innovation towards services and, related to this, a shift of consumer preferences towards these new services. If R&D figures are … un déplacement de l'innovation vers les services et, relié à cela, un déplacement des préférences vers les services. Les …

Many economic studies have examined the conditions under which innovation occurs in Canadian firms. We take the …: communication, financial services and technical business services. The data come from the 1996 innovation survey conducted by … Statistics Canada. The first objective of this paper is to explain why firms perceive the obstacles to innovation differently. We …