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Advanced Technology Use in Canadian Manufacturing Establishments
Baldwin, John R.; Diverty, Brent - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1995
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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Are There High-tech Industries or Only High-tech Firms? Evidence from New Technology-based Firms
Gellatly, Guy; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1998
knowledge economy, whose potential is often linked to the growth of new technology-based firms (NTBFs). Where are these firms to … that classify industries as high-tech or high-knowledge, based primarily on the characteristics of large firms. There is a …. First, it constitutes a multidimensional approach to industry classification. As different concepts - such as innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005695628
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Impact of the Adoption of Advanced Information and Communication Technologies on Firm Performance in the Canadian Manufacturing Sector
Sabourin, David; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2001
This paper investigates the evolution of the industrial structure in the Canadian manufacturing sector and its relationship to technological change by examining the take-up of advanced technologies and how it is related to the stochastic growth process in the plant population. Its framework is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005695629
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Cities and Growth: The Left Brain of North American Cities: Scientists and Engineers and Urban Growth
Brown, W. Mark; Beckstead, Desmond; Gellatly, Guy - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2008
This paper examines the growth of human capital in Canadian and U.S. cities. Using pooled Census of Population data for 242 urban centres, we evaluate the link between long run employment growth and the supply of different types of skilled labour. The paper also examines whether the scientific...
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