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Innovation, Survival and Performance of Canadian Manufacturing Plants

Gu, Wulong; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2004

This paper examines the determinants of innovation and the role of innovation in productivity growth, shifts in market … share and survival in the Canadian manufacturing sector. It presents a model that examines the effect of innovation on plant …

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The Effect of Changing Technology Use on Plant Performance in the Canadian Manufacturing Sector

Sabourin, David; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2004

This paper investigates how changes in technology use of individual plants in the Canadian manufacturing sector are related to two measures of performance --productivity growth and market-share growth.

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005129490

Training as a Human Resource Strategy: The Response to Staff Shortages and Technological Change

Baldwin, John R.; Peters, Valerie - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2001

This paper examines the ways that innovation status as opposed to technology use affects the training activities of … programs than non-users. Here, innovation status within the group of technology users also affects the training decision. In … equipment by extensively implementing training that is highly firm-specific. This suggests that innovation requires new skills …

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Innovation and Training in New Firms

Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2000

impact on innovation in the economy. Experimentation is important in a dynamic, market-based economy. A key part of the … worker skills, which is partially related to training, complements innovation and contributes to growth. …

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Human Capital Development and Innovation: The Case of Training in Small and Medium Sized Firms

Johnson, Joanne; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1995

facilitated by training is complementary to innovation and technological change. Training incidence is found to be closely related … strategies that are related to innovation. Training is also greater where a firm emphasizes quality and a comprehensive human …

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Effet de l'evolution de l'utilisation des technologies sur le rendement des etablissements dans le secteur de la fabrication au Canada

Sabourin, David; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2004

Cet article porte sur le lien entre l'evolution de l'utilisation des technologies par les differents etablissements du secteur de la fabrication au Canada et deux mesures du rendement, soit la croissance de la productivite et la croissance de la part de marche.

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Firms, Industries, and Unemployment Insurance: An Analysis Using Employer-employee Data from Canada

Chen, Wen-Hao; Corak, Miles - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2005

The exploration of newly available administrative data in a number of countries has led to a growing realization that a careful study of the interaction between employer and employee characteristics is needed to fully understand labour market outcomes. The objective of this paper is to develop...

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Computers, Fax Machines and Wages in Canada: What Really Matters?

Drolet, Marie; Morissette, Rene - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1998

Controlling for observable worker attributes, we find that computer use is associated with a wage premium of at most 14%. Following Dinardo and Pischke (1997), we examine the wage premium associated with other tools used on the job. While these authors find a significant wage premium for the use...

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La haute technologie est-elle l'exclusivite des entreprises ou peut-elle s'appliquer a l'ensemble d'un secteur d'activite? Donnees recueillies aupres des nouvelles entreprises axee...

Gellatly, Guy; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1998

connexes sur l'evolution technologique et l'innovation ont mene a l'elaboration de systemes visant a classer les secteurs d … tiennent pas compte du degre d'innovation, ni des competences du capital humain que l'on retrouve dans certains secteurs d …

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Changements observes au niveau de la diversification des entreprises du secteur canadien de la fabrication (de 1973 a 1997)

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

Le present document de recherche etudie les changements observes au niveau de la diversification des entreprises et des usines depuis le debut des annees 70 dans le secteur canadien de la fabrication. Il revele qu'il y a eu, en general, une augmentation de la specialisation tant des entreprises...

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