The Way Ahead : Meeting Canada's Productivity Challenge / / Tom Brzustowski.
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 know...
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Brzustowski, T. A. (Thomas A.), 1937- The Way Ahead Meeting Canada's Productivity Challenge / Tom Brzustowski. Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa Press 2008 Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, 2008. ©2008. 1 online resource (183 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file rda Governance series Includes bibliographical references and index. 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 Research Helps -- 8. Improving Things -- 9. Preparing for the Long Term. 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 strategically for the long term. He recommends increasing productivity growth by embracing an economy based on innovation, prioritizing research and development, marketing Canadian products internationally, and encouraging entrepreneurial activities in all sectors. Ultimately, increasing prosperity will require a new level of understanding, strategic coherence, and mutual support between the private and public sectors in Canada, a challenge that the author feels Canada is prepared to and absolutely must face. Also available in print form. English Description based on print version record. OpenEdition Books License https://www.openedition.org/12554 Electronic books. innovation Canada development economics government prosperity Print version: 9780776617695 Governance series. |
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