Les immobilisations incorporelles sont constituees des investissements qui n'ont pas les caracteristiques materielles solides des machines et du materiel ou des immeubles. Neanmoins, ces investissements partagent certaines caracteristiques avec d'autres types d'investissements du fait qu'ils...

Le present rapport decrit les revisions apportees a la mesure de la croissance de la productivite multifactorielle (PMF) et aux variables connexes dans le secteur des entreprises et pour differentes industries. Ces revisions ont decoule de la revision historique du Systeme de comptabilite...

Les contrats de location constituent un outil important pour obtenir l?acces a des actifs, obtenir du financement et reduire l?exposition du preneur aux risques qui sont inherents a la propriete d?actifs. Un contrat de location peut prendre la forme d?une location acquisition ou d?une location...

This paper highlights revisions to multifactor productivity (MFP) growth and related variables in the business sector and in individual industries, which resulted from the historical revision of the Canadian System of National Accounts (CSNA) released October 1, 2012, revisions to the labour...

Intangible capital consists of investments that do not take on the solid, physical characteristics of machinery and equipment or buildings. Nevertheless, such investments have some of the properties of other types of investments in that they yield long-lasting benefits as a result of...

Leasing is an important means of gaining access to assets, of obtaining finance, and of reducing a lessee?s exposure to the risks inherent to asset ownership. A lease can be either a financial lease (capital lease) or an operating lease (capital rental). A financial lease is one where the legal...

La presente etude permet de mieux comprendre la contribution, a l'economie du pays, des petites, moyennes et grandes entreprises au Canada. A cette fin, on examine les parts du produit interieur brut (PIB) attribuables a chacun de ces groupes de taille dans le secteur des entreprises. Les...

Dans le present document, on examine le rendement de l'investissement au Canada et aux Etats Unis en explorant les similarites et les differences des investissements en actifs fixes de 1990 a 2011, periode durant laquelle les deux pays ont subi des chocs differents. Le declin important des...

This paper examines the investment performance of Canada and the United States, exploring similarities and differences in investments in fixed assets over the 1990-to-2011 period. This is a period when the two countries experienced different shocks. The United States suffered from a major...

This paper adds to our understanding of the contributions made to the economy by small, medium-sized, and large businesses in Canada. It does this by examining the shares of gross domestic product (GDP) produced by each of these size groups in the business sector. Previous studies relied...