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Penuries de main-d'oeuvre qualifiee et adoption des technologies de pointe

Sabourin, David - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2001

Le present document vise a determiner dans quelle mesure les etablissements du secteur canadien de la fabrication font face a des penuries de main'd'oeuvre qualifiee et, le cas echeant, si ces penuries semblent nuire a l'adoption des technologies de pointe. Les usines qui adoptent des...

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Entraves a l'adoption des technologies de pointe pour les fabricants canadiens

Lin, Zhengxi; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2001

postulons qu'il en est ainsi parce que l'innovation suppose un processus d'apprentissage. Les innovateurs et les utilisateurs … entraves dans les rapports des enquetes sur la technologie et d'autres enquetes connexes (sur l'innovation) comme des obstacles …

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Croissance de l'utilisation des technologies de pointe dans le secteur canadien de la fabrication durant les annees 90

Rama, Ed; Sabourin, David; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1999

Le present document fournit un apercu de la croissance de l'utilisation des technologies de pointe au cours de la derniere decennie dans les etablissements canadiens de fabrication. Il presente le pourcentage d'usines qui utilisaient l'une des technologies de pointe etudiees et la nature de...

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Innovation: The Key to Success in Small Firms

Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1995

R&D relative to total investment, and its R&D-to-sales ratio. …

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Technology Adoption: A Comparison Between Canada and the United States

Sabourin, David; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1999

This study examines differences in technology use in Canada as opposed to the United States as well as reasons for these differences. It examines different aspects of technology use-numbers of technologies used, types of technologies used, as well as regional, size and industry variations in...

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Understanding the Innovation Process: Innovation in Dynamic Service Industries

Gellatly, Guy; Peters, Valerie - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2000

In studies of business innovation, the term innovation process is used to describe (i) the array of sources and … objectives that culminate in the act of innovation, (ii) the set of market effects that result from innovation, and (iii) the … obstacles that firms encounter when pursuing innovation strategies. An examination of the innovation process is thus designed to …

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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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XECON: An Experimental / Evolutionary Model of Economic Growth

Wolfson, Michael - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1995

The role of technical innovation in economic growth is both a current matter of keen public policy interest, and active …

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The Importance of Signalling in Job Placement and Promotion

Oreopoulos, Philip; Heisz, Andrew - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2006

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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Technology Use and Industrial Transformation: Empirical Perspectives

Sabourin, David; Baldwin, John R.; Diverty, Brent - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1995

This study examines technology use in Canada's manufacturing sector, and how a set of technology-using manufacturing establishments performed relative to non-users. Data originates from a recent Statistics Canada survey, asking manufacturing firms about their use of 22 advanced manufacturing...

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