Innovation and Knowledge Creation in an Open Economy : Canadian Industry and International Implications (Paperback)

List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; 1. The economics of knowledge creation; 2. The innovation survey; 3. Patterns of innovation: intensity and types; 4. Sources of innovations; 5. Research and development and innovation; 6. Effects of innovation; 7. Innovation and research and development in small and large firms; 8. Innovation regimes and type of innovation; 9. The use of intellectual property rights; 10. Multinationals and the Canadian innovation process; 11. Financing and the cost of innovation; 12. The diffusion of innovation; 13. Strategic capabilities in innovative businesses; 14. Determinants of innovation; 15. Summary; Appendices; References; Index.