00000nam 2200000zi 4500 9.883165 CaOODSP 20221107170506 m o d f cr bn||||||||| 191224e199209##oncd ob f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng rda CaOODSP n-cn--- ST94-23/1992E-PDF Report of the National Advisory Board on Science and Technology, Committee on Technology Acquisition and Diffusion. Measuring up to the benchmark and moving ahead = l'étalon d'excellence : à égaler, à surpasser Ottawa : National Advisory Board on Science and Technology = Conseil consultatif national des sciences et de la technologie, September 1992. 1 online resource (2, 23, A4-1 pages) : graphs text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Digitized edition from print [produced by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada]. Cover title. "Presented to the Prime Minister of Canada." Issued also in French under title: Rapport du Conseil consultatif national des sciences et de la technologie, Comité de l'acquisition et de la diffusion de la technologie. Includes bibliographical references (pages A3-1 - A3-3). "Industrial managers and government policymakers in all parts of the world feel the urgency which has been generated by the rapid changes in the character of the global marketplace. The ever-increasing pace of technological change and the growing economic significance of knowledge-based industrial activity, in all economic sectors, have raised to the highest levels the challenge of keeping a country's firms at or near the leading edge of management systems, processing technology and new product development. Never before have firms everywhere been so aware of the need to measure up to the competition"--Background, page 1. Competition Canada. Science and state Canada. Technology and state Canada. Canada. National Advisory Board on Science and Technology, issuing body. Rapport du Conseil consultatif national des sciences et de la technologie, Comité de l'acquisition et de la diffusion de la technologie. (CaOODSP)9.899282 PDF 1.43 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2021/isde-ised/st94/ST94-23-1992-eng.pdf