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Expertise

Techno-economic analysis of firms, analysis of industrial clusters, technological change, contract auctions

Biography

A CIRANO Researcher and Fellow since 2002, Main Researcher of the theme Innovation and Digital Transformation at CIRANO, Catherine Beaudry is Full Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal. She holds the Canada Tier I Research Chair in the Creation, Development and Commercialization of Innovation (Innovation Chair) at Polytechnique Montréal and leads the Partnership for the Organization of Innovation and New Technologies (4POINT0). She is also a member of the Board of Directors and Program Committee of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), a member of the Board of Directors of QuébecInnove, a member of the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie (CIRST), an associate professor at UQAM and a founding member of the "Global Young Academy".

Catherine Beaudry is a Rhodes Scholar and holds a Ph.D. and Master's Degree in Economics from Oxford University. From her studies in electrical engineering specializing in space technology, she kept a deep interest in technology, science and innovation.

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CIRANO Publications by Catherine Beaudry

As an author

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PR

Undeterred and (somewhat) successful – How Canadian firms mitigate innovation barriers to remain innovative ?

Catherine Beaudry and Charles Bérubé

Innovation
RP

Vers une meilleure compréhension de la transformation numérique optimisée par l’IA et de ses implications pour les PME manufacturières au Canada - Une recherche qualitative exploratoire

Amir Taherizadeh and Catherine Beaudry

Innovation and Digital Transformation
LI

Le Québec économique 9 : Perspectives et défis de la transformation numérique

Nathalie De Marcellis-Warin, Benoit Dostie, Genevieve Dufour, Fabiano Armellini, Benoit Aubert, Catherine Beaudry, Conrad Boton, Simon Bourdeau, Mario Bourgault, Bryan Campbell, Pierre Cléroux, Jean-Claude Cloutier, Patrick Cohendet, Marie Connolly, Christophe Danjou, Daniel Forgues, Luc Godbout, Pierre Hadaya, Ben Hadj, Catherine Haeck, Georges Hage, Ivanka Iordanova, Daniel J. Caron, Carolyn J. Hatch, Laurent Joblot, Michel Magnan, Philippe Marchildon, Robert Normand, Ingrid Peignier, Robert Pellerin, Nathalie Perrier, Giulia Piantoni, Érik Poirier, Louis Rivest, Michael Robert-Angers, Annie Royer, Laurent Simon, Laurence Solar-Pelletier, Dalibor Stevanovic, Nasrin Sultana, Ekaterina Turkina, Luc Vinet, Thierry Warin, Majlinda Zhegu and 39 other authors

Innovation and Digital Transformation
CH

Le Québec économique 9 - Chapitre 4 - Les technologies et les politiques publiques en appui à l’essor de l’intelligence artificielle

Catherine Beaudry, Georges Hage, Giulia Piantoni and Laurence Solar-Pelletier

Innovation and Digital Transformation
CH

Le Québec économique 9 - Chapitre 6 - Collaboration et innovation : comment la transformation numérique change la donne

Laurence Solar-Pelletier, Catherine Beaudry and Majlinda Zhegu

Innovation and Digital Transformation

Undeterred and (somewhat) successful – How Canadian firms mitigate innovation barriers to remain innovative ?

Vers une meilleure compréhension de la transformation numérique optimisée par l’IA et de ses implications pour les PME manufacturières au Canada - Une recherche qualitative exploratoire

Le Québec économique 9 : Perspectives et défis de la transformation numérique

Le Québec économique 9 - Chapitre 4 - Les technologies et les politiques publiques en appui à l’essor de l’intelligence artificielle

Le Québec économique 9 - Chapitre 6 - Collaboration et innovation : comment la transformation numérique change la donne

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External Publications

IDEAS/RePEc Publications

Cruciata, Pietro & Pulizzotto, Davide & Beaudry, Catherine (2024) - First impressions on sustainable innovation matter: Using NLP to replicate B-lab environmental index by analyzing companies' homepages

Anas Ramdani & Catherine Beaudry & Mario Bourgault & Davide Pulizzotto (2024) - Navigating geopolitical storms: assessing the robustness of Canada’s 5G research network in the wake of the Huawei conflict

Amir Taherizadeh & Catherine Beaudry (2023) - An emergent grounded theory of AI-driven digital transformation: Canadian SMEs’ perspectives

Seyed Reza Mirnezami & Catherine Beaudry (2022) - Does Experiencing International Research Collaboration Permanently Affect the Impact of Scientific Production? Evidence from Africa
[Research Collaboration and Productivity: Is There Correlation?]

Aksoy, Arman Y. & Pulizzotto, Davide & Beaudry, Catherine (2022) - University-Industry partnerships in the smart specialisation era

Catherine Beaudry & Thierry Burger-Helmchen & Patrick Cohendet (2022) - Innovation Policies and Practices within Innovation Ecosystems

Aksoy, Arman Y. & Pulizzotto, Davide & Beaudry, Catherine (2022) - University-Industry partnerships in the smart specialisation era

Seyed Reza & Catherine Beaudry (2022) - Does Experiencing International Research Collaboration Permanently Affect the Impact of Scientific Production? Evidence from Africa

Basile Thisse & Coralie Gagn㉠& Fabiano Armellini & Sophie Veilleux & Catherine Beaudry (2022) - Success Of Open Innovation Events For Solvers

Catherine Beaudry & Thierry Burger-Helmchen & Patrick Cohendet (2021) - Editorial: Innovation policies and practices within innovation ecosystems

News

March 28, 2025

Launch of the 4POINT0 white paper on the challenges and opportunities of innovation

March 27, 2025

CIRANO research community press review on US tariffs

February 27, 2025

Catherine Beaudry receives the Award for Excellence in Research and Innovation

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Events

As a speaker

May 9, 2022

4POINT0 2022 International Conference

April 1, 2022

Webinar : Towards a better understanding of AI-enabled digital transformation and its implications for manufacturing SMEs in Canada

November 24, 2020

Symposium: Opportunities and Challenges of the Digital Transformation

April 25, 2019

Conference CIRANO 25years: CIRANO 25 Years Conference

CIRANO Projects

Accompaniment and scientific consultation mandate CIRANO barometer of innovation in Quebec

Nathalie De Marcellis-Warin, Catherine Beaudry, Benoit Dostie, Pierre Mohnen, Sophie Osotimehin, Genevieve Dufour, Carole Vincent

Innovation, Economy, Human Capital, Human Resources, Labour Market

How do AI-based inventions classified as “innovation process” affect productivity in Quebec’s manufacturing plants

Vers une meilleure compréhension de la transformation numérique optimisée par l’IA et de ses implications pour les PME manufacturières au Canada - Une recherche qualitative exploratoire - Publié le March 11, 2022

Catherine Beaudry, Amir Taherizadeh

Digital Transformation, Innovation