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This study examines the factors influencing a firm's decision to train, using data taken from several recent Statistic Canada surveys that explore advanced technology use by Canadian manufacturing plants. Advanced technology adoption has been both rapid and pervasive, leading to concerns about...
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. First, it constitutes a multidimensional approach to industry classification. As different concepts - such as innovation …
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This paper describes the evidence that several Statistics Canada studies have developed on the importance of innovation … to growth and the need for highly skilled workers in the innovation process. Rather than focusing on broad industry … frequently distinguishes faster from slower growing firms is innovation. Innovators in turn place greater emphasis on training …
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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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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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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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In a setting where training or promotion opportunity depend on expected initial ability, the effects of signalling initial skills on wages may last well beyond the period when knowledge of a workers' skill set is fully known. This paper proposes extending recent tests for signalling to better...
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