1. Tom Jenkins Report 2. Trading Myths 3. Global Competitiveness Extracts 4. Inter-Cultural Profile 5. Winning in Emerging Markets 6.

Dutch Disease 7. CDA - Global Value Chain - IRPP 8. EDC - Integrative Trade 9. Doing Business in Canada 10. Canada Competitive Advantages 11. EDC - Doing Business in USA 12. EDC - Doing Business in Mexico 13. Canada-China Complementarity 14. EDC - Doing Business in China 15. Global Value Chains Guide 16. CSR - Business Case - IC 17. OECD - CSR Policy 18. Barton: Leading in 21st Century 19. Commercial Guide Brazil

Tom Jenkins Report on canada

We have a strong financial sector and attractive corporate tax rates. We have a diverse, well-educated workforce and significant natural resource endowments. We have institutions that safeguard the rights of individuals and encourage initiative. We heard that the government should be more focused on helping innovative firms to grow and, particularly, on serving the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

We heard that programs need to be more outcome oriented as well as more visible

and easy to Access. We heard that whole-of-government coordination must be improved and that there should be greater cooperation with provincial programs, which often share similar objectives and users. We also learned that innovation support is too narrowly focused on R&D government must focus its efforts on the goal of growing innovative firms into larger enterprises, Including ongoing efforts to refine and enhance marketplace and regulatory policies that influence the climate for private sector competition and investment

Programs to support business innovation should focus resources where market forces
are unlikely to operate effectively or efficiently and, in that context, address the full range of business innovation activities, including research, development, commercialization and collaboration with other key actors in the innovation ecosystem. The design and delivery of federal business innovation programs must always strive to result in R&D activity and commercialization outcomes that meet the highest global standards. Regionally oriented programs to support business innovation should focus on creating the capacity of firms in the target region to succeed in the arena of global competition. That is why it is essential for regional innovation

Federal innovation programs should themselves be innovative and flexible in their

design, setting clear objectives and measurable outcomes, and then allowing program users to propose novel ways of meeting the objectives.

This entails regular public reporting on the outcomes both of individual programs and of the full suite of federal innovation support.

Recommendation :

Create an Industrial Research and Innovation Council (IRIC), with a clear business innovation mandate (including delivery of business-facing innovation programs, development of a business innovation talent strategy, and other duties over time), and enhance the impact of programs through consolidation and improved whole-

Is the current mix and design of tax incentives and direct support for business R&D and business-focussed R&D appropriate? Establish a clear federal voice for innovation, and engage in a dialogue with the provinces to improve coordination and impact

The federal and provincial governments play an important role in fostering an economic climate that encourages business innovation for example, by supporting basic and applied research and related training of highly qualified, skilled people, and by providing substantial funding through tax incentives and program support to directly enhance business R&D.

rebalanced system of federal assistance for business innovation that provides more
effective support to innovative firms, especially SMEs, to help them grow and become large competitive Canadian enterprises. Federal support for business innovation will be outcome oriented, collaborative and innovative in its implementation. It will be held to account by state-of-the-art procedures for evaluation across the suite of programs. The Government of Canada will have assumed a leadership role by establishing innovation as a whole-of government priority and by engaging the provinces, businesses and post-secondary institutions in a national dialogue on innovation.

Productivity Growth is the primary result of innovation

The material standard of living of a society depends on productivity the value of goods and services produced per hour of work.

Climate for new ventures. Is the firm part of an innovation cluster in which there is
a readily available supply of sophisticated venture financing, cutting-edge knowledge, highly skilled graduates and other firms with complementary expertise?

Public policies. Are legal and regulatory frameworks and policies for example, in
areas such as competition, corporate taxation, bankruptcy and intellectual property conducive, or not, to business innovation?

The fundamental motivation for government intervention in private sector

commercial activity is to improve market outcomes for the betterment of society at large. There are conditions under which markets do not allocate resources efficiently, and governments intervene to try to correct or at least diminish market failures for example, to guard against monopoly, to protect property rights

20. Trading Myths

21. Canada Competitive Advantages

Canada is the best country among the G-7 to do business over the next five years. and is the easiest place to start a business in the G-7, according to the World Bank. Canada is the worlds most open trading nations. Between 2002 and 2011, Canada was the worlds 8th largest destination of global FDI inflows.
Throughout the global economic downturn, Canada proved to be a top performing economy that offers businesses opportunities to grow, innovate and succeed.

for the past two years, Canada has posted the fastest employment growth in the G-7, fully recouping more than all of the output and more than all of the jobs lost during the recession. Today, Canada has the lowest net debt-to-GDP ratio in the G-7, according to the IMF.

 Canadas strength is underpinned by the worlds most stable financial sector. For the fourth straight year, the World Economic Forum has rated Canadas banking system as the worlds soundest. During the financial crisis, no Canadian bank or insurer failed and none required bailouts. Six of the top 10 safest banks in North America are Canadian

Lower business costs and taxes

Canada offers a winning environment for research and innovation, including world-leading R&D infrastructure, innovation incentives and scientific talent. Canada is home to a highly educated, flexible and multicultural workforce that is well suited for todays knowledge-based economy.

Canada offers businesses assured access to a lucrative North American market