This paper examines the determinants of innovation and the role of innovation in productivity growth, shifts in market … share and survival in the Canadian manufacturing sector. The paper presents a model that examines the effect of innovation … plant performance both before and after the introduction of an innovation. We find strong evidence that labour productivity …

required for the Accounts should incorporate a broad range of science-based innovation costs and that this broader R&D concept … science-based innovation expenditures are to be capitalized, GDP will increase. But it appears that Canada's innovation system … is directed more towards non-R&D science-based expenditures than the innovation systems of many other countries. If …

Our descriptive analysis of a random sample of businesses that received Phase II Small Business Innovation Research …

findings from this body of research became a foundation for a number of technology and innovation policies promulgated in the … technology and innovation policy initiatives. We argue that there are lessons to be learned from PRA’s successes from its … and Innovation Policy (SciSIP) program. …

In this paper we overview a key national program that supports the development of new technology and innovation in … small, entrepreneurial firms. The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program was established by the Small Business … Innovation Development Act of 1982. We conclude from our years of study of the SBIR program that it is indeed bending the arc of …

Innovation Research (SBIR) program, of which 624 had been discontinued prior to technical completion, we provide for the first …

discussion about what academic researchers in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation know about sources that influence …, innovation, and enterprise dynamics need to know about the sources of ideas that lead to new technology and innovation, and I …

Entrepreneurship involves innovation and uncertainty. We outline a theory of entrepreneurship, which highlights the … importance of social networks in promoting innovation and reducing uncertainty. Our findings suggest that this “social” aspect of …