Innovation Analysis Bulletin

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The Innovation Analysis Bulletin (IAB) provides statistical and analytical updates on government science and technology activities, industrial research and development, intellectual property commercialization, advanced technology and innovation, biotechnology, information society, telecommunications and broadcasting, and electronic commerce.

Articles in this issue

Organizational and technological improvements in Canadian firms and organizations, 2004 to 2006
Research and development of Canadian Private Non-profit organizations, 2006
Commercialization activities of innovative manufacturing plants: Findings from the Survey of Innovation, 2005
The transmission of technology and knowledge to innovative Canadian manufacturing firms

Organizational and technological improvements in Canadian firms and organizations, 2004 to 2006

The 2006 Survey of Electronic Commerce and Technology (SECT) included two questions that dealt with the issues of organizational and technological change. This article will examine organizational and technological change in the private and public sectors, providing the first look at these cross-economy data. An upcoming article will explore the relationship between the introduction of significantly improved organizational structures, management techniques, or technology and the training associated with the implementation of these changes. [Go to article]

Research and development of Canadian Private Non-profit organizations, 2006

This article highlights expenditures and personnel devoted annually to scientific research and development (R&D) by Canadian private non-profit (PNP) organizations. These organizations play an important role in the Canadian R&D landscape: providing financial support to researchers in universities and other laboratories and performing their own research. [Go to article]

Commercialization activities of innovative manufacturing plants: Findings from the Survey of Innovation, 2005

Innovation commercialization, the process of introducing a new or significantly improved product to market, is an important innovation activity for a plant and is the final stage in new product development. Without successful commercialization, innovations may not return any benefits for a plant’s innovation efforts. The Survey of Innovation 2005 asked innovative manufacturing plants questions related to commercialization activities and provides information on the type of these activities being undertaken. Market success is measured in terms of the share of revenues in 2004 from product innovations introduced during the years 2002 to 2004. [Go to article]

The transmission of technology and knowledge to innovative Canadian manufacturing firms

In its recently released science and technology (S&T) strategy, Mobilizing Science and Technology to Canada’s Advantage (Government of Canada 2007), the federal government stated its commitment to improve its ability to measure and report on the impact of federal S&T expenditures. In response to this challenge, the Policy Research Initiative (PRI) collaborated with departments and agencies that conduct and fund S&T to explore these issues. This article provides a summary from one of the PRI reports, The Transmission of Technology and Knowledge to Innovative Manufacturing Firms by Publicly Funded Research Organizations. [Go to article]

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