to exploit local competencies accord with the activities of multinationals in Canada. The paper describes the innovation … innovative ideas; whether the use of these other ideas indicates that multinationals are closely tied into local innovation … networks; the intensity of innovation; and the use that is made of intellectual property rights to protect innovations from …

that are played by large and small firms in the innovation process. Small firms, it is often claimed, have different … at this sector. This paper examines the differences in the innovation profiles of small and large firms, and how R … impediments to innovation that they face. The paper finds a number of differences between large and small firms in the tendency to …