Institute releases Working Paper 15, Small business, entrepreneurship, and innovation
Smaller businesses are the backbone of Ontario’s and Canada’s economies. But not all smaller businesses are the same. Our economy would be better served if public policy focused on assisting the relatively small number of entrepreneurial high-growth, high-impact firms that will drive innovation, productivity, and prosperity.
Task Force on Competitiveness, Productivity & Economic Progress releases Tenth Annual Report
Ontario’s productivity & prosperity gap with other advanced economies persisted through the last decade.The Task Force concludes that Ontario has achieved more in the public policy arena than in the business sector & urges businesses & individuals to act relentlessly to spur innovation & productivity to achieve the 2020 Prosperity Agenda. This is the key conclusion of, Prospects for Ontario’s prosperity: A look back & a look ahead.
Institute releases Report on Canada 2011, Canada’s innovation imperative
As the economy slowly recovers from the recession, we need to do what is necessary to achieve a strong recovery in the short term and to begin repairing our fiscal situation federally and provincially. But our long-term challenge remains – raising our productivity, which is synonymous with improving our innovation capabilities and performance. Robust innovation results can be achieved through more key business investments and by the right government policies and strategies for innovation. This is the major conclusion of the 2011 Report on Canada.
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