This study examined the climate for innovation and creativity, and related outcome measures, in 31 Canadian and 11 US small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as assessed by 120 R&D engineers in those firms. Prior studies on the innovativeness of countries have been critical of Canadian firms...

This study compares the relative importance of fourteen sources of product and process innovations based on responses by 235 professional R&D workers in small and large technology-based firms. Participants included 121 R&D engineers working in SMEs and 114 engineers working in large firms, all...