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Darius Ornston
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Read how they describe their research on their University of Toronto profile.
Latest funding
- $34,861
The Political Economy of Buying Ideas: Using Public Procurement to Stimulate Business Innovation
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $34,105
Reassessing the Benefits of Embedding Foreign Multinationals
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
No publications available.
The Political Economy of Buying Ideas: Using Public Procurement to Stimulate Business Innovation
Principal investigators: Ornston, Darius P.
Keywords: Comparative political economy; international political economy; innovation policy; procurement; trade agreements; Canada; Sweden; United States
Reassessing the Benefits of Embedding Foreign Multinationals
Principal investigators: Ornston, Darius P.
Keywords: foreign direct investment; innovation; comparative political economy; economic development; Canada
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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Profile data last refreshed on September 26, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.