In this chapter by Janice Stein warns about the dangers of adopting a narrow conception of productivity and efficiency … efficiency or productivity of a public service requires a measurement of the value or utility generated by the service. However … ironically undermined the effectiveness and productivity of the public and voluntary sectors. She illustrates the perverse …

In this chapter, Graves and Jenkins explore the attitudes of Canadians to productivity. The distinction between our … Graves and Jenkins data is relatively aware of the terms of the productivity debate. Canadians appear to have a broadly … optimistic view of the economy, but give the country only a lukewarm overall rating of its productivity. Moreover, although …

Both labour and total factor productivity growth in the total and residential construction sectors in Canada have been … negative over the past two decades. This report provides a detailed examination of output, employment, and productivity trends … reference to measurement issues and technical change; discusses the micro- and macro-economic environment affecting productivity …

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 …

on the factors behind the productivity gap between Atlantic Canada and Canada in the context of the manufacturing sector …. A number of possible factors contributing to the Atlantic Canada-Canada manufacturing productivity gap are examined … production. Of these, innovation is found to be the most important. Since research and development activity has been historically …

This report aims to accomplish three objectives: provide an assessment of Canada’s productivity performance; provide a … synthesis of the productivity studies conducted by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) and the McKinsey Global … Institute; and develop a framework for unbundling slow productivity growth in Canada and the widening productivity gap with the …

that social policy and greater equality may actually contribute to higher productivity growth. Richard Harris surveys two …

A brief analysis of British Columbia’s productivity performance and the state of the drivers of this performance … structure. Research and innovation, including R&D investment, product and process innovation, knowledge diffusion and technology …

Productivity research is Canada has traditionally focused on narrow economic issues. In our view, it has given … inadequate attention to the broader ramifications of productivity, both in terms of shedding light on the importance of … productivity for the advancement of various aspects of social progress and in terms of understanding the feedback mechanisms …

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 …