Innovation and Technology
Innovative Organizations
The Innovation Portal
This is the Canadian business portal for all information and links related to innovation. It covers the waterfront, from people to research, from business intelligence to technology.
Managing Innovation
This report published by the Innovators Alliance contains helpful tips from owner-operators of growth firms on how to lead and manage innovation (Chapter 1) and product and process innovation (Chapter 4).
[ PDF : 917 KB ]
Innovator Check List
The Conference Board of Canada's website provides a useful profile of the skills, attitudes and behaviours people need to contribute to innovation.
Innovation Management Toolkit
This Canadian government site offers an overview of what it takes to build an innovative organization, including an assessment test.
Commercializing Inventions
From Invention to Market
Western Economic Diversification Canada's site presents a guide to the necessary steps in taking an invention from idea to a product in the stores — assessing the idea, protecting it, getting help, planning, financing, making a prototype and marketing.
Introduction to Innovation
A review of the conclusions resulting from The Practice of Innovation, a study commissioned by Industry Canada — what it is, how long it takes, how much money it costs, the trial and error, the discipline, and the importance of entering the cycle of continuous innovation.
Best Practices: Seven profiles of innovators in various stages of innovation: Stage 1 — developing a viable concept; Stage 2 — the prototype; Stage 3 — commercial implementation; and Stage 4 — the continuous innovation cycle.
Adopting New Technology
Steps to Competitiveness - Technology
This Industry Canada Strategis website offers diagnostic tools for the adoption of technology as well as a comprehensive overview of computer technology and its uses. (Aimed at service companies)
Intellectual Property
Patents
The definitive guide to patents by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office.
Patents Data Base
Canadian Intellectual Property Office's comprehensive data base for patents, with a search engine.
Trade Marks
The definitive guide to trade marks by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office.
Trade Mark Data Base
Canadian Intellectual Property Office's comprehensive data base for trade marks, with a search engine.
Copyright
The definitive guide to copyright by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office.
Copyright Data Base
Canadian Intellectual Property Office's comprehensive data base for copyrights, with a search engine.
Industrial Design
An overview of how creative industrial designs can be protected.
Product Licensing
This Canada Business site talks about the pluses and minuses of licensing, what a license looks like and how to find an appropriate technology.
Internet and Software
Technology Guide
Resources for the creation and smooth functioning of an online business, including topics such as Internet search tools, e-mail, Internet publishing and Web site design.
|
Managing for Business Success
