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competition-the so-called Schumpeterian hypothesis. Third, the effect of the nationality of a firm on innovation is investigated … innovations. Establishments in the 'other' food products industry tend to lead when it comes to innovation, whereas fish product …
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focus the different roles that are played by large and small firms in the innovation process. Small firms, it is often … programs that are directed at this sector. This paper examines the differences in the innovation profiles of small and large … appropriate to reduce the impediments to innovation that they face. The paper finds a number of differences between large and …
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This study examines the factors influencing a firm's decision to train, using data taken from several recent Statistic Canada surveys that explore advanced technology use by Canadian manufacturing plants. Advanced technology adoption has been both rapid and pervasive, leading to concerns about...
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This paper investigates the characteristics of Canadian manufacturing plants that are related to the use of advanced technologies. The data used are taken from the 1989 Survey of Manufacturing Technology and are linked to administrative data taken from the Census of Manufacturers. Technology use...
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. First, it constitutes a multidimensional approach to industry classification. As different concepts - such as innovation …
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-innovators-based on their responses to 22 innovation-related questions on the survey. These groups correspond to different stages in the … capital. In later stages of the innovation life cycle-comprehensive and process innovators place great emphasis on higher debt …
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This study investigates differences in the policies being pursued by innovative and non-innovative firms. It focuses on a broad group of strategies -- in marketing, finance, production, management and human resources and asks whether there are key areas in which the strategies being followed by...
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, it investigates the extent to which intellectual property right protection stimulates innovation. Second, it examines the … contribution that R&D makes to innovation. Third, it considers the importance of various competencies in the area of marketing …, human resource, technology and production to the innovation process. Fourth, it examines the extent to which a larger firm …
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This paper describes the evidence that several Statistics Canada studies have developed on the importance of innovation … to growth and the need for highly skilled workers in the innovation process. Rather than focusing on broad industry … frequently distinguishes faster from slower growing firms is innovation. Innovators in turn place greater emphasis on training …
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Using a comprehensive micro-database of Canadian firms in conjunction with industry-level data on commodity flows, we develop a profile of corporate diversification within the Canadian economy. Our analysis has two major objectives. First, we decompose corporate diversification into horizontal...
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