Table des matières

Tom Brzustowski

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1. Canada in the World

• How Canada compares with the top economies
• Excellence in science and engineering
• The “small country” put-down
• Canada’s prospects

Chapter 2. Why Productivity Matters

• Why it matters
• How to increase productivity

Chapter 3. Getting Started

• The high-level vision: “Science The Endless Frontier”
• THE IMPORTANCE OF BASIC RESEARCH
• CENTRES OF BASIC RESEARCH
• The practical approach: Hong Kong Productivity Council

Chapter 4. Sustaining our Prosperity

• Value added
• Commodities and innovations
• A note on the many kinds of innovation
• The connection between innovation, productivity, and wealth creation
• The big picture

Chapter 5. Time Is of the Essence

• The Porter Admonition
• The Innovation Strategy, R.I.P.
• Forgacs’ Conjecture
• The cadence of innovation in industry
• Wasted time

Chapter 6. Innovation in Canadian Industry

• The impacts of different sectors
• Griller’s Framework
• The R and the D of R&D
• The role of design
• The cost of R&D
• Now what?
• Value-added manufacturing in the big picture
• A distinctive feature on Canada’s R&D landscape

Chapter 7. How University Research Helps

• Three main ways
• How the Canadian system works
• Commercializing inventions coming out of basic research
• Community colleges
• Government laboratories

Chapter 8. Improving Things

• CME 20/20
• Six quick hits for Canadian commercialization
• The Ontario Premier’s Council
• The new federal S&T strategy
• Last thoughts on improving things

Chapter 9. Preparing for the Long Term

• Offering government programs as a system
• Developing the capacity for joint government and business strategic planning
• Defining opportunities strategically
• Promoting a long-term approach to investing
• Developing entrepreneurial managers
• Developing our untapped human resources
• Working to become a world marketing powerhouse
• Growing “3-legged people”!
• Developing a new business model for Canada

Glossary

Appendix

Index