Managing

Information sources on managing a comprehensive technology or innovation plan for your organization. Find information on implementing a knowledge management strategy or fostering an innovation culture. You can also find articles on the key management topics: leadership, vision and managing in the electronic world.

Business Planning

• Business Start-Up Assistant
  The Business Start-up Assistant (BSA) is a one-stop site for information on starting a business in Canada. It covers topics such as market assessment, financing, taxation, writing a business plan and many more - all critical to starting a business.
  
  Source: Canada Business
• Planning fundamentals
  The Business Plan is a written summary of what you hope to accomplish by being in business and how you intend to organize your resources to meet your goals. It is the road map for operating your business and measuring progress along the way.
  
  Source: Online Small Business Workshop
• Sample Business Plan
  This business plan is based on a fictitious manufacturing company and product named "Light Guard". It has been prepared as a sample which can be used as a reference or guide when preparing your business plan.
  
  Source: Canada Business
• The Business Plan
  This article lists key points in the creation of a business plan for technology firms.
  
  Source: Business Basics for Engineers
• Virtual Library
  Are you trying to put together a business plan? Do you need some tips on marketing your business? Well, we have information on these questions and much more!! So browse our Virtual Library catalogue and happy information hunting!
  
  Source: Virtual Business Links of the Canada Business Service Centres

Alliances

• Strategic Partnering
  Strategic partnering is a technique for teaming up with one or more companies which have complementary resources to achieve a mutual business objective. Strategic partnering is done by some of the biggest national and international corporations, yet is very useful for smaller entities as well.
  
  Source: NOVELINT

Teams

• Building Successful Commercialization Teams for Federal Lab Technologies
  Governments around the world are increasingly recognizing that improving technology transfer and commercialization is key to an innovative economy leading to wealth generation and job creation.
  
  Source: Federal Partners in Technology Transfer
• Starting with a Good Idea
  Starting With a Good Idea is designed as a starting point - to help you generate and develop ideas. You will then want to evaluate your ideas to determine if they are potentially viable business opportunities.
  
  Source: Canada Business

e-Business

• ebiz.enable
  ebiz.enable is an e-business portal designed specifically to guide commercial organizations through the issues and options encountered in implementing e-business strategies.
  
  Source: Strategis - Business Information by Sector
• E-Business Research Center
  The CIO E-Business Research Center examines the current state and future directions of conducting commerce on the Web.
  
  Source: CIO - Resources for Information Executives
• Management of Electronic Commerce
  The Management of Innovation and New Technology (MINT) Research Centre from the Michael G. DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University.
  
  Source: MINT Research Centre
• What Every CEO Needs to Know about Electronic Business
  A useful survival guide for CEO's just entering the e-commerce world.
  
  Source: Business Week Online

Technology Management

• Top Ten Keys to Success in Structuring Technology Transfer Offices
  PowerPoint presentations outlining the process for setting up a tech transfer office in a laboratory.
  
  Source: Federal Partners in Technology Transfer

Knowledge Management

• Knowledge Management for the New World of Business
  This paper proposes a definition of Knowledge Management that goes beyond the quickfix solutions or unidimensional views offered by many others. This definition is intended to move the thinking of corporate executives towards the strategic, non-linear and systemic view of Knowledge Management necessary for survival in an increasingly discontinuous and unpredictable world. A contrast between the old world and the new world is presented along with an overview of implementation measures and a toolbox for corporate managers spearheading Knowledge Management initiatives.
  
  Source: @brint.com: The BizTech Network
• Knowledge Management Research Center
  Knowledge management resources including selecting and organizing the intellectual capital of a company, what corporate knowledge management projects seek to find, and presenting that knowledge in a way that helps employees comprehend and act on that information.
  
  Source: CIO - Resources for Information Executives
• Out-of-Box Thinking: Analysis & Commentary
  Click on the following index of hyperlinks for analyses and commentary on business, technology and Knowledge Management related concerns. Share your thinking on these or related issues and engage in dialogue with the @BRINT community on the online discussion forums.
  
  Source: @brint.com: The BizTech Network

Leadership

• CEFRIO - Publications
  As always, with a view to providing cutting-edge information about information technology and thereby helping decision-makers to make the best choices, CEFRIO publishes a number of publications annually.
  
  Source: CEFRIO
• INSIDEDGE Newsletter
  The INSIDEDGE is published quarterly by The Conference Board of Canada to keep members abreast of emerging economic and management issues, as well as the Board's research findings, networking activities and other initiatives.
  
  Source: Conference Board of Canada
• Leadership and Management Research Center
  Leadership resources to help you become the best leader you can be.
  
  Source: CIO - Resources for Information Executives

Spin-Offs

Tools

• Product Development Institute
  Product Development Institute - The Official website of the widely used Stage Gate New Product Development Process Model developed by Dr. Robert G. Cooper.
  
  Source: Product Development Institute
• Ratio Calculators
  A series of online calculators for everything from debt equity to return on total assets.
  
  Source: Business Development Bank of Canada
• Scotiabusiness Plan Writer
  A business plan describes your goals and how you intend to achieve them. Preparing a plan helps you take a critical look at your business and make improvements to enhance your success.
  
  Source: Scotiabank
• Steps to Competitiveness
  Steps to Competitiveness: A Toolbox for Canadian Business is an on-line, diagnostic, information product, that assists small and medium-sized service businesses with specific business concerns; Steps is a product of the Service Industries and Capital Projects Branch of Industry Canada.
  
  Source: Strategis - Business Information by Sector

Expertise

• Hi-Tech Entrepreneurs Association
  HITE is a support association helping Canadian hi-tech SME's (small/ medium sized enterprises) develop and grow their hi-tech venture.
  
  Source: Hi-Tech Entrepreneurs Association
• The National Research Council's Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP)
  Canada's premier innovation assistance program for small and medium-sized Canadian enterprises (SMEs).
  
  Source: Government of Canada; National Research Council Canada