, probably through its impact on product innovation. The market rewards those businesses that managed to improve their efficiency …

, 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 …

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 …

Innovation is at the heart of economic growth and development. It is through innovation that new products are brought … innovate for different reasons, in different ways and with different results. This report focuses on how the innovation … understanding of what competitive pressures come into play and how these pressures affect the type of innovation that is performed …