8125 Exploring Clusters: Best Practices and Implications

FedDevFederal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario

HAL is assisting FedDev Ontario in their efforts to foster the southern Ontario economy by: providing a synopsis of the themes emerging from the relevant economic literature regarding industrial cluster formation and benefits; providing an overview of various cluster promotion strategies; and outlining best practices in cluster development as they apply for regional development agencies and for FedDev Ontario in particular.

8056 Southern Ontario’s Defence Sector Profile

FedDevFederal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario

On behalf of the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev), HAL is creating a profile of the defence sector in Southern Ontario that will provide an overview of the sector’s strengths, characteristics and capabilities, with a focus given to its main subsectors, regional clustering, key products and services, and the structure of its value chains.