From developing Java and the Blackberry to defining the specifications for XML, Canadians have blazed trails in the worlda s most innovative companies. Canadians have also risen to the top of the largest technology firms, providing a CEO for Yahoo!, Jeff Mallet, and eBaya s first president, Jeff Skoll. This sets the stage for Innovation Nation, a new book designed to cut through traditional Canadian modesty and provide a window into the fibre, minds and makeup of over thirty Canadians whom the world needs to know. Demonstrating innovative thinking and entrepreneurial drive, these Canadians show themselves to be the leaders of today and tomorrow. Through these profiles, readers will also come to understand how Canada as a nation helped shaped the thinking of these businesses. With strong qualities, Canada has the infrastructure necessary to continue fostering such leadership and emerge as the worlda s Innovation Nation.
- ISBN13 9780470737187
- Publish Date 30 April 2009 (first published 11 April 2003)
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country US
- Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format eBook
- Language English
- URL http://wiley.com