Technological Progress and Competitiveness in the Canadian Forest Products Industry
Technological Progress and Competitiveness in the Canadian Forest Products Industry

Author: Steven Globerman

Publisher: Canadian Forest Service, Science Branch

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 66

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This report synthesizes current information and expert opinions pertaining to technological innovation & competitiveness and assesses the technological performance of the Canadian forest products sector. The opening chapter examines the process of technological innovation and technology's role in and impact on society. The next chapter assesses the technological capacity of the forest sector and describes some approaches for evaluating the adequacy of research and development funding. Chapter four identifies and discusses features and characteristics of the Canadian forest products sector and market that affect the industry's technological capacity and rate of innovation. The last chapter examines the changing competitive circumstances of the industry and how these conditions are expected to circumscribe the industry's future technological requirements. It also reviews and summarizes findings from previous chapters and reorganizes them into issues and considerations for positioning the forest sector in a knowledge-based global market. The appendix contains an overview of organizations involved in forestry and forest products research and development in Canada.

Forest Products, Part 1
Forest Products, Part 1

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Published: 1996

Total Pages: 65

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Presents a profile of the Canadian forest products industry, as part of a series of studies that identify sectors having potential for increased exports and other opportunities leading to jobs and growth. Begins by highlighting industry characteristics, major trends, and issues to be faced; then reviews key points about the industry in the global and North American context, including market share, sources of revenue, human resources, international competition, and financial performance. Changing conditions and industry response to those conditions are also discussed with regard to investment and financing, trade, human resources, technological change, and sustainable development. Concludes with an assessment of the industry's growth prospects.

The International Handbook on Innovation
The International Handbook on Innovation

Author: Larisa V Shavinina

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2003-10-16

Total Pages: 1202

ISBN-13: 008044198X

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The breadth of this work will allow the reader to acquire a comprehensive and panoramic picture of the nature of innovation within a single handbook.

Innovation, Science, Environment 07/08
Innovation, Science, Environment 07/08

Author: Carleton University. School of Public Policy and Administration

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 0773532285

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The impact of climate change is becoming increasingly obvious around the world but different levels of the Canadian government are failing to respond cohesively. For example, the Harper government immediately cut several liberal-era environmental research programs and admitted that Canada has been moving away from Kyoto Protocol targets and that the Kyoto Protocol is not central to its idea of either good environmental or good energy policy. Meanwhile, a Quebec liberal government announced that it would introduce a carbon tax to reduce CO2 emissions by 10 million tons by 2012 while Canada's mayors introduced their own climate change initiatives, linking them to local infrastructure development. This second volume in the ISE series examines the reshaping of ISE policy in the context of multi-level governance and policy. Contributors examine climate change policy, innovation in the natural resources sector, the internet pharmacy trade, biotechnology policy and governance, provincial government renewable energy policies, the psychological and human nature connection with sustainable development policies, procurement policy and innovation, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and the commercialization of Canada's universities.

A Sectoral Approach to Innovation
A Sectoral Approach to Innovation

Author: Science Council of Canada

Publisher: Science Council of Canada

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 74

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The forest-products industries are Canada's largest industrial sector andaccount for one job in every seven. This statement is issued to stimulateaction toward an innovation strategy for the forest-product industriesbuilding on a background study of R & D and technological innovation in theseindustries and discussions with a number of industry leaders.

A Detailed Analysis of Productivity Trends in the Canadian Forest Products Sector
A Detailed Analysis of Productivity Trends in the Canadian Forest Products Sector

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Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

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"The Canadian forest products sector has had an above-average productivity performance in the 2000-2012 period, driven in particular by the wood product manufacturing subsector. While the forestry and logging subsector has also benefited from strong productivity gains, the productivity performance of the paper manufacturing subsector has been far from impressive, especially in the post-2008 period. This report provides a detailed analysis of output, input and productivity trends in the Canadian forest products sector. It also looks at the key drivers of productivity in the sector, investigating potential barriers to productivity growth and discussing policies that could enable faster growth. Given the increasing role of countries with low-labour costs in several forest product markets, maintaining robust productivity growth is an imperative for the Canadian forest products sector if it wants to remain competitive internationally. In this sense, the report recommends renewed focus on human and physical capital investment, as well as on R&D spending"--