Product innovation and competitive advantage in an area of industrial decline: The Niagara region of Canada

Business & Economics

• Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) 100%
• Product Innovation 59%
• Canada 50%
• Competitive Advantage 43%
• Innovators 14%
• Market Development 13%
• Innovation 9%
• Labor Tax 8%
• Peripheral Regions 8%
• Process Change 7%
• Global Environment 7%
• Ontario 7%
• Tax Burden 7%
• Skilled Labor 7%
• Local Economy 6%
• Process Innovation 6%
• Export Markets 6%
• Business Development 6%
• New Product Development 5%
• Problem Solving 5%
• Manufacturing Sector 5%
• Metals 5%
• R and D 4%
• Pricing 4%
• Costs 2%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Industry 27%
• Taxation 6%
• Product development 5%
• Sales 5%
• Costs 4%
• Personnel 4%
• Metals 3%