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Welcome to Canada: Foreign Direct Investment and Innovation The Conference Board of Canada, 74 pages, November 13, 2017 Report by Michael Grant

Welcome to Canada: Foreign Direct Investment and Innovation

The Conference Board of Canada, 74 pages, November 13, 2017
Report by Michael Grant

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Canadians often lament the “loss” of another Canadian company when it is acquired by a foreign company. This report, however, finds a positive relationship between foreign direct investment and Canadian innovation. Cette publication comprend un résumé en français, suivi d'une version anglaise du rapport intégral. Document Highlights When an innovative Canadian company is acquired by a foreign company, Canadians may instinctively lament the “loss” of another innovative Canadian company. This initial reaction needs to be tempered. We have to be open to the possibility that a merger and acquisition may actually lead to more innovative activity in Canada. But more importantly, we need to consider individual acquisitions in a broader context of cross-border investment and innovation, a context that includes multiple channels and incoming and outgoing flows. Welcome to Canada: Foreign Direct Investment and Innovation has found a positive relationship between FDI and Canadian innovation. This conclusion holds across different kinds of flows and investment types. Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Chapter 1–Introduction Objectives Method Guide to the Report Chapter 2–Conceptual Framework Investment Innovation and Investment Foreign Investments and Innovation Conclusion Chapter 3–Recent Trends Top Line Evidence Do Foreign Investors Innovate in Canada? Channels of Foreign Investment The Venture Capital Channel Chapter 4–Case Studies Case 1: Open Text Corporation Acquires Dell Enterprise Content Division Case 2: Salesforce.com Inc. Acquires Radian6 Case 3: Ritchie Bros. Acquires IronPlanet Case 4: New Enterprise Associates Invests in D2L Corporation Case 5: Pratt & Whitney Canada Innovates From a Canadian Base Chapter 5–Conclusions The Pros and Cons of Cross-Border M&As Foreign Direct Investors Are Among the Innovation Leaders U.S. Venture Capital Fills the Gaps Implications for Canadian Policy Appendix A–Bibliography

Canadians often lament the “loss” of another Canadian company when it is acquired by a foreign company. This report, however, finds a positive relationship between foreign direct investment and Canadian innovation.

Cette publication comprend un résumé en français, suivi d'une version anglaise du rapport intégral.

Document Highlights

When an innovative Canadian company is acquired by a foreign company, Canadians may instinctively lament the “loss” of another innovative Canadian company. This initial reaction needs to be tempered. We have to be open to the possibility that a merger and acquisition may actually lead to more innovative activity in Canada. But more importantly, we need to consider individual acquisitions in a broader context of cross-border investment and innovation, a context that includes multiple channels and incoming and outgoing flows.

Welcome to Canada: Foreign Direct Investment and Innovation has found a positive relationship between FDI and Canadian innovation. This conclusion holds across different kinds of flows and investment types.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Chapter 1–Introduction

Objectives
Method
Guide to the Report

Chapter 2–Conceptual Framework

Investment
Innovation and Investment
Foreign Investments and Innovation
Conclusion

Chapter 3–Recent Trends

Top Line Evidence
Do Foreign Investors Innovate in Canada?
Channels of Foreign Investment
The Venture Capital Channel

Chapter 4–Case Studies

Case 1: Open Text Corporation Acquires Dell Enterprise Content Division
Case 2: Salesforce.com Inc. Acquires Radian6
Case 3: Ritchie Bros. Acquires IronPlanet
Case 4: New Enterprise Associates Invests in D2L Corporation
Case 5: Pratt & Whitney Canada Innovates From a Canadian Base

Chapter 5–Conclusions

The Pros and Cons of Cross-Border M&As
Foreign Direct Investors Are Among the Innovation Leaders
U.S. Venture Capital Fills the Gaps
Implications for Canadian Policy

Appendix A–Bibliography

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