<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">David B. Watters</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Q&amp;A. What Are the Components of Canada's Innovation Ecosystem and How Well Is it Performing?</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Technology Innovation Management Review</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">academia</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">commercialization</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">innovation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">innovation ecosystem</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">performance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">policy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">private sector</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">public sector</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2013</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">09/2013</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://timreview.ca/article/727</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Talent First Network</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ottawa</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">38-41</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">9</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Global Advantage Consulting Group
David B. Watters is President and CEO of the Global Advantage Consulting Group in Ottawa, Canada, which helps public and private sector organizations to develop growth strategies, to develop new collaboration networks and business models, to design new support services for industry, to enter new commercial markets, and to design measurement systems to monitor performance. His firm also designs and builds “ecosystem maps” to visualize client investments in programs and projects in areas of new technology development, innovation/commercialization expansion, energy/climate change, and trade.  David holds an Economics degree from Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada, as well as a Law degree in corporate, commercial, and tax law from Queen’s Law School. As an adjunct Professor at the University of Ottawa's School of Management, he taught International Negotiation to MBA students for seven years. His 30-year career in the Government of Canada included responsibilities as an Assistant Deputy Minister in a variety of economic ministries including Industry Canada, the Treasury Board, and Finance Canada. </style></custom1></record></records></xml>