Scale-Ups

This work stream is focused on understanding how scale-ups contribute to Canada’s economic prosperity, how we can better support them, and who benefits from scale-up growth.
Scale-Ups
Thom Sevalrud / Brookfield Institute

About the Scale-ups Work Stream

Canada’s economy is transforming at an extraordinary pace, and the ultimate toll of COVID-19 on small and medium-sized businesses remains unclear. In this context, the Scale-ups work stream at BII+E explores the role of entrepreneurship in creating new opportunities and shared prosperity through the recovery phase and beyond.

Our work is designed to encourage policymakers to challenge common assumptions about how we define entrepreneurship, the role it plays in Canada’s growing innovation ecosystem, and how we can better support entrepreneurs through policy change: 

Key research questions
  • What role do scale-ups play in economic growth, job creation, and innovation in Canada?
  • How can we remove barriers to participation in entrepreneurship by implementing public, private and non-profit solutions?
  • How can we design entrepreneurship policies that best support a prosperous, equitable, and resilient economic recovery?

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Dec 10, 2021

The first comprehensive examination of the different ways to measure and define high-growth firms and their important contributions to the Canadian economy
Into the Scale-up-verse: Exploring the landscape of Canada’s high-performing firms

Dec 10, 2021

A summary of the Into the Scale-up-verse report, exploring Canadian scale-up activity in Canada
Navigating Canada’s scale-up landscape

May 20, 2021

This report offers a roadmap for practitioners and policymakers alike, identifying targeted high-impact interventions to support Canadian high-potential scale-ups
Getting to Scale: Accelerating Canada’s high-growth companies

May 20, 2021

Ce rapport offre une feuille de route à l’intention des praticiens et des décideurs, qui précise les interventions ciblées à fort impact pour appuyer les entreprises en accroissement d’échelle
Mise à l’échelle: Accélérer les entreprises à forte croissance du Canada
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