Insights
From business experience to economic intelligence.
ICA intends to turn what businesses experience on the job site, shop floor, office and service desk into useful economic insight.
Our Approach to Research
Evidence that businesses recognize and policymakers can use.
By identifying recurring barriers to productivity, technology adoption, workforce development and growth, ICA can help businesses, industry and policymakers better understand where Alberta can gain ground.
ICA has not published research yet. Nothing on this page reports findings or results.
Coming soon
The State of Alberta SME Competitiveness
A proposed recurring examination of how Alberta's small and medium-sized businesses are performing, what is holding them back and where practical gains are available.
What It Would Examine
Seven recurring themes.
Productivity barriers
What actually slows Alberta businesses down, in their own words.
Technology adoption
What gets adopted, what stalls, and why.
Workforce challenges
Skills, roles and capability gaps as work changes.
Operational priorities
Where owners and managers say they need to improve first.
Investment
What businesses are willing to commit capital to, and what holds them back.
Growth
Capacity constraints and the conditions that let firms expand.
Regional and sector trends
How conditions differ across Alberta's industries and regions.
Insight is only useful if a business owner can act on it before the end of the quarter.
For Businesses
Where could your business work better?
If you run an Alberta business and believe your operations could be more efficient, your technology could work harder, or your team could spend less time on repetitive work, ICA wants to hear from you.