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1 electronic resource (183 pages ). |
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Governance series |
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Governance series.
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Description based on print version record; resource not viewed. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Canada in the World; 2 Why Productivity Matters; 3 Getting Started; 4 Sustaining our Prosperity; 5 Time Is of the Essence; 6 Innovation in Canadian Industry; 7 How University Reasearch Helps; 8 Improving Things; 9 Preparing for the Long Term; Glossary; Appendix; Index. |
| Summary |
Canada is a prosperous country, but this prosperity is being stressed by demographics, pressures on the public purse, and low productivity growth. To maintain the nation's high quality of life, prosperity must increase while remaining sustainable. Combining Tom Brzustowski's extensive knowledge of government, industry, and academia, The Way Ahead, articulates a strategy for moving the Canadian economy towards higher-value products based on research and development, describing the practical steps government, industry and academia must take to improve things in the short term and prepare strateg. |
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English. |
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Industrial productivity -- Canada.
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Labor productivity -- Canada.
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Research, Industrial -- Economic aspects -- Canada.
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Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- Canada.
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Productivité -- Canada.
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Recherche industrielle -- Aspect économique -- Canada.
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Innovations -- Aspect économique -- Canada.
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Economics, finance, business and management.
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Economics.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
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Industrial productivity
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Labor productivity
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Research, Industrial -- Economic aspects
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Technological innovations -- Economic aspects
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Canada https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkMHVW4rfVXPrhVP4VwG3
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"Multi-User" |
| Other Form: |
Print version: The way ahead Ottawa : Univ. of Ottawa Press, c2008. 9780776606699 (DLC) 2012397055 |
| ISBN |
9780776606699 |
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9780776617695 (electronic bk.) |
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0776617699 (electronic bk.) |
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9780776618074 (electronic bk.) |
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0776618075 (electronic bk.) |
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0776627171 |
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9780776627175 |
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1280690666 |
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9781280690662 |
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9786613667601 |
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6613667609 |
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0776606697 |
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AU@ 000049243710 |
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AU@ 000055629070 |
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DEBSZ 396414338 |
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DEBSZ 449664872 |
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NZ1 14254648 |
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