Reference number : 172-2018-2019-Q3-914023, amendment number : , agreement type : C, recipient legal name : Stratford Managers Corporation, recipient country : CA, recipient province : ON, recipient city : Ottawa|Ottawa, recipient postal code : K2K 2X3, program name english : Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms, program name french : Programme d’aide à la recherche industrielle – Contributions aux entreprises, program purpose english : The purpose of IRAP Contributions to Firms is to support research, development, adoption and/or adaptation of innovative or technology-driven new or improved products, services or processes in Canada up to their commercialization, program purpose french : Le PARI, par le biais des Contributions aux entreprises, vise à appuyer la recherche, le développement, l’adaptation et/ou l’adoption au Canada de produits, de services ou de processus novateurs ou axés sur des technologies nouvelles ou améliorées, et ce jusqu’à leur commercialisation, agreement title english : Innovation Management Services development, agreement title french : Développement des services de gestion de l'innovation, agreement number : 914023, agreement value : 18032.5, agreement start date : 2018-09-10, agreement end date : 2018-11-30, description english : A virtual innovation management tool- Stratford Managers is preparing to launch a suite of very unique services to help SMEs deliberately and continuously innovate. Our experience with SMEs that we support is that they start their companies because they have an innovative product idea, then they focus on delivery/revenue growth and their innovation stalls. There are four main reasons for this: Ideas get stuck in a parking lot, there is no accountability for innovation as a core strategic initiative, innovation is prioritized last due to the distraction of the day-to-day, and/or the culture and climate of the organization do not foster innovation., description french : Développement des services de gestion de l'innovation, expected results english : The purpose of IRAP Contributions to Firms is to support research, development, adoption and/or adaptation of innovative or technology-driven new or improved products, services or processes in Canada up to their commercialization, expected results french : Le PARI, par le biais des Contributions aux entreprises, vise à appuyer la recherche, le développement, l’adaptation et/ou l’adoption au Canada de produits, de services ou de processus novateurs ou axés sur des technologies nouvelles ou améliorées, et ce jusqu’à leur commercialisation, additional information english : nan, additional information french : nan, owner organization : nrc-cnrc, owner organization title : National Research Council Canada | Conseil national de recherches Canada