Since science policy decision-makers have emphasized the industrial relevance of public research institutions, new indicators have been developed. This paper compares these indicators to determine their quality, validity, reliance, and exhaustivity. Above all, it is aimed at checking out the...

The possibility is examined of diffusing and adapting bibliometric methods to technical literature for the measurement of technological output. The first part deals with existing methods in the treatment of such literature for the generation of technology indicators, which consists mainly in the...

The role of public demand on innovation is the central theme of this exploratory study which tries to evaluate the weight of the canadian public sector as 1) first user of innovation; 2) user of inventions patented by Canadians; 3) buyer of manufactured products, 25% of innovations find their...

[eng] In the context of rising costs of innovation in several high-tech industries, large companies and large countries have an advantage since both industries and governments can undertake large projects. How do small countries perform in such industrial sectors ? The article examines...