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Summary

The Survey of Innovation and Business Strategy (SIBS) is a cross-economy survey of business enterprises and industrial non-profit organizations in Canada. The concepts and definitions employed in the collection and dissemination of innovation data are provided in the Oslo Manual: Guidelines for Collecting and Interpreting Innovation Data, 4th Edition (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, [OECD and Eurostat, 2018]). According to the manual: "An innovation is a new or improved product or process (or combination thereof) that differs significantly from the unit's previous products or processes and that has been made available to potential users (product) or brought into use by the unit (process)." The SIBS collects complementary qualitative business information, including market characteristics, use of advanced technologies, business strategy, business practices and participation in global value chains. The survey also collects quantitative information on total sales, innovation expenditures, purchase of goods and services and personnel, supplemented by percentage distributions by specified subgroups.

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