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SME Financing in Canada, 2002 — Appendix A
Definition of Knowledge-based Industries
In 1996, based on research undertaken by Industry Canada and the Business Development Bank of Canada, a definition of knowledge-based industries (KBIs) was developed using the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC). This has since been converted to the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS). Since there was no single definition of a KBI, Industry Canada proposed the use of a two-tiered categorization of industries that would be appropriate for identifying industries as knowledge based:
- Tier I – a narrow band of science and technology-based firms composed of knowledge producers; and
- Tier II – a broad band of «high knowledge» firms that, based on measures of research and development and knowledge worker inputs, could be considered to be business innovators and high-knowledge users.
Examples of industries in the Tier I group are listed below.
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Aerospace products and parts Audio and video equipment Cable and other program distribution Computer and peripheral equipment Computer systems design and related services Data-processing services Engineering and life sciences Environmental consulting services Motion picture and video production Navigational and guidance instruments Pay and specialty television |
Pharmaceutical and medicine Post-production and other motion picture and video industries Radio Research and development in the physical sciences Satellite communications Semi-conductor and other electronic components Software publishers Telecommunications resellers Telephone apparatus Television broadcasting Wireless communications |
Examples of industries in the Tier II group are listed below.
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Adhesives Alkali and chlorine Architectural services Basic inorganic chemicals Chemical fertilizer (except potash) Custom compounding of purchased resins Electric power distribution Engineering services and drafting services Explosives Fossil-fuel electric power generation Heating equipment and commercial refrigeration equipment Hydro-electric power generation Industrial and commercial fan and blower and air purification equipment Industrial gas Material handling equipment Mining and oil and gas field machinery Mixed fertilizer Motors and generators Motor vehicles and electronic equipment Nuclear power generation Paper industry machinery |
Pesticide and agricultural chemical Petrochemical Petroleum and coal products Petroleum refineries Pipeline transportation of crude oil Pipeline transportation of natural gas Pipeline transportation of refined petroleum products Power distribution and specialty transformers Printing ink Pumps and compressors Relay and industrial control apparatus Resin and synthetic rubber Rubber and plastics industry machinery Sawmill and woodworking machinery Switchgear and switchboard Synthetic dye and pigment Turbines and turbine generator units |
