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oapen-20.500.12657-329902021-11-09T09:25:56Z The Way Ahead Brzustowski, Tom economy canada Basic research Commodity Engineering Entrepreneurship Gross domestic product Research and development bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics Canada is a prosperous country, but this prosperity is being stressed by demographics, pressures on the public purse, and low productivity growth. To maintain the nation's high quality of life, prosperity must increase while remaining sustainable. Combining Tom Brzustowski's extensive knowledge of government, industry, and academia, <i>The Way Ahead</i>, articulates a strategy for moving the Canadian economy towards higher-value products based on research and development, describing the practical steps government, industry and academia must take to improve things in the short term and prepare strategically for the long term. He recommends increasing productivity growth by embracing an economy based on innovation, prioritizing research and development, marketing Canadian products internationally, and encouraging entrepreneurial activities in all sectors. Ultimately, increasing prosperity will require a new level of understanding, strategic coherence, and mutual support between the private and public sectors in Canada, a challenge that the author feels Canada is prepared to and absolutely must face. 2015-11-03 00:00:00 2020-04-01T14:26:06Z 2020-04-01T14:26:06Z 2008 book 578819 OCN: 311308230 9780776617695 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32990 eng Governance Series application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International 578819.pdf University of Ottawa Press / Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa 10.26530/OAPEN_578819 10.26530/OAPEN_578819 a1e2b726-4e2b-4a68-bed3-0d2f3ac2a876 9780776617695 192 open access
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Canada is a prosperous country, but this prosperity is being stressed by demographics, pressures on the public purse, and low productivity growth. To maintain the nation's high quality of life, prosperity must increase while remaining sustainable. Combining Tom Brzustowski's extensive knowledge of government, industry, and academia, <i>The Way Ahead</i>, articulates a strategy for moving the Canadian economy towards higher-value products based on research and development, describing the practical steps government, industry and academia must take to improve things in the short term and prepare strategically for the long term. He recommends increasing productivity growth by embracing an economy based on innovation, prioritizing research and development, marketing Canadian products internationally, and encouraging entrepreneurial activities in all sectors. Ultimately, increasing prosperity will require a new level of understanding, strategic coherence, and mutual support between the private and public sectors in Canada, a challenge that the author feels Canada is prepared to and absolutely must face.
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