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Measuring Innovation in Canada: The Tale Told by Patent Applications

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  • Ben Dachis

    (C.D. Howe Institute)

  • Robbie Brydon

    (C.D. Howe Institute)

  • Nicholas Chesterley

    (C.D. Howe Institute)

Abstract

Alberta and Ontario are leading the pack in innovation as measured by patents filed per capita, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Measuring Innovation in Canada: The Tale Told by Patent Applications,” authors Robbie Brydon, Nicholas Chesterley, Benjamin Dachis and Aaron Jacobs show for the first time which provinces and which sectors are leading or lagging in Canadian-led innovation for the Canadian market.

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  • Ben Dachis & Robbie Brydon & Nicholas Chesterley, 2014. "Measuring Innovation in Canada: The Tale Told by Patent Applications," e-briefs 191, C.D. Howe Institute.
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    4. Ben Dachis, 2016. "National Priorities 2016: The Future of Canadian Energy Policy," e-briefs 224, C.D. Howe Institute.

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    • O34 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital
    • Q3 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation

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