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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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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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Gains and Pains from Contract Research: A Transaction and Firm-level Perspective

Kaiser, Ulrich; Grimpe, Christoph - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008

outsourcing of R&D activities to contract research organizations and its implications for innovation performance. This paper … findings suggest that technological uncertainty, contractual experience and openness to external knowledge sources motivate the …

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Business services in Germany: bridges for innovation

Czarnitzki, Dirk; Spielkamp, Alfred - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2000

. A sound innovation capacity, especially knowledge, creativity, market and management skills let them become bridges for …During the last 20 years, R&D and innovation activities in the service sector have clearly increased. Especially … information and communication technologies, knowledge-intensive business service firms increasingly play the role of "converters …

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Biomedical Academic Entrepreneurship Through the SBIR Program

Toole, Andrew A.; Czarnitzki, Dirk - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005

This paper considers the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program as a policy fostering academic …

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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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Trade Liberalization: Export-market Participation, Productivity Growth and Innovation

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

The paper examines how Canadian manufacturing plants have responded to reductions in tariff barriers between Canada and the rest of world over the past two decades.

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Productivity and Prosperity in the Information Age: A Canada-U.S. Comparison

Harchaoui, Tarek<br; > Dachraoui, Kais<br; > Tarkhani, … - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2003

This paper examines the extent to which information technology has contributed to Canada's productivity growth, how Canada's productivity performance compared with that of the United State, and the impact of the recent Canadian productivity revival on prosperity.

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Analyse empirique des tendances sur le plan de la diversification des societes au Canada

Peters, Alice; Beckstead, Desmond; Gellatly, Guy; … - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2000

Nous degageons un profil de la diversification des societes dans l'economie canadienne a l'aide d'une base complete de micro-donnees sur les entreprises canadiennes et de donnees au niveau des industries sur les flux des echanges. Notre analyse vise deux objectifs majeurs. Nous decomposons...

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L'innovation et la formation dans les nouvelles entreprises

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

mesure en fin de compte par son incidence sur l'innovation au sein de l'economie. Dans une economie dynamique, axee sur le … travailleurs-element qui est relie en partie a la formation qui est complementaire a l'innovation et contribue a la croissance. …

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