Contents: Foreword / by Richard Lipsey -- 1. Introduction : unravelling the relationship between standards and innovation / Richard Hawkins and Knut Blind -- Part I History, theory and evidence -- 2. Standards and innovation : a brief survey of empirical evidence and transmission mechanisms /...

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 automotive and telecommunications sectors, two currently...