General Research Reports

Recent reports prepared or commissioned by the Small Business Policy Branch of Industry Canada.

• Case Studies of Collaborative Innovation in Canadian Small Firms (May 2007)
  
  
• The Growth Process in Firms: Job Creation by Firm Age (November 2006)
  
  
• Employee Training Decisions, Business Strategies and Human Resource Management Practices: A Study by Size of Business (October 2006)
  
  
• Management Skills Workshops (April 2006)
  
  
• Exporting Matters: Job Creation performance of Exporters, 1993–2002 (November 2005)
  
  
• Infrastructure of Advisory Services for Entrepreneurs in the Waterloo Region (October 2005)
  
  
• Small Business Exporters: A Canadian Profile (August 2005)
  
  
• Sustaining the Momentum: An Economic Forum on Women Entrepreneurs – Summary Report (March 2005)
  
  
• More Important than was Thought: A Profile of Canadian Small Business Exporters (December 2004)
  
  
• Growth Firms Workshop Synopsis (September 2004)
  
  
• Growth Firms Project: Phase II Report (September 2004)
  
  
• Management Competencies and SME Performance Criteria: A Pilot Study (December 2003)
  
  
• Small Business and Regulatory Burden (October 2003)
  
  
• Growth Firms Project: Key Findings (REVISED, 27 August 2004)
  
  
• Growth Determinants of Micro-Businesses in Canada (July 2002)
  
  
• Micro-Enterprises Survey, A Progress Report (June 2001)
  
  
• A Business Case Framework for Small Firms Transitioning to E-Business (March 2001)
  
  
• Management Skills for Small Business (March 2001)
   
• Small Business Information Needs Assessment Survey (February 2001)
  
  
• A Longitudinal Analysis of Young Entrepreneurs in Canada (November 2000)
  
  
• Multivariate Analysis of Small Business Information Needs (March 2000)