Affiliation

Full Professor, Director, School of Urban Planning (海角社区)

Research interests

Urban economic development, workplaces and mobility, urban form, municipal innovation, innovation within SMEs

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Contact information

richard.shearmur [at] mcgill.com (> Email)

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Selected and recent publications

Doloreux, D., Shearmur, R. and Garneau, F., 2024, The Rise of The Craft Brewing Industry in Qu茅bec鈥檚 Peripheral Regions (Canada): Location, Neolocalism, and Community Building, Geographical Review, 114:1, 1-30

Seker, M., R.Shearmur & Beaudet, G., 2024, Defying Stereotypes, Populism and Neoliberal Discourse: Municipal Agility and Innovation, Urban Affairs Review

Shearmur, R., Doloreux, D. et Kristensen, I., 2023, Canada鈥檚 Ocean Supercluster initiative: A national policy in regional clothing? Le G茅ographe Canadien / Canadian Geographer, 67.4, 484-498

Kristensen, I., R.Shearmur and D.Doloreux, 2023, Comparing innovation strategies: Canada's Ocean Supercluster and Europe's Smart Specialisation initiatives, Canadian Public Policy, 66.3, 285-302

Doloreux, D., Shearmur, R., Suire, R. et Berthinier-Poncet, A., 2023, Which types of firm use collaborative innovative spaces? Creativity and innovation management, 32.1, 141-157

Shearmur, R. et Doloreux, D., 2023, The Geography of KIBS, in Gallouj, F., Gallouj, C., Monnoyer, M-C., Rubalcaba, L. (eds), Elgar Encyclopedia of Services, Cheltenham: Elgar, 522-524

Doloreux, D., Shearmur, R. and Baldassarri, G., 2023, Innovation in KIBS, in Gallouj, F., Gallouj, C., Monnoyer, M-C., Rubalcaba, L. (eds), Elgar Encyclopedia of Services, Cheltenham: Elgar, 420-423

Doloreux, D., Shearmur, R. et Kristensen, I., 2023, KIBS as knowledge sources for innovation in rural regions, Journal of Rural Studies, 99, 53-61

Garneau, F., Doloreux, D. and Shearmur, R., 2023, Origine, d茅veloppement et ancrage territorial des microbrasseries artisanales: le cas de l'Est鈥恉u鈥怮u茅bec, Le G茅ographe Canadien / Canadian Geographer,

Gluckler, J., R.Shearmur & K.Martinus, 2023, Liability or Opportunity? Reconceptualizing the periphery and its role in innovation, Journal of Economic Geography, 23 (1), 231-249,

Doloreux, D. and R.Shearmur, 2023, Does location matter? STI and DUI innovation modes in different geographic settings, Technovation,

David Doloreux听and Richard Shearmur. "Does the Geographic Distribution of Knowledge Intensive Business Services Affect the Use of Services for Innovation? Empirical Evidence from Quebec KIBS Manufacturers", in Ferreira, J., M. Raposo, C. Fernandes and M. Desjardins (dir.),听Knowledge Intensive Business Services and Regional Competitiveness, London, Routledge, 2016.

Richard Shearmur听and David Doloreux. "Knowledge-Intensive Business Services (KIBS) Use and User Innovation: High-Order Services, Geographic Hierarchies and Internet Use in Quebec's Manufacturing Sector",听Regional Studies, vol. XLIX, no 10, 2015, p. 1654-1671.听DOI:听10.1080/00343404.2013.870988.

Richard Shearmur. "Que reste-t-il de la classe cr茅ative?",听Nouveau Projet, no 3, 2013, p. 141-144.

Richard Shearmur听and D. Doloreux. "Innovation and KIBS: The Contribution of KIBS to Innovation in Manufacturing Establishments",听Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2013, online. DOI:10.1080/10438599.2013.786581

Richard Shearmur, L. Terral and M. Pol猫se. "La g茅ographie de la croissance d鈥檈mploi en France 脿 l鈥檃une de processus Nord-Am茅ricains: vers une th茅orisation du contexte",听Cybergeo, article 631, 2013.

Richard Shearmur. "Are Cities the Font of Innovation? A Critical Review of the Literature On Cities and Innovation",听Cities. The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning, vol. XXIX, 2012, p. S9-S18.

Richard Shearmur. "Montr茅al 1950-2010: la m茅tamorphose de l'茅conomie spatiale",听Working paper听(INRS), no 1, 2011.