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Tim T

Beijing plays hardball with Washington - thestar.com - 0 views

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shared by Tim T on 06 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Western countries were preparing for a more assertive China to emerge over the next decade. No one thought it would happen virtually overnight.
  • "Before the (Beijing) Olympics everyone believed it was going to be gradual. People would have time to adapt. But over the past 18 months things have just developed so rapidly."
  • China's ability to survive and thrive through the financial crisis left many Chinese feeling their system is just better, says Stubbe Ostergaard
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  • While many Western countries experienced negative growth last year, China registered a jaw-dropping 8.7 per cent increase. Though much of it was achieved by a generous stimulus package, it maintained jobs and, in the end, helped fuel feelings of superiority.
  • Economic power is inexorably shifting away from the U.S. and towards China, he says, and coming with it is power and influence. "China is stronger now. It's more influential," says Yao. "And the Chinese banking sector looks better than the Western banking system."
  • "Saving face matters to the Chinese," he says. "But if you slap the Chinese face once, twice, three times, four times – that's too much." That language underlines the stark differences in the two nations' perception of issues such as Taiwan, Tibet and the Dalai Lama.
  • "China has risen to a different place. ... It's clearly an unsettling stage in U.S.-China relations, a new paradigm. No one is really sure how it's going to shake out."
Tim T

As U.S. eases protectionism, Canada moves a step closer to economic union - The Globe a... - 0 views

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shared by Tim T on 05 Feb 10 - Cached
  • But to get that access, Canadian provinces must open their own markets to outside governments, both foreign and domestic, seeking to bid on provincial and municipal contracts. In Ontario's case, $10-billion worth of work will be open to all comers.
  • The EU enjoys internal free trade, and wants access to provincial as well as national markets.
Assunta Krehl

Growing Ontario's Economy, Creating Clean Energy Jobs - Ministry of Research and Innova... - 0 views

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Clients & Tenants Woodland Biofuels Cleantech Energy Environment

shared by Assunta Krehl on 22 Apr 10 - Cached
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    Ontario is supporting new clean energy technology and creating jobs as part of its Open Ontario Plan. Woodland Biofuels, a client of MaRS advisory services, was awarded $4M to build a plant that will efficiently produce cellulosic ethanol from renewable wastes.
Cathy Bogaart

Q&A with Tom Rand: Creating jobs through clean-energy investment | SmartBlog on Leadership - 0 views

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shared by Cathy Bogaart on 14 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Cathy Bogaart on 14 Mar 11
     
    Bryan McBournie interviews MaRS cleantech practice lead, Tom Rand, about why investing in clean energy is so important. It ties directly into the overall mission of MaRS: creating jobs through innovation and entrepreneurship.
Cathy Bogaart

Time for Canada to own the entrepreneurial podium - The Globe and Mail, Mar 16, 2011 - 0 views

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shared by Cathy Bogaart on 17 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Cathy Bogaart on 17 Mar 11
     
    MaRS CEO, Ilse Treurnicht, and Board Member, John Manley, are both interviewed for the Action Canada report. This report recommends a national strategy for "owning the podium" in entrepreneurship.
Assunta Krehl

Meet The Next Round of Alternative Energy Innovators - Green Economy - August 25, 2011 - 0 views

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awards & competitions cleantech clients NIMTech Hydrostor Temporal Power Hydrogenics Morgan Solar Sustainable Energy Technologies

shared by Assunta Krehl on 02 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Assunta Krehl on 02 Sep 11
     
    Shawn Lesser states "The Global Cleantech Cluster Association (GCCA) have nominated 185 companies for 2011 GCCA Later Stage Award by 30 cleantech clusters from around the world."  The following 6 MaRS Cleantech clients have been nominated:  NIMTech, Hydrostor, Temporal Power, Hydrogenics, Morgan Solar and Sustainable Energy Technologies.
Assunta Krehl

Social Web Monitoring Company Keynotes at CIX 2011 - Mediacaster Magazine - September 6... - 0 views

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  • Assunta Krehl on 08 Sep 11
     
    On December 1st, 2011 at the MaRS Centre, the Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX) will be having a one-day forum for key leaders in the innovation economy. Marcel Lebrun, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Salesforce Radian6 will be giving a keynote speaker at the event.
Sarah Hickman

MaRS Discovery District - Recommended Resources - Global Market Reports - Conference Bo... - 0 views

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shared by Sarah Hickman on 15 Oct 09 - No Cached
  • Sarah Hickman on 15 Oct 09
     
    "CBOC provides information on Canadian economic trends, public policy, and organizational performance. Three important subject matters covered are: Economic Performance Trends: Forecast indicators, Historical indicators, Custom services, Conference information, Dictionaries, and a link to the Canadian Tourism Research Institute. More specifically, the Economic forecast indicators focus on Canadian, Provincial, Metropolitan, and Industrial outlooks, as well as at U.S. forecasts."
Sarah Hickman

Home Page - J. Murrey Atkins Library - UNC Charlotte - 0 views

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  • Sarah Hickman on 15 Oct 09
     
    From University of North Carolina (Charlotte)'s J.Murrey Atkins Library comes VIBES (Virtual International Business & Economic Sources), a portal with more than 3,500 current links to free English Internet resources on international business and economic information. On VIBES one can find Comprehensive, Regional, or National information on world countries. Links to Patents, Emerging Markets, Economic Country Information, statistics, and other websites can also be found, as well as full-text research reports and tables and graphs.
Miri Katz

Canada slips further in innovation rankings - 0 views

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shared by Miri Katz on 28 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • Miri Katz on 28 Jun 11
     
    Canada is now a mid-level player in the global innovation race, passed by rising powers China and South Korea in some categories and falling further behind long-time rivals such as the United States, Germany, Norway and Sweden.
Miri Katz

Globe and Mail: Time for action on innovation, not more study - 0 views

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shared by Miri Katz on 04 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Time for action on innovation, not more study By BARRIE McKENNA From Monday's Globe and Mail If more recommendations from important 2008 federal report Compete to Win had been implemented, Ottawa might not still be talking about innovation deficiencies
  • If innovation was measured in the output of reports about innovation, Canada would be a world leader.We're not. We are a laggard. The report tracked Canada's progress over the past two years based on 24 different indicators, such as the percentage of GDP spent on research and development, R&D spending by businesses, investment in machinery and equipment, PhDs and high school test scores. Since the council's initial report in 2008, Canada's performance is down in 15 categories, stagnant in three and improved in just six.
  • Here's a passage from L.R. (Red) Wilson's seminal 2008 federal report, Compete to Win: "We rank poorly across almost all aspects of innovation: the creation of knowledge, the diffusion of knowledge, the transformation of knowledge and the use of knowledge through commercialization."
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  • The R&D focus should be on industry clusters that can leverage the country's natural resource wealth and traditional strengths. Think energy, water, agriculture, forestry, mining and manufacturing that serves vital Canadian needs.
  • In areas most closely linked to innovation, the progress is equally slow. Mr. Wilson, for example, urged Ottawa to look at creating tax incentives to encourage venture capital and speeding up the commercialization of intellectual property developed in universities.
  • The to-do list on the path achieving that objective is long. There's overhauling the Investment Canada and Competition acts, opening up the telecom and broadcast industries to more foreign competition, creating a national securities regulator, reforming copyright laws, eliminating remaining internal trade barriers and lowering personal income tax rates.
  • It may mean that government plays a larger role in some industries while leaving others to their own devices. That, at least, is how other similarly sized economies successfully leverage limited government funds.More study has become an excuse to put off these much tougher, but inevitable, choices.
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