MGMT 1030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Harold Innis, List Of Industrial Regions, Staples Thesis

• School: York University
• Department: Management
• Course: MGMT 1030
• Professor: Olga Kraminer

Document Summary

Outline of norrie, et al. , the staples thesis , in norrie, et al, a history of the canadian. The staples thesis has been heavily criticized: unlike a scientific theory, there is no predictive value to the staples. Thesis, and it cannot explain why different regions of canada with the same primary staple product. Ontario and saskatchewan, for example, started with the same staple product as the backbone of their economies wheat but. Ontario has moved on to be a diversified industrial region while. John mccallum has proposed a modified staples thesis" that explains the performance of different regions of the country reliant on staples: initial endowments" determine the long term diversification of a region.