Institute to release working paper on small business, entrepreneurship, and innovation on Feb 23

Join us as Roger Martin, Chairman of the Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity and Dean of the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management releases our working paper on small business, entrepreneurship, and innovation.

The event will be held on February 23, 8:00-10:30 am at The Sutton Place Hotel in Toronto.

For more information or to register for the event, click here.

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.