Canada's National System of Innovation

by Niosi, Jorge; Manseau, Andre; Godin, Benoit

• ISBN13: 9780773520127
• ISBN10: 0773520120
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: McGill Queens Univ Pr

Summary

Niosi looks at the history of Canada's National System of Innovation (NSI), particularly during the post-war period, illuminating the fact that during and after World War II over 30 research universities, 150 government laboratories, and dozens of government policies aimed at nurturing innovation in private firms, academia, and government organizations were developed. He uses data obtained through questionnaire responses from all the large research and development organizations in Canada to analyse Canada's domestic system of innovation, finding increasing collaboration between universities, government laboratories, and private firms. He concludes that Canada has been quite successful in creating a national system of innovation and that the federal government, through its initiatives and innovative techniques, has been the main factor in the creation of this system.

Author Biography

Jorge Niosi is professor of administration at l'Universite du Quebec a Montreal.

Table of Contents

Tables, Figures, and Insets	vii
Preface	xv
Introduction: The NSI and R&D	3	(28)
PART I: THE NSI WITHIN CANADA'S BORDERS
Canada's R&D System	31	(45)
Canada's Domestic R&D System	76	(22)
Linking the Units: Technology Transfer	98	(14)
The Rise of Cooperative R&D	112	(19)
PART II: THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF CANADA'S NSI
Towards a North American System of Innovation?	131	(14)
Canadian R&D Abroad. The Patent Record	145	(22)
Canadian R&D Abroad. Management Practices	167	(26)
Conclusion. Canada's NSI Today	193	(12)
References	205	(14)
Index	219