This article examines the factors which determine the amount of research and development undertaken in Canadian industry and suggests that the influence of multinational corporations must be carefully incorporated into future science policy.
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Kelly, F. J., Prospects for Scientists and Engineers in Canada, Special Study No. 20 (Science Council of Canada, April 1971).
Innovation in a Cold Climate; the Dilemma of Canadian Manufacturing, Science Council of Canada, Report No. 15 (October 1971).
Cordell, A. J., The Multinational Firm, Foreign Direct Investment and Canadian Science Policy, Special Study No. 22 (Science Council of Canada, in the press).
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SOLANDT, O. Canada: Science Policy and Canadian Manufacturing Industries. Nature 234, 183–185 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/234183a0
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