This paper describes the evidence that several Statistics Canada studies have developed on the importance of innovation … to growth and the need for highly skilled workers in the innovation process. Rather than focusing on broad industry … frequently distinguishes faster from slower growing firms is innovation. Innovators in turn place greater emphasis on training …

that are played by large and small firms in the innovation process. Small firms, it is often claimed, have different … at this sector. This paper examines the differences in the innovation profiles of small and large firms, and how R … impediments to innovation that they face. The paper finds a number of differences between large and small firms in the tendency to …

, it investigates the extent to which intellectual property right protection stimulates innovation. Second, it examines the … contribution that R&D makes to innovation. Third, it considers the importance of various competencies in the area of marketing …, human resource, technology and production to the innovation process. Fourth, it examines the extent to which a larger firm …

to exploit local competencies accord with the activities of multinationals in Canada. The paper describes the innovation … innovative ideas; whether the use of these other ideas indicates that multinationals are closely tied into local innovation … networks; the intensity of innovation; and the use that is made of intellectual property rights to protect innovations from …