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Understanding the Innovation Process: Innovation in Dynamic Service Industries

Gellatly, Guy; Peters, Valerie - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2000

In studies of business innovation, the term innovation process is used to describe (i) the array of sources and … objectives that culminate in the act of innovation, (ii) the set of market effects that result from innovation, and (iii) the … obstacles that firms encounter when pursuing innovation strategies. An examination of the innovation process is thus designed to …

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Have Small Firms Created a Disproportionate Share of New Jobs in Canada? A Reassessment of the Facts

Picot, Garnett; Dupuy, Richard; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1994

The statistical observation that small firms have created the majority of new jobs during the 1980s has had a tremendous influence on public policy. Governmentshave looked to the small firm sector for employment growth, and have promoted policies to augment this expansion. However, recent...

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XECON: An Experimental / Evolutionary Model of Economic Growth

Wolfson, Michael - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1995

The role of technical innovation in economic growth is both a current matter of keen public policy interest, and active …

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The Importance of Signalling in Job Placement and Promotion

Oreopoulos, Philip; Heisz, Andrew - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2006

In a setting where training or promotion opportunity depend on expected initial ability, the effects of signalling initial skills on wages may last well beyond the period when knowledge of a workers' skill set is fully known. This paper proposes extending recent tests for signalling to better...

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Technology Use and Industrial Transformation: Empirical Perspectives

Sabourin, David; Baldwin, John R.; Diverty, Brent - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1995

This study examines technology use in Canada's manufacturing sector, and how a set of technology-using manufacturing establishments performed relative to non-users. Data originates from a recent Statistics Canada survey, asking manufacturing firms about their use of 22 advanced manufacturing...

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Changes in the Diversification of Canadian Manufacturing Firms and Plants (1973-1997): A Move to Specialization

Beckstead, Desmond; Caves, Richard; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2002

This paper studies changes in diversification of firms and plants since the early 1970s in the Canadian manufacturing sector. It finds that there has been a general increase in specialization of both firms and plants. Firms have been continuously reducing the span of industries in which they...

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A Guide to Research on the New Economy

Gellatly, Guy - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2003

This report focusses on new studies that analyse information and communications technology industries, science-based industries, high-technology industries and firms, the knowledge-based economy, and knowledge workers.

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Nouvelles pratiques de travail et taux de demissions : problemes methodologiques et donnees empiriques pour le Canada

Rosa, Julio; Morissette, Rene - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2003

A l'aide d'un echantillon national representatif d'etablissements, nous avons cherche a determiner si l'adoption de certaines pratiques de travail equivalentes (PTE) a tendance a reduire le taux de demissions. Dans l'ensemble, notre analyse fournit des preuves solides d'une association negative...

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Alternative Work Practices and Quit Rates: Methodological Issues and Empirical Evidence for Canada

Rosa, Julio; Morissette, Rene - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2003

Using a nationally representative sample of establishments, we have examined whether selected alternative work practices (AWPs) tend to reduce quit rates. Overall, our analysis provides strong evidence of a negative association between these AWPs and quit rates among establishments of more than...

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Liberalisation des echanges : participation aux marches d'exportation, croissance de la productivite et innovation

Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2004

Dans ce document, on examine les mesures prises par les usines canadiennes de fabrication face aux reductions des barrieres tarifaires entre le Canada et le reste du monde au cours des deux dernieres decennies.

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