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«Ontario's No. 1 industry is the manufacturing of cars and car parts,» says Peter Purslow, the associate dean of research and innovation at the University of Guelph's Agricultural College, one of the institutions involved with the project.

But, as part of Beijing's «Made in China 2025» industry plan, President Xi Jinping identified the pharmaceutical sector as one to push, with the focus on innovation and homegrown research and development.

Weingarten cautions against equating R&D spending too closely with innovation, noting that many oil and gas companies fare poorly under such measurements because of Statistics Canada's criteria for research spending, but still frequently develop new methods and ideas.

And with more and more businesses seeking collaborations with academia to produce new ideas, the answer to Canada's innovation problem may just be more funding for university research, not leAnd with more and more businesses seeking collaborations with academia to produce new ideas, the answer to Canada's innovation problem may just be more funding for university research, not leand more businesses seeking collaborations with academia to produce new ideas, the answer to Canada's innovation problem may just be more funding for university research, not less.

«Research indicates that companies with more women in senior management have higher returns on capital, lower volatility, greater client focus, increased innovation and greater long - term orientation,» Krawcheck says on the webiste promoting the funds.

Over the past decade, Toronto has become the undisputed capital of Canadian innovation, with more than 600 startups, the country's largest cluster of universities and colleges pumping out research, and the deepest venture capital pockets in the land.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

In the not so distant past, innovation was believed to directly correlate with investment in research and development — a simple, single, quantifiable variable.

«Ultimately, there does not seem to be a systematic problem associated with failure (or fraud) on Kickstarter, and the vast majority of projects do seem to deliver,» says Professor Ethan Mollick, who has a focus on innovation and entrepreneurship, in Kickstarter's statement announcing the results of the research.

In essence, these innovation methods tell you to do some kind of research or analysis, and then you brainstorm to come up with your innovation idea.

Open Innovations and the associated Skolkovo Innovation Center, a massive high tech research campus and home for startups and industry just outside of Moscow proper, was developed with the help of Russia's Medvedev, who has taken on the development of Russia's technology and innovation economies as something of a pet project.

Once they join Nightingale, everyone — from designers and facility managers to purchasing people — is expected to contribute to the ongoing research and development, including the company's innovation lab, in - house quality testing lab and Nightingale U, a dedicated resource to acquaint sales representatives with core products.

Richard Dixon, executive director of the Centre for Applied Business Research in Energy and the Environment, doesn't agree with de Bever's ominous price prediction, but he welcomes the interest in innovation by institutional investors.

End - to - end innovation in AI will not come from isolated research labs alone, but from the combination of at - scale production workloads together with deep technology advancements in algorithms, systems and experiences.

Market research should explore whether consumers will go back to familiar brands and products, stay with substitute products, or welcome innovations.

In love with tech, innovation, startups, marketing, researching emerging markets, and taking a Foolish approach to business model analysis.

With 80 per cent of Nova Scotia's publicly funded research, and as one of Canada's leading universities for industry collaboration, we're helping generate the talent, discoveries and innovations that will shape Atlantic Canada's future.

«Organizations will continue to be faced with rapidly accelerating technology innovation that will profoundly impact the way they deal with their workforces, customers and partners,» says Mike J. Walker, research director.

Fostering innovation in the Canadian economy requires bringing a pro-innovation lens to a broad suite of policies that go well beyond the mainstay of providing businesses with research and development tax credits.

While writing broadly about economic issues, Rosalie's research interest focuses on the implications of technology and innovation with the goal of identifying policy gaps, misaligned incentive mechanisms, and assessing potential causes and solutions.

«The fight against climate change, and all the research, innovation and technological progress it will bring, will continue, with or without the U.S.,» Tusk said.

NDP commitments include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (already implemented by the Conservatives (but with a different phase in); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; and, increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI).

These include: C$ 4.5 billion to support research, training, and infrastructure at universities and colleges; a Strategic Innovation Fund that will provide C$ 1.26 billion for business innovation in the aerospace and automotive sector; a Connect to Innovate Program that will invest C$ 500 million to bring high - speed Internet to remote and rural communities by 2021; and, C$ 70 million over six years to support agriculture innovation with a focus on climate change, and soil and water conservation.

With the deficit eliminated and with growing budget surpluses, he also implemented major structural reforms, especially in education, research and innovatWith the deficit eliminated and with growing budget surpluses, he also implemented major structural reforms, especially in education, research and innovatwith growing budget surpluses, he also implemented major structural reforms, especially in education, research and innovation.

A few months later, Jim Euchner, the CIO of Goodyear, interviewed me for the Research - Technology Management journal and I summarized some key excerpts from the discussion here: Corporate Innovation Management: A Methodology Discussion For those of you thinking about corporate innovation, I've recently covered the issues that most frequently come up and the lessons we have learned based on our experience working with various organizations:

We assist organizations in all stages of their projects with our services of research, innovation, consultancy and design.

About The University of Toronto As Canada's top ranked university, with three campuses in the Greater Toronto Area and affiliations with nine teaching hospitals, the University of Toronto is a research and innovation powerhouse with a growing entrepreneurship ecosystem.

«For now, the focus of this technology innovation centre will be on Visa Checkout and mVisa, but for certain, India will soon have teams that will jointly work with our two research labs in US and Singapore in studying the many aspects of blockchain disrupting technologies»

If the White House follows through with plans to curtail Chinese scientists» involvement in intelligence and military - related research, there could be a chilling effect on US innovation.

A number of world - leading science and technology professionals, young scientists and engineers, and innovation teams should be trained, with major breakthroughs in pioneering basic research and original innovations as their goal, Xi said.

Since joining Vision Critical in 2012, Scott has led the company's transformation from a combined software and services organization focused on market research to a modern software - as - a service company with an expanded market focus to support customer - centric enterprises across multiple functions, including marketing, customer experience, and product innovation.

Patrick Kirk, beverage - innovation director for Buffalo Wild Wings, explained in a Q&A with Technomic, a food - and - beverage research firm, why the chain wanted its own special craft beer, and why it was important for the beer to be sessionable:

«Aaron and Michael's experience across global markets and deep understanding of both the investor and corporate communities will have a tremendous impact on our research team and service offerings, and will foster innovations that are aligned with the current and future needs of our institutional clients.»

MaRS is a non-profit organization that works with partners to catalyze, accelerate and amplify innovation, providing expert advice and market research, and connections to talent, customers and capital.

«Through this cooperation with Alibaba in connectivity, our focus is on human - centric innovations that provide our customers with a digital experience, both in and outside the vehicle, in order to meet their changing needs,» Hans Georg Engel, head of Mercedes ‐ Benz Research and Development China, said in a statement.

The MaRS Innovation mission is to put Canada on the global innovation stage, by better connecting research with industry and strengthening Canada's competitive capacity in knowledge based businesses — in short, to launch a new generation of robust, high - growth Canadian companies that will become global market leaders.

We are based at MIT Sloan School of Management and we are a member of the MIT Innovation Initiative and of MIT - Africa, the initiative that encompasses the Institute's global priority for collaboration with Africa in the areas of education, research and innovation.

He also holds fellowships with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and the Centre for International Governance Innovation (Waterloo), where his research interests are focussed on the nexus between innovation and trade, and quantifying the economic impact of the digital transformation, along with the C.D. Howe Institute (Toronto), where he focuses on Canadian trade policy issues.

«Even during these tough economic times, which may create some traffic challenges in our customers» place of business, we've worked closely with our research and product development teams to bring products to the marketplace and assist our customers in enhancing the diversity, innovation and profitability of their beverage programs,» Isaacs says.

To inform the organic sector about the OSCII activities, the OFC and OACC have created 8 short films that present organic producers engaged in research and innovation in close cooperation with OSCII researchers.

Beloved are committed to doing so through our up - to - date research expertise on sugar reduction and constant innovation with date ingredients as a natural alternative to sugar.

This wave of innovation combined with contributions from research and disruptive forces form other sectors mean food manufacturing will look dramatically different and soon.

The Company strongly believe in the constant innovation, coming by technology cooperation with universities, research centres of excellence, papermakers and paper machine builders.

«Parker's marketing and culinary innovation team developed the flavors in our feature flavors booklet and worked together with research and development to make the intriguing and complex flavors come to life,» says Greg Hodder, president of Parker.

A dedicated number of academic partners combined with major French Agro-Industries aims to accelerate innovation and boost market uptake of plant based proteins, whilst fostering radical innovation through research and development.

How innovation has improved beverage coding Domino continues to pioneer coding and marking, with increasing levels of research and development in existing and associated technologies.

Our food innovation centre is one of only a handful of research organisations in the world with specialist pilot - scale food processing expertise and facilities in food science and manufacturing, including extrusion technology.

We use our Global Technology & Innovation Centres to advance scientific research, long term initiatives and innovation in collaboration with key institutes and universities.

This research indicates the importance of this innovation by providing consumers with variety and choice,» Mr Parker said.