Traduction de «Entreprise basée sur la technologie » (Français → Anglais) :

If private investors will not invest in high-tech companies because they do not understand the technology, is there a role for government subsidies or tax measures for Canadian high-tech firms? Can the government play a role in either subsidies or tax measures to help those companies?

There are also several examples of real public-private partnerships or private sponsoring of digitisation, for example by technology firms, banks and telecoms companies.

On the other hand, there were serious delays with the implementation of Priorities 4 ("Adaptation of workers, business spirit, innovation, research and technology"), 5 ("Improved labour market access and participation for women") and more particularly measure 10 of Priority 6 ("Support for local initiatives").

It was launched in July 1997, on the initiative of Mrs Cresson, in response to a call by the Amsterdam European Council (June 1997) for measures to encourage the financing of this kind of business, which offers the prospect of technology-led growth.

The report goes on to state: ``The policy should clearly articulate a university stance on the following issues: the responsibility of researchers to identify research results with possible economic or social benefits; electronic publishing; ownership of the intellectual property; a process for reporting and recording the facts of the case; routes and options for the protection of the intellectual property; options for revenue sharing; guidelines for technology transfers and commercialization, especially with Canadian based businesses; and exceptions to the policy in particular cases where a special contract is more desirable with the terms of th ...[+++]e policy, such as in contract research, network research, or research involving a prior intellectual property''.

We feel that this program should not exist by itself but be included in an broader version of the Small Businesses Loans Act. In that way, exporters would benefit from the act, but so would the new economy types of businesses, those based on technology, research and development, patents, those who have no tangible assets as collateral to lenders.