Accelerating Growth: Fostering Environmental Technology Innovation & Commercialization in Atlantic Canada (PDF: 1.75MB / 109 pages)

Accelerating Growth: Fostering Environmental Technology Innovation & Commercialization in Atlantic Canada

ÆGIS Management Consulting Group was engaged by the Atlantic Environmental Technology Advancement Network (AETAN) in the fall of 2004 to provide a report on Fostering Environmental Technology Innovation and Commercialization in Atlantic Canadian SMEs. The following pages reflect the research, analysis and interpretation of our findings.

The approach used during the study included primary (survey, interview and group) and secondary research methodologies; comparative analysis of international models and programs from Canada, the U.S., Ireland, Finland and Israel; and strategic analysis and interpretation of the findings.

The overall purpose of the project is defined in the following sentence –

Identify a model and/or mechanism that would effectively engage and support Atlantic Canadian firms, particularly SMEs, in environmental technology innovation and commercialization.