SMEs at a glance: Innovative enterprises
2025-11-26
This report analyzes data from the 2023 Survey on Financing and Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SFGSME) to examine the characteristics, financing behaviour, growth performance, and innovation activities of innovative SMEs in Canada.
SME Profile: Innovation in Canada
2025-11-26
This report analyzes data from the 2023 Survey on Financing and Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SFGSME) to examine the characteristics, financing behaviour, growth performance, and innovation activities of innovative SMEs in Canada.
This paper examines the evolving role of intellectual property rights (IPR) in the context of globalization, where research and development incentives of Canadian firms are framed not only by Canadian IPR , but also by the IPR of Canada's export market.
This paper examines whether the financing activities and experiences of innovative small and medium-sized (SMEs) in accessing financing are different from those of non-innovative SMEs . This paper also examines whether innovative SMEs face different financing terms and conditions than non-innovative SMEs seeking financing.
This profile describes innovative small and medium enterprises (SMEs) along a range of characteristics and examines whether they differ from non-innovative SMEs in terms of access to financing, financing terms and conditions, and obstacles faced in accessing financing.
Using five companies as case studies, the report provides insights into new policy directions regarding university-private sector collaboration on research and development and commercialization.