This commentary raises questions about the degree to which global innovation indicators enable us to understand the … historical dynamics of innovation in Canada, and about future directions for Canadian innovation policy. By focusing on the … innovation problem in Canada has less to do with capabilities or opportunities, than with recent tendencies not to follow through …

innovation / Richard Hawkins and Knut Blind -- Part I History, theory and evidence -- 2. Standards and innovation : a brief … standards in the innovation process / Knut Blind -- 4. Standards, systems of innovation and policy / Richard Hawkins -- 5 … for innovation research / Tineke M. Egyedi and J. Roland Ortt -- Part II Standards, innovation and industry -- 7 …