canadian Geographer Urban Policy and Research, Irish Geography, Geographical Analysis (Kevin Stolarick)

Editorial Board: Strategic Management Journal, Management Science (Ajay Agrawal)

Editorial Board: Management Science (Ajay Agrawal)

Ad hoc referee for: American Economics Review, RAND, Research Policy, and Journal of Economic Geography (Ajay Agrawal)

ResearchSupervision–Ph.DStudentsThe following four doctoral students have benefited from financial support from the MPI through the program Agrawal leads on Innovation and Creative Industries.

Ajay Agrawal serves as the primary supervisor and thesis committee chair for doctoral student Christian Catalini. Christian has just completed his fifth year in the program and will go on the market this year. His dissertation is currently titled: “Co-Location and Recombination: How Agglomeration Influences the Rate and Direction of Innovative Activity.” In April 2012 he presented his dissertation research at the BRICK Workshop "The Organization, Economics and Policy of Scientific Research" in Turin, Italy, and was awarded the Best Junior Scholar Paper Prize.

Ajay Agrawal also serves as the primary thesis advisor for Laurina Zhang. Laurina just completed her fourth year in the program and her dissertation title is: “Strategy and Deal Failure in the Market for Ideas.” Laurina’s research proposal was awarded a small doctoral student grant from the NBER his year. Her dissertation research is based on data from the recorded music industry.

Ajay Agrawal also serves as the primary thesis advisor for Elizabeth Lyons. Elizabeth just completed her third year. She does not yet have a dissertation title. Elizabeth’s research is focused on contract labor, soft skills, and digital markets. Her work is based on data from oDesk.com.

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Ajay Agrawal also serves as the primary thesis advisor for Florenta Teodoridis. Florenta just completed her third year. She does not yet have a dissertation title. Florenta’s research is focused on collaboration and knowledge flows. Her work is based on publication and patent data.

Finally, Ajay Agrawal serves as a committee member for strategy PhD student Keyvan Vakili. Keyvan just finished his fourth year and is focused on innovation, standards, and industry evolution. He is on the market this year. His primary supervisor is Professor Anita McGahan.

ResearchgrantsandcontractsSSHRC – Partnership Development with The Monieson Centre at Queen’s School of Business, “Examining the Creative Rural Economy”, November 2011, $13,000.

Peterborough Economic Development et al, $95,000, The Creative Economy in Peterborough, February 2012.

SSHRC – Standard Grant, “What’s the Big Idea? Exploring the Determinants of Breakthrough Innovation,” 2009-2012, $87,910, with Ajay Agrawal, Principal Investigator

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3.PUBLICATIONSANDRESEARCHBOOKS(1)David Andersson, Åke E Andersson and Charlotta Mellander. (2011). Handbook of Creative Cities. Edward Elgar Publishing. JOURNALARTICLESPublished(12)Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander, and Tim Gulden. (2012). Global metropolis: Assessing economic activity in urban centers based on nighttime satellite images. Professional Geographer, 64(2), 178–187. doi:10.1080/00330124.2011.583590

Charlotta Mellander, Lars Pettersson, and Özge Öner. (2012). Culture city. Journal of Town and City Management, 2(3), 246-262.

Kevin Stolarick, Jaison Abel, and Todd Gabe (2012).Workforce skills across the urban-rural hierarchy, FRB of New York Staff Report No. 552, February.

Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander, Kevin Stolarick, and Adrienne Ross. (2012). Cities, skills and wages, Journal of Economic Geography, 12(2), 355-377. March

Kevin Stolarick and Elizabeth Currid-Halkett. (2012). Creativity and the crisis: The impact of creative workers on regional unemployment. Cities, July.

Kevin Stolarick and Todd Gabe, Jaison Able, and Adrienne Ross. (2012). Knowledge in cities, Urban Studies, 49(6), 1179-1200. May.

Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander, and Jason Rentfrow. (2011). The happiness of cities. Regional Studies, August 2011.

Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander, and Haifeng Qian. (2011). China’s development disconnect, Environment and Planning A, 44(3), 628-648.

Brian J. Hracs, J. L. Grant, J. Haggett, and J. Morton. (2011) A tale of two scenes: Civic capital and retaining musical talent in Toronto and Halifax. The Canadian Geographer, 55(3): 365-382.

Kevin Stolarick, Jose Lobo, and Deborah Strumsky. (2011). Are creative metropolitan areas also entrepreneurial?, Regional Science Policy & Practice, 3(3): 271-286. August.

Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander, and Kevin Stolarick. (2011). Geographies of scope: An empirical analysis of entertainment, 1970-2000, Journal of Economic Geography, 12(1), 183-204.

Elizabeth Currid-Halkett and Kevin Stolarick. (2011). The great divide: Economic development theory versus practice, a survey of the current landscape, Economic Development Quarterly, 25(2), 143-157.

AcceptedandForthcoming(2)Hracs, B. J. (Forthcoming). Economic geography: An institutional approach, by Roger Hayter and Jerry Patchell (Book Review), The Canadian Geographer.

Todd Gabe, Richard Florida, and Charlotta Mellander. (Forthcoming). The creative class and the crisis, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economics and Society.

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ArticlesinBooks(11)Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander, and Patrick Adler. (2011). The creative class paradigm, in Handbook of Creative Cities. David Emanuel Andersson, Charlotta Mellander, and Åke E Andersson (Eds). Edward Elgar: Cheltanham, UK.

David Andersson and Charlotta Mellander. (2011). Analysing creative cities, in Handbook of Creative Cities. David Emanuel Andersson, Charlotta Mellander, and Åke E Andersson (Eds). Edward Elgar: Cheltanham, UK.

Elizabeth Currid-Halkett and Kevin Stolarick (2011). The arts: Not just artists (and vice versa, in Handbook of Creative Cities. David Emanuel Andersson, Charlotta Mellander, and Åke E Andersson (Eds). Edward Elgar: Cheltanham, UK.

Kathrine Richardson, Richard Florida, and Kevin Stolarick. (2011). The potential of place: Using location to attract global talent, in Innovation, Technology and Knowledge: Their Role in Economic Development, C. Karlson, B. Johansson, and R. Stough (Eds). Routledge: New York.

Karen M. King. (2011). Technology, talent and tolerance and inter-regional migration in Canada, in Handbook of Creative Cities. David Emanuel Andersson, Charlotta Mellander, and Åke E Andersson (Eds). Edward Elgar: Cheltanham, UK.

Charlotta Mellander and Richard Florida. (2013, forthcoming). The rise of skills: Human capital, the creative class and regional development, in Handbook of Regional Science, Jacques Poot, Manfred M. Fischer, and Peter Nijkamp (Eds). Springer Verlag.

Tairan Li and Richard Florida. (2013, forthcoming). Talent, technological innovation and economic growth in China, in The Creative Class Goes Global, Bjorn Asheim, Richard Florida, Meric Gertler, Charlotta Mellander (Eds). Routledge.

Richard Florida and Charlotta Mellander. (2013, forthcoming). Toward a psycho-geography: Creativity, tolerance and openness in regional development and well-being, in Jason Rentfrow (Ed.), Psychological Geography.

Richard Florida. The Creative Class, in SAGE Sociology of Work Encyclopedia. SAGE Publications, (forthcoming).

Richard Florida. The Creative Class, in The Oxford Companion. Oxford University Press (forthcoming).

Don Tapscott. (2012). Introduction, in The e-Skills Manifesto, European Commission e-Skills Week, June.

Reports(6)Kipling’s “Annual Best City Reports”, Spring 2012 (Kevin Stolarick)

“Benchmarking the Creative Economy in Rural Ontario.” February 2012

“From the Ground Up: Growing Toronto's Cultural Sector.” October 2011

“Creativity and Prosperity: The Global Creativity Index.” October 2011

“The Rise of Women in the Creative Class.” October 2011

“Creative Capital Gains: An Action Plan for Toronto”, May 2011

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MPIInsights2012

400 Million? 220 Million? But at What Cost? Education (Still) Pays, but By How Much? Sex Ed and Money Prosperity, Innovation and Inequality Focus on the Southwest Ontario Region Focus on the Northwest Ontario Region Focus on the Central Ontario Region Focus on the Northeast Ontario Region

2011 Money for Nothing: The Rising Cost of Music Rehearsal Space in Toronto The Recession Effect Varies by Occupational Class Our Doors are Open to Your Ideas Educated Service workers are Concentrated in Canadian Cities Is Oil the New Cod? Resource Redux in Newfoundland and Labrador Boundaries as Barriers: Creative Muskoka Taking a Regional Approach Listening to the People: The Components of an Ideal City Toronto as Stepping Stone, Halifax as Home? The Canucky-est City Where Do New Ideas Come From? Strength in Diversity. Power of Place. Social Intelligence and Tomorrow’s Service Class Jobs Commerce in High Gear: The Geography of Bike Couriers in North America The Value of Education, Part 1: Changing Returns to Education The Value of Education, Part 2: Returns to Education by Occupational Class & Age Cities Grow Ontario The Value of Education, Part 3: Variation in Returns to Education by Occupation China’s Creative Economy: From East to West and North to South Towards a Broader Conception of Economic Competitiveness Measuring Cultural Intensity: The Cultural Location Index This is the Place: Cost, Location and Music Venues in Toronto What to do with 1878 Irish Immigrants from Cork? Peterborough’s Creative Economy Exploring the Gender Wage Gap in Canada: Occupational Typology Influences Women’s Labour Force

Participation The Labour Force Post-recession: A Woman’s World? The Occupational Classes: Not all Jobs are Created Equal – Education Edition The Occupational Classes: Not all Jobs are Created Equal – Sex Edition The Occupational Classes: Not all Jobs are Created Equal – Benefits Edition The Occupational Classes: Not all Jobs are Created Equal –Work Schedule Edition The Occupational Classes: Not all Jobs are Created Equal –Self-Employment Edition The Occupational Classes: Not all Jobs are Created Equal –Number of Jobs Edition The Occupational Classes: Not all Jobs are Created Equal – Conclusion Dear Santa: Who’s Your City?

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4.WORKINPROGRESSBooks(1)Richard Florida, The Rise of the Creative Class, Revisited. Basic Books, 2012.

WorkingPapers(20)Kevin Stolarick. (2012). The education-job match, wages and occupational class. Martin Prosperity Institute Working Paper, April.

Todd Gabe, Richard Florida, and Charlotta Mellander. (2012). The creative class and the crisis. Martin Prosperity Institute Working Paper, March.

Brian J. Hracs. (2012). Management Matters. Martin Prosperity Institute Working Paper, March.

Jaison Abel, Todd Gabe, and Kevin Stolarick. (2012). Workforce skills across the urban-rural hierarchy. Martin Prosperity Institute Working Paper, February.

Brian J. Hracs, Doreen Jakob, and Atle Hauge. (2012). Generating Distinctiveness and Value in the New Marketplace for Music and Fashion. Martin Prosperity Institute Working Paper, January.

Kevin Stolarick. (2012). The changing returns to education in Canada and its provinces: 1971-2006. Martin Prosperity Institute Working Paper, January.

Richard Florida and Charlotta Mellander. (2012). The Inequality of Cities: Differences and Determinants of Wage and Income Inequity across U.S. Metros. Martin Prosperity Institute Working Paper, January.

Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander, and Thomas Holgersson. (2012). Up in the air: The role of airports for regional economic development. Martin Prosperity Institute Working Paper. January.

Peter J. Rentfrow, Charlotta Mellander, Richard Florida, Brian J. Hracs, and Jeff Potter. (2011). The geography of music preferences. Martin Prosperity Institute Working Paper, December.

Elizabeth Currid-Halkett and Kevin Stolarick. (2011). Baptism by fire: Did the creative class generate economic growth during the crisis? An occupational analysis of creative sector impact on regional economies. Martin Prosperity Institute Working Paper, November.

Charlotta Mellander and Richard Florida. (2011). The rise of skills: Human capital, the creative class and regional development. Martin Prosperity Institute Working Paper, October.

Richard Florida and Charlotta Mellander. (2011). The economic geography of smoking and obesity. Martin Prosperity Institute Working Paper, September.

Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander, and Patrick Adler. (2011). The creative city and the creative class. Martin Prosperity Institute Working Paper, July.

Todd Gabe and Richard Florida. (2011). Effects of the Housing Boom and Bust on U.S. Metro Employment. Martin Prosperity Institute Working Paper, July.

Kevin Stolarick and Elizabeth Mack. (2011). The Gift that Keeps on Giving: Land-Grant Universities and Regional Prosperity. Martin Prosperity Institute Working Paper, June.

Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Kevin Stolarick. (2011). Human Capital in Cities and Suburbs. Martin Prosperity Institute Working Paper, May.

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Ajay Agrawal, Carlos Rosell, and Tim Simcoe. (2011). R&D tax incentives: Evidence from the Canadian SRED Program. Working paper, University of Toronto. (presented at NBER in May 2012, plan to submit by December 2012).

Ajay Agrawal, Avi Goldfarb, and Florenta Teodoridis. (2012). The knowledge burden hypothesis: An empirical test. Working paper, University of Toronto. (presented at BRICK in April 2012, plan to submit by November 2012).

Ajay Agrawal, Iain Cockburn, and Laurina Zhang. (2012). Deals not done: Sources of failure in the market for ideas. Working paper, University of Toronto. (presented at NBER in April 2012, plan to submit by September 2012).

Ajay Agrawal, Nicola Lacetera, and Elizabeth Lyons. How Do Online Platforms Flatten Markets for Contract Labour? Working paper, University of Toronto. (presented at Imperial College in April 2012, plan to submit by December 2012).

ArticlesinSubmission(10)Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander, “The economic geography of smoking and obesity,” submitted.

Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Kevin Stolarick, “Human capital in cities and suburbs,” submitted.

Jose Lobo, Charlotta Mellander, Kevin Stolarick, and Deborah Strumsky, “The inventive, the educated, and the creative: How do they affect metropolitan productivity?,” submitted.

Jason Rentfrow, Charlotta Mellander, Richard Florida, Brian Hracs, and Jeff Potter, “The geography of music preferences,” submitted.

Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander, and Patrick Adler, “The rise of the creative city,” submitted.

Richard Florida and Charlotta Mellander, “Toward a psycho-geography: Creativity, tolerance and openness in regional development and well-being,” submitted.

Brian J. Hracs, Doreen Jakob, and Atle. Hauge, “Standing out in the crowd: The rise of exclusivity-based strategies to compete in the contemporary marketplace for music and fashion,” submitted to Social and Cultural Geography.

Ajay Agrawal, Iain Cockburn, Alberto Galasso, and Alex Oettl, “Why are some regions more innovative than others? The role of firm size diversity,” Working Paper 17793, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA, 2012, under review at Quarterly Journal of Economics.

Ajay Agrawal, Christian Catalini, and Avi Goldfarb, “Social frictions in a flat world: The geography of crowd-funding,” Working paper 16820, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA, 2011, under review at Management Science.

Kevin Stolarick and Karen King, “Geography of equilibria: Occupations and industries across Canada,” submitted to The Professional Geographer. WhitePapers(1)Don Tapscott. Global Solution Networks: Understanding the new multi-stakeholder models for Global Cooperation, Problem Solving and Governance.

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5.MEDIACOVERAGE COLUMNS&OPINIONSEDITORIALS(SAMPLEONLY)2012Richard Florida, “America’s 20 healthiest metros”, The Atlantic Cities (Jan 7)

Richard Florida, “How economic development helps the world’s women”, The Atlantic Cities (Jan 17)

Richard Florida, “The high price of prejudice”, The Atlantic Cities (Jan 23)

Richard Florida, “Where to find a service job in 2020”, The Atlantic Cities (Feb 29)

Richard Florida, “Where to find a creative class job in 2020”, The Atlantic Cities (March 2)

Richard Florida, “America’s real homeless hotspots”, The Atlantic Cities (March 14)

Don Tapscott, “Kony 2012: Rethinking global problem solving”, Huffington Post (March 26)

Richard Florida, “Americans who actually make things”, The Atlantic Cities (March 28)

Richard Florida, “What cities gain when their airports are close to downtown”, The Atlantic Cities (April 11)

Don Tapscott, “Think risk management, Linux style”, AmericanBanker.com (April 12)

Richard Florida, “More on airport’s proximity to downtowns”, The Atlantic Cities (April 14)

Don Tapscott, “Radical openness in business fosters growth”, The Globe & Mail (April 24)

2011Richard Florida, “Building America’s third great job machine”, The Atlantic Online (May 9)

Richard Florida, “Is the geography of NBA dominance shifting?”, The Atlantic Online (May 31)

Richard Florida, “If U.S. cities were like countries, how would they rank?”, The Atlantic Online (July 25)

Kevin Stolarick, “Cities drive Ontario’s future”, Toronto Star (Sept 15)

BROADCAST&STORIESWe average roughly 50 media contacts/impressions per week from a broad range of North American, U.S. and global media. Here is a listing of the most high-profile broadcasts and stories.

2012April 5 TechCrunch.com Video (Don Tapscott) March CBC Radio ReCivilization Series (Don Tapscott) March 14 CBC Radio One (Richard Florida) March 30 CTV News Channel (Kevin Stolarick)

2011July 13 News 95.7 Maritime Morning (Kevin Stolarick) July 14 Business News Network (Kevin Stolarick) Sept 14 CBC Radio One (Kevin Stolarick) Sept 26 CP24 (Kevin Stolarick)

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Here is a 2010/2011 small sampling of media coverage of our work in major outlets. BBCRadio4

“Crunching the crisis”, August 29 2011

BloombergBusinessWeek

“The obsolete jobs club”, February 2 2012

“Ohio study shows varying role of gay couples in property values”, November 7 2011

CNN

“Building 21st century jobs”, February 27 2012

CBCRadioOne:MetroMorning

“A truly terrible idea”, March 14 2012

CBCRadioOne:TheCurrent

“Innovation and the budget”, March 30 2012

TheDailyBeast

“Real estate trends: Renting gets glamorous”, December 16, 2011

DailyMail

“The geography of weed”, October 27 2011

TheEconomist

“My big fat career”, September 9 2011

FastCoDesign.com

“Infographic of the day: The States where hate groups thrive”, May 24 2011

FinancialTimes

“Cracks in the heart of a cluster”, July 14 2011

“Mapping the innovative city”, November 17 2011

Forbes.com

“Is the US in a phase change to the creative economy?”, January 31 2012 TheGlobeandMail

“Can decaying buildings lure top talent?”, June 22 2011

“What makes a city a magnet for top talent?”, August 24 2011

HBR.org

“Market correction? Try perma-crisis”, August 8 2011

TheHuffingtonPost

“Virginia lawmakers should do what’s best for kids”, February 9 2012

“Kony 2012: Rethinking global problem solving”, March 26 2012

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TheLasVegasSun

“Creativity, strong support system make for thriving city”, February 10 2012

TheMiamiHerald

“A tale of two Israeli cities”, January 7 2012

MSNBC

“So you’ve got a diploma, now what?”, May 26 2011

TheNewYorker

“Get out of town”, June 22 2011

USAToday

“10 great places to explore urban neighbourhoods”, August 15 2011

TheWallStreetJournal

“Workers’ pay divide persists”, April 19 2012

WashingtonMonthly

“Is America getting more conservative?”, February 17, 2012

Wired

“Small cities feed the knowledge economy”, June 2 2011

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6.COMMUNITYENGAGEMENTPROJECTS• The Service Class - This research project examines the business case for providing improved service jobs

and the career paths of service workers.

• Regional Food Index - This research project seeks to develop a regional food index by examining the quality, affordability and availability of food in Canada and the United States across regions.

• Library Conferences - MPI Librarian, Kimberly Silk, regularly presents at Library conferences on Social Knowledge Management in an Academic Environment.

• Workshops - Kimberly Silk, “Entering the New Knowledge Economy: Professional Preparation Strategies for New Information Professionals”, iSchool Institute, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto.

• City of Toronto Food Strategy Group - Working with Toronto Public Health and a team of NGO, private sector and City partners to map the food environment all across the city, create an indicator of neighborhoods most in need of better access to affordable food stores and identify opportunities to use planning and other municipal levers to enable change.

VOLUNTEER Doors Open Toronto 2011 (MPI)

George Brown College Innovation Advisory Board (Kevin Stolarick)

Greater Toronto CivicAction Summit – several pre-planning roundtable meetings and summit (Kevin Stolarick)

Business for the Arts – Led discussion on value of the arts (Kevin Stolarick)

Advisory Board Member – Jane’s Walk (Kevin Stolarick)

Member – Creative Capital Initiative Advisory Committee (Kevin Stolarick)

Moderator. City Hall Consultation – Creative Capital Initiative’s Breakfast Event. Toronto, ON. (Kevin Stolarick)

MaRS Maven, MaRS Discovery District program (Kevin Stolarick)

Chair of the Board for student organization – “Impact Consulting” (Ajay Agrawal)

Founding academic director – new Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Rotman School of Management (Ajay Agrawal)

Founding academic director – cross-disciplinary undergraduate program on entrepreneurship, The Next 36 (Ajay Agrawal)

Upper Year Mentor – First in the Family Program, University of Toronto, Division of Student Life (Taylor Brydges)

Student Ambassador – Centre for Community Partnerships, University of Toronto (Taylor Brydges)

Project Leader – Alternative Reading Week 2012, Centre for Community Partnerships at the University of Toronto and the Learning Enrichment Foundation (Taylor Brydges)

Warehouse Volunteer – the Fort York Food Bank, (Taylor Brydges)

Member – Evaluation Committee, SSHRC Aid to Scholarly Journals Program (Kimberly Silk)

Virtual Reference Librarian – Ask a Librarian service, Scholar’s Portal (Kimberly Silk)

Past President – Faculty of Information Alumni Association, University of Toronto (Kimberly Silk)

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Member – Ontario Library Association Mentoring Committee (Kimberly Silk)

President Elect – Special Libraries Association Toronto Chapter (Kimberly Silk)

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7.HONOURSANDAWARDS

Newark Arts Council Medal of the Arts 2012 (Richard Florida)

Honors as Senior Fellow, The Design Future Council, July 2011 (Richard Florida)

Honorary degree from Niagara University, May 2011 (Richard Florida)

The Great Reset was announced one of the five finalists for May 2011 National Business Book Awards (Richard Florida)

Appointed Fellow, Martin Prosperity Institute, March 2012 (Don Tapscott)

Appointed Advisory Board Chairman, Shop.ca, March 2012 (Don Tapscott)