A Study to Understand the Role Played by Knowledge-Intensive Services on Innovation
Telfer Full Professor David Doloreux and his co-investigator Richard Shearmur, Professor and Researcher at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique – Centre Urbanisation, Culture et Société at the Université du Québec, received a $117,205 grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) for their research project entitled L’utilisation des services dans la production manufacturière à haute valeur ajoutée : une comparaison régionale. Professor Réjean Landry (Faculté des sciences de l’administration, Université Laval) has also joined the team as a collaborator.
The researchers will seek to understand the role played by knowledge-intensive services (KIS) on manufacturing firms and how they support innovative process. This project thus aims to improve the theoretical knowledge between KIS and innovation and to understand better the role of KIS by analyzing data that will be collected through a survey from 500 firms in three major economic sectors (low-tech, medium-tech and high-tech). Finally, the results will be instrumental in the orientation of public policies on economic development and innovation.
Telfer Professor Joins National Research Network
Telfer Professor Dan Lane is a member of the Canadian Capture Fisheries Research Network (CCFRN) which received a $5 million grant for 5 years from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) through the Strategic Network Grants Program.
Under the direction of the Principal Investigator, Dr. Robert L. Stephenson, Research Scientist from Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and the University of New Brunswick, the CCFRN will enable a unique collaboration among the 33 academic co-applicants (including professor Lane) from 11 universities as well as an ongoing collaboration with many partners from the fishing industry of Canada, researchers and managers from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, and other federal and provincial departments.
The network’s research is aimed at increasing knowledge that will enhance ecological sustainability, viability, and improve the management of Canadian fisheries. The understanding and tools developed by this network will have a significant impact on the sustainability, viability and competitiveness of Canada’s capture fisheries industry and will provide environmental and socio-economic benefits.
Telfer Professor Obtains a Research Contract with Health Canada
Professor Kevin Brand received funding from Health Canada for a research project entitled Issues in the Analysis and Interpretation of Effects of Air Pollution on Life Expectancy. The contract started in October 2010 and received $24,915.
The objectives of the research are to review literature on air pollution and life expectancy, review the methodologies and results of two approaches used to calculate and estimate the number of air pollution attributable deaths and make recommendations on the application and interpretation of these methods.
Renewal of the Research Chair in Canadian Francophonie for Professor David Doloreux
The University of Ottawa’s Research Chairs Evaluation Committee the University of Ottawa has unanimously supported the renewal, until 2016, of Professor David Doloreux’s Research Chair in Canadian Francophonie at the Telfer School of Management.
"The goal of the research chair is to broaden the understanding of the multiple dimensions of innovation and creativity within companies and their respective regions. In particular, the research will examine the theoretical and practical relationship between entrepreneurship and the processes of innovation and creativity in manufacturing companies and trade services. In addition, regional roles will be examined within this context".
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Rhonda Pyper from the Telfer School of Management organizes a writing retreat for female professors. |
