Innovation

Innovation makes our small businesses more competitive and better positioned to take advantage of business opportunities as they arise. Here are seven ways you can kickstart innovation in your small business.

Small businesses have the advantage when it comes to business innovation. This article discusses six "innovation enablers" that make small businesses more likely than large corporations to use innovation successfully.

Why are businesses so poor at innovation? Because, Jonathan Fields says, we're too busy focusing on preservation instead of focusing on constantly innovating. Here's a guide to getting back the kind of mindset that nurtures innovation.

This innovation definition includes an explanation of how innovation applies to small business and a brief discussion of Canada's business innovation problem.

Business ideas are all around you. If you're thinking of starting a business but don't know what products or services you might offer, these ways of generating business ideas will get you thinking like an entrepreneur and help you find the business idea that's best for you.

SR&ED (Scientific Research and Experimental Development) is one way businesses fuel innovation. This SR&ED definition discusses SRED from a small business point of view, including an explanation of what kinds of projects qualify for the SR&ED tax incentive program.

The SR&ED (Scientific Research and Experimental Development) tax credit program is a great deal for Canadian businesses – and it's not just for corporations or high-tech businesses. Find out how this Research and Development (R&D) tax incentive can help your small business get the innovation process rolling.

Although Canada's SR&ED incentive program is one of the most beneficial R&D incentive programs in the world, many businesses just aren't aware of its immense benefits. And companies who are aware of the program often dismiss it because they assume that they don't qualify. But qualifying for the SR&ED incentive program may be easier than you think. Gerry Fung explains how to identify SR&ED-eligible projects.

Canada's SR&ED incentive program, designed to encourage business innovation, is one of the most beneficial Research and Development incentive programs in the world, and you don't have to have a large business to participate. Gerry Fung explains the filing requirements for a SR&ED claim and how to file a SR&ED claim successfully.

Your innovation is finally ready for market after months or possibly years of development. Jim Schakenbach, President/Managing Partner of SCT Group, presents go-to-market strategies for high-tech entrepreneurs (About.com Entrepreneurs).

This report by the Council of Canadian Academies assesses the innovation performance of Canadian firms at a national, regional and sector level and investigates why business innovation is weaker in Canada than in many other OECD countries (released April 29, 2009).

Innovation is one of the six categories that the Conference Board of Canada examined in its study of Canada's quality of life compared with that of its peer countries. Here are the details of Canada's D grade in innovation.