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Competitive Intensity as Driver of Innovation and Productivity Growth: A Synthesis of the Literature
Sharpe, Andrew; Currie, Ian - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2008
on the linkages between open and competitive markets (competitive intensity) and innovation and productivity growth. The … competitive intensity, innovation and productivity. The second section examines relevant empirical work that has been done on the … the international case studies of the effects of open and competitive markets on innovation and productivity. The report …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005518941
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The Diffusion and Adoption of Advanced Technologies in Canada: An Overview of the Issues
Gafni, Elad - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2005
tradeoffs between supporting R&D and supporting diffusion in the presence of limited public funds to promote innovation merit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005481828
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Assessing Canada's Ability to Compete for Foreign Direct Investment
Sharpe, Andrew; Banerjee, Meghna - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2008
The main purpose of this report is to assess Canada’s performance in attracting foreign direct investment inflows. The study reviews the literature on the benefits of FDI, analyses global and Canadian trends in FDI, identifies various factors affecting the inflow of FDI, and details how Canada...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005650220
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Three Policies to Improve Productivity Growth in Canada
Sharpe, Andrew - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2007
This paper makes the case that productivity is Canada’s economic destiny and that Canada’s dismal productivity performance, both from a historical and international perspective, therefore represents our biggest economic challenge. It then puts forward three specific policies to improve...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005650223
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Lessons for Canada from International Productivity Experience
Sharpe, Andrew - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2006
The objective of this report is to develop a more comprehensive understanding, from a policy perspective, of key drivers of labour productivity in selected OECD countries and their impact on enhanced productivity performance. The report is divided into three major parts. The first part will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005650218
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Natural Capital, Sustainability and Productivity: An Exploration of the Linkages
Olewiler, Nancy - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …
The issue of sustainability of natural capital and implications for economic growth ranks high in the interests of both policy makers and the general public, as manifested by the intense debate on Canada's ratification of the Kyoto accord. In this chapter, Nancy Olewiler makes an important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005481813
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The Canada-Atlantic Canada Manufacturing Productivity Gap: A Detailed Analysis
Sharpe, Andrew - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2003
production. Of these, innovation is found to be the most important. Since research and development activity has been historically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005481843
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Social Policy and Productivity Growth: What are the Linkages?
Harris, Richard G. - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …
In this chapter, Richard Harris points out that a traditional view has been that there is an inherent conflict between economic efficiency and social equality, a view neatly summarized in the title of Okun's famous book, Equality and Efficiency: The Big Trade-off (1975). This view gained renewed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005650204
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Indicators of Innovation in Canadian Natural Resource Industries
Sharpe, Andrew; Guibaud, Olivier - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2005
This report develops a set of indicators of innovation in a number of the natural resource industries in Canada. It … then uses these indicators to assess trends in innovation over time in these industries. The innovative performance of … industries in other countries. The report finds that on most innovation indicators, Canadian natural resource industries perform …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005481841
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SHOULD WE REALLOCATE PATENT FEES TO THE UNIVERSITIES ?
Martin, Elsa; Stahn, Hubert - HAL - 2009
: In knowledge economies, patent agencies are often viewed as a relevant instrument of an efficient innovation policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008794841