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Globe and Mail - Canada must change its innovation ecosystem

Published: 16 November 2011

(William Polushin, Desautels Faculty of Management): In my last entry, I cited value as one of those words in business that stands out among the rest in the minds and hearts of owners, entrepreneurs and managers. In our increasingly competitive and integrated global economy, innovation is another word that carries significant weight and meaning - but not just for the for-profit element of our society.

Policy makers, academic and research institutions, industry and trade associations, and think tanks -- across Canada and around the world -- are also investing considerable time and resources to better understand, develop, employ, or manage innovation in order to facilitate competitive advantage, productivity growth, and/or economic expansion either for themselves or their respective communities...

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