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  • 1. Innovation, growth theory, and the role of knowledge spillovers Archived
    Articles and reports: 88-003-X20020036375
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    A theoretical link between innovation and economic growth has been contemplated since the late 1700s. Professor Ajay Agrawal discusses the significance of knowledge spillovers, the relation to innovation and growth, and the closely related concept of absorptive capacity. Clearly, the immense complexity of the issue of innovation and economic growth has increased scholarly interest in the topic.

    Release date: 2002-11-01
  • 2. Innovation in organizational settings Archived
    Articles and reports: 88-003-X20020036376
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    One can argue that every organization that provides goods and services is interested in innovation to maximize its competitiveness. The question is whether the organizational structure (the bureaucracy) as the means to organizational ends is conducive to innovations. This paper discusses Dr. Soma Hewa's insights on some of Max Weber's thoughts to understanding the role of innovation in organizations.

    Release date: 2002-11-01
  • 3. Importance of skills for innovation and productivity Archived
    Articles and reports: 88-003-X20020036379
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Rapid progress in skilled-biased technologies has increased the demand for skilled workers in all countries. The importance of skills for innovation and productivity in Canada is examined in this Industry Canada study.

    Release date: 2002-11-01
  • 4. Innovation and the Use of Advanced Technologies in Canada's Mineral Sector: Metal Ore Mining Archived
    Articles and reports: 88F0006X2002013
    Description:

    Statistics Canada conducted the Survey of Innovation 1999 in the fall of 1999. It surveyed manufacturing and was the first survey to study innovation in selected natural resource industries. This publication is part of a series of working papers based largely on the Survey of Innovation 1999. It uses a systems approach to understanding innovation in the mineral sector with a focus on metal ore mining. It also describes a model for the mineral sector system. Descriptive statistics and statistical tables present data for some of the industries included in the system including an analysis of the type of innovation and the innovative activities of mining firms. The publication examines information sources for innovation, objectives of innovation, and firm success factors. Data from the Survey of Electronic Commerce and Technology 2000 are used to explore how improved technologies were introduced to firms.

    Release date: 2002-07-23
  • 5. Innovation in the Forest Sector Archived
    Articles and reports: 88F0006X2002011
    Description:

    This publication is part of a series of working papers based on Statistics Canada's Survey of Innovation 1999. It was the first study of innovations in selected natural resource industries. The survey uses a systems approach to understanding advances in the forest sector and describes a model for the Forest Sector System. Descriptive statistics and statistical tables present data for some of the industries included in the system. The text explores innovations produced by forest sector firms, the objectives of the innovations, as well as how knowledge is generated and transmitted within this system.

    Release date: 2002-06-28
  • 6. Survey of Innovation 1999, Methodological Framework: Decisions Taken and Lessons Learned Archived
    Articles and reports: 88F0006X2002012
    Description:

    Statistics Canada's Survey of Innovation 1999 surveyed manufacturing in the fall of 1999. It was the first innovation survey of selected natural resource industries. This paper is part of a series of working papers based on the Survey of Innovation 1999. This paper details the survey methodology, including decisions taken and lessons learned regarding survey design.

    Release date: 2002-06-28
  • 7. An Overview of Organisational and Technological Change in the Private Sector Archived
    Articles and reports: 88F0006X2002009
    Description:

    This paper is based on information from the 2000 Survey of Electronic Commence and Technology (SECT) and explores organizational and technological changes in the domestic private sector between 1998 and 2000. The discussion contrasts the adoption rates of goods producing industries with service producing industries. The text also discusses the impact of employment size on adoption rates within these two sectors.

    Information includes rates for training, subsequent to the introduction of organizational or technological change, followed by the type of technological change. Finally, data are broken down by major industrial group, within the goods producing and services producing sectors.

    Release date: 2002-06-17
  • 8. Federal Government Expenditures and Personnel in the Natural and Social Sciences, 1992-1993 to 2001-2002 Archived
    Articles and reports: 88F0006X2002010
    Description:

    This document presents historical tables displaying federal government expenditures and personnel data applied to activities in science and technology. Expenditures and personnel for each fiscal year to 1999-2000 are actual while the data for 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 are forecasts and estimates respectively.

    Release date: 2002-06-17
  • 9. Federal science activities 2001-2002 Archived
    Articles and reports: 88-003-X20020026368
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Federal science expenditures increased by 8% and personnel went up by 1.1% over the previous year. These details and others were released in the annual publication Federal science activities, Catalogue no. 88-204-XIE on April 12, 2002.

    Release date: 2002-06-14
  • 10. Knowledge management practices survey, 2001: the results are out Archived
    Articles and reports: 88-003-X20020026370
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Canadian firms are well aware of the benefits of using knowledge management (KM) practices and most of them incorporate some aspects of KM in their management toolkit. Knowledge sharing, creation, generation and maintenance are perceived as important to a firm's productivity.

    Release date: 2002-06-14
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  • 1. Innovation, growth theory, and the role of knowledge spillovers Archived
    Articles and reports: 88-003-X20020036375
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    A theoretical link between innovation and economic growth has been contemplated since the late 1700s. Professor Ajay Agrawal discusses the significance of knowledge spillovers, the relation to innovation and growth, and the closely related concept of absorptive capacity. Clearly, the immense complexity of the issue of innovation and economic growth has increased scholarly interest in the topic.

    Release date: 2002-11-01
  • 2. Innovation in organizational settings Archived
    Articles and reports: 88-003-X20020036376
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    One can argue that every organization that provides goods and services is interested in innovation to maximize its competitiveness. The question is whether the organizational structure (the bureaucracy) as the means to organizational ends is conducive to innovations. This paper discusses Dr. Soma Hewa's insights on some of Max Weber's thoughts to understanding the role of innovation in organizations.

    Release date: 2002-11-01
  • 3. Importance of skills for innovation and productivity Archived
    Articles and reports: 88-003-X20020036379
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Rapid progress in skilled-biased technologies has increased the demand for skilled workers in all countries. The importance of skills for innovation and productivity in Canada is examined in this Industry Canada study.

    Release date: 2002-11-01
  • 4. Innovation and the Use of Advanced Technologies in Canada's Mineral Sector: Metal Ore Mining Archived
    Articles and reports: 88F0006X2002013
    Description:

    Statistics Canada conducted the Survey of Innovation 1999 in the fall of 1999. It surveyed manufacturing and was the first survey to study innovation in selected natural resource industries. This publication is part of a series of working papers based largely on the Survey of Innovation 1999. It uses a systems approach to understanding innovation in the mineral sector with a focus on metal ore mining. It also describes a model for the mineral sector system. Descriptive statistics and statistical tables present data for some of the industries included in the system including an analysis of the type of innovation and the innovative activities of mining firms. The publication examines information sources for innovation, objectives of innovation, and firm success factors. Data from the Survey of Electronic Commerce and Technology 2000 are used to explore how improved technologies were introduced to firms.

    Release date: 2002-07-23
  • 5. Innovation in the Forest Sector Archived
    Articles and reports: 88F0006X2002011
    Description:

    This publication is part of a series of working papers based on Statistics Canada's Survey of Innovation 1999. It was the first study of innovations in selected natural resource industries. The survey uses a systems approach to understanding advances in the forest sector and describes a model for the Forest Sector System. Descriptive statistics and statistical tables present data for some of the industries included in the system. The text explores innovations produced by forest sector firms, the objectives of the innovations, as well as how knowledge is generated and transmitted within this system.

    Release date: 2002-06-28
  • 6. Survey of Innovation 1999, Methodological Framework: Decisions Taken and Lessons Learned Archived
    Articles and reports: 88F0006X2002012
    Description:

    Statistics Canada's Survey of Innovation 1999 surveyed manufacturing in the fall of 1999. It was the first innovation survey of selected natural resource industries. This paper is part of a series of working papers based on the Survey of Innovation 1999. This paper details the survey methodology, including decisions taken and lessons learned regarding survey design.

    Release date: 2002-06-28
  • 7. An Overview of Organisational and Technological Change in the Private Sector Archived
    Articles and reports: 88F0006X2002009
    Description:

    This paper is based on information from the 2000 Survey of Electronic Commence and Technology (SECT) and explores organizational and technological changes in the domestic private sector between 1998 and 2000. The discussion contrasts the adoption rates of goods producing industries with service producing industries. The text also discusses the impact of employment size on adoption rates within these two sectors.

    Information includes rates for training, subsequent to the introduction of organizational or technological change, followed by the type of technological change. Finally, data are broken down by major industrial group, within the goods producing and services producing sectors.

    Release date: 2002-06-17
  • 8. Federal Government Expenditures and Personnel in the Natural and Social Sciences, 1992-1993 to 2001-2002 Archived
    Articles and reports: 88F0006X2002010
    Description:

    This document presents historical tables displaying federal government expenditures and personnel data applied to activities in science and technology. Expenditures and personnel for each fiscal year to 1999-2000 are actual while the data for 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 are forecasts and estimates respectively.

    Release date: 2002-06-17
  • 9. Federal science activities 2001-2002 Archived
    Articles and reports: 88-003-X20020026368
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Federal science expenditures increased by 8% and personnel went up by 1.1% over the previous year. These details and others were released in the annual publication Federal science activities, Catalogue no. 88-204-XIE on April 12, 2002.

    Release date: 2002-06-14
  • 10. Knowledge management practices survey, 2001: the results are out Archived
    Articles and reports: 88-003-X20020026370
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Canadian firms are well aware of the benefits of using knowledge management (KM) practices and most of them incorporate some aspects of KM in their management toolkit. Knowledge sharing, creation, generation and maintenance are perceived as important to a firm's productivity.

    Release date: 2002-06-14
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