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Wednesday, November 2, 2005 Innovation in Selected Transportation Industries: Results from the Survey of Innovation2003A working paper highlighting aspects of innovation in selected transportation industries is now available. It is based on data from the 2003 Survey of Innovation, which covered all information and communication technology service industries; selected professional, scientific and technical service industries; selected transportation industries; and support industries for the mining and forestry sectors. The survey is a collaborative project undertaken with Industry Canada, Natural Resources Canada and Transport Canada. The survey adopts the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development Oslo Manual guidelines for measuring innovation where innovation is defined as bringing a new or significantly improved product to market or introducing a new or significantly improved process to the production process within a specified three year interval. The Survey of Innovation covers innovation carried out during the period 2001 to 2003. Aspects of innovation included in the working paper include incidence of innovation, types of innovation, sources of information for innovation, innovation activities, cooperation and collaboration for innovation, types of partners for collaboration, problems and obstacles which hinder innovation, impacts of innovation, government support for innovation and finally, why some establishments choose not to innovate. Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 4218. Innovation in Selected Transportation Industries: Results from the Survey of Innovation 2003 (88F0006XIE2005014, free), the third of four working papers on innovation in selected service industries, is now available online. From the Our products and services page, under Browse our Internet publications, choose Free, then Science and technology. For more information or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality, contact Charlene Lonmo (613-951-6617; charlene.lonmo@statcan.gc.ca) or Frances Anderson (613-951-6307; frances.anderson@statcan.gc.ca), Science, Innovation and Electronic Information Division. [an error occurred while processing this directive] |
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