Canada struggles to make little companies big

Is it just part of Canadian culture, or could something be done differently to help homegrown companies achieve world-class scale?

Once there was a Canadian company called Research in Motion that invented the BlackBerry, which become a worldwide phenomenon. Why can't we have more companies like this?The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY DENIS CALNAN

October 3, 2016

Canada has become better at taking innovative ideas from concept to commercial startups, but is failing at scaling those companies to become successful international companies, according to experts. “The end goal of innovation policy should be to … create globally competitive companies to compe...

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