Statistics and Economic Publications

Science and technology (S&T;) statistics and economic publications are made available from sources such as Statistics Canada and Industry Canada. Here is a compilation of their documents on the Internet and the WWW.

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Our compilation includes publications on the following topics:

FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D;)

• Doern, G. Bruce. Carleton University. Institutional Aspects of R&D; Incentives: The Scientific Research and Experimental Development Tax Credit. Carleton University, under contract to Industry Canada. Occasional Paper No. 6. April 1995.



• Gunz, Sally. Measuring the Compliance Cost of Tax Expenditures: The Case of Research and Development Incentives. By Sally Gunz, University of Waterloo, Alan Macnaughton, University of Waterloo, and Karen Wensley, Ernst & Young, Toronto. Working Paper No. 6. January 1996.

HUMAN RESOURCES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Newton, Keith. The Human Factor in Firms' Performance: Management Strategies for Productivity and Competitiveness in the Knowledge-Based Economy. By Keith Newton, Industry Canada. Occasional Paper No. 14. November 1996.



• Treasury Board Secretariat and the Professional Insititute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC). A Framework for the Human Resources Management of the Federal Science and Technology Community. March 1996.

INDUSTRY FOCUS

The Biotechnology Industry

The Manufacturing Sector

Information and Communication Technologies

• Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Statistical Review by Industry Canada.



• R&D; and Productivity Growth in Canadian Communications Equipment and Manufacturing by Jeffrey I. Bernstein, Carleton University and The National Bureau of Economic Research. Working Paper No. 10. June 1996.

Service Sector

• Research and Development in a Service Economy by F. D. Gault. Science and Technology Redesign Project and Services Division.

KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY

• Employment Performance in the Knowledge-Based Economy, by Surendra Gera, Industry Canada, and Philippe Massé, Human Resources Development Canada, December 1996. No. 14.



• The Knowledge-Based Economy: Shifts in Industrial Output, by Surendra Gera, Industry Canada and Kurt Mang, Department of Finance, January 1997. No. 15.

REGULATORY AFFAIRS

STRATEGIC ALLIANCES

• Doutriaux, Jérôme and Barker, Margaret. The University-Industry Relationship in Science and Technology. By Jérôme Doutriaux et Margaret Barker, University of Ottawa and Meg Barker Consulting under contract to Industry Canada as part of the Science & Technology Review. Occasional Paper No. 11. August 1995.



• Magun, Sunder. Applied International Economics. The Development of Strategic Alliances in Canadian Industries: A Micro Analysis. Working Paper No. 13. October 1996.



• Vinod, Kumar and Sunder Magun. The Role Of R&D; Consortia in Technology Development. By Vinod Kumar, Research Centre for Technology Management, Carleton University, and Sunder Magun, Centre for Trade Policy and Law, University of Ottawa and Carleton University, under contract to Industry Canada. Occasional Paper No. 2. 1995.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INDICATORS

• Minding Our Future - A Report on Federal Science and Technology - 1997



• Industry Canada. Science and Technology Data Canada - 1997.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

• Minding Our Future - A Report on Federal Science and Technology - 1997



• McFetridge, Donald. Science and Technology: Perspectives for Public Policy. Under contract to Industry Canada as part of the Science & Technology Review. Occasional Paper No. 9. July 1995.

TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION AND INNOVATION

• Advanced Technology Use in Canadian Manufacturing Establishments. By John R. Baldwin and Brent Diverty. Research Paper Series No. 85.

OTHER

• Technology Use and Industrial Transformation: Empirical Perspective. By J. Baldwin , Brent Diverty, and David Sabourin. Analytical Studies Branch, Statistics Canada. Research Paper Series No. 75.



• Baldwin, J. and Johnson, J. Business Strategies in Innovative and Non-Innovative Firms in Canada. Analytical Studies Branch, Statistics Canada. Paper No.73.



• Bernstein, Jeffrey I. International R&D; Spillovers Between Industries in Canada and the United States. Prepared by Jeffrey I. Bernstein, Carleton University and the National Bureau of Economic Research, under contract to Industry Canada. Working Paper No. 3. September 1994.



• Fortin, Pierre and Helpman, Elhanan. Endogenous Innovation and Growth: Implications for Canada. By Pierre Fortin and Elhanan Helpman Université du Québec à Montréal and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, and Tel Aviv University and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, respectively, under contract to Industry Canada as part of the Science & Technology Review. Occasional Paper No. 10. August 1995.



• Gibbons, Michael. The Technology and the Economy: A Review of Some Critical Relationships. By Michael Gibbons, University of Sussex, under contract to Industry Canada as part of the Science & Technology Review. Occasional Paper No. 12. December 1995.



• McFetridge, D. (General Editor) Foreign Investment, Technology and Economic Growth, Volume I (Research Publication). University Of Calgary Press: 1991.



• Ostry, Sylvia. Centre for International Studies. Technological Change and International Economic Institutions. Discussion Paper No. 2. University of Toronto, 1995.



• Salter, Liora. Mechanisms and Practices for the Assessment of the Social and Cultural Implications of Science and Technology. By Liora Salter, Professor Osgoode Hall Law School under contract to Industry Canada as part of the Science & Technology Review. Occasional Paper No. 8. July 1995.

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