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Plant Turnover and Productivity Growth in Canadian Manufacturing

Gu, Wulong; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2003

This paper outlines the size of the turnover in plants that have entered and exited the Canadian manufacturing sector … productivity growth in the manufacturing sector over the three periods. Plant turnover makes a significant contribution to …

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Changes in the Diversification of Canadian Manufacturing Firms and Plants (1973-1997): A Move to Specialization

Beckstead, Desmond; Caves, Richard; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2002

This paper studies changes in diversification of firms and plants since the early 1970s in the Canadian manufacturing …

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The Importance of Research and Development for Innovation in Small and Large Canadian Manufacturing Firms

Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1997

The debate over the appropriate function of government policy for research and development (R&D) subsidies brings into focus the different roles that are played by large and small firms in the innovation process. Small firms, it is often claimed, have different tendencies to use R&D facilities...

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Impediments to Advanced Technology Adoption for Canadian Manufacturers

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

Using survey data, this paper investigates problems that firms in the Canadian manufacturing sector face in their …

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A Tale of Three Cities: The Dynamics of Manufacturing in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver, 1976-1997

Vinodrai, Tara - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2001

manufacturing remains predominantly an urban activity with more than 40% of manufacturing employment located in Canada's three … largest urban regions. This paper examines the changing manufacturing landscapes of Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver and … Canada. Toronto and Vancouver both experience growth in the manufacturing sector, while Montreal experiences decline driven …

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Structural Change in the Canadian Manufacturing Sector (1970-90)

Baldwin, John R.; Raffiquzzaman, Mohammed - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1994

This paper investigates structural change at the national and the regional level in five broadly defined sectors of the Canadian economy -- the natural-resource-based, the labour-intensive, the scale-based, the product-differentiated, and the science-based sectors. Three aspects of change are...

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Innovation and Connectivity: The Nature of Market Linkages and Innovation Networks in Canadian Manufacturing Industries

Peters, Alice; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2001

This paper investigates the extent to which customers/suppliers innovation networks are related to the size and pattern of inter-industry goods flows. It does so by devising a diversification index to measure the nature of inter-industry links that arise from the flow of goods and services from...

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Enhancing Food Safety and Productivity: Technology Use in the Canadian Food Processing Industry

Sabourin, David; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2002

This paper examines the factors contributing to the adoption of advanced technologies in the Canadian food-processing sector. The numbers of technologies used by a plant is found to be highly correlated with expected gains in firm performance. The benefits of enhanced food safety and quality, as...

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Innovative Activity in Canadian Food Processing Establishments: the Importance of Engineering Practices

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

This paper examines the factors contributing to innovative activity in the Canadian food processing sector. The study first focuses on the importance of research and development activity and advanced business practices used by production and engineering departments. Second, it examines the...

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Dynamics of the Canadian Manufacturing Sector in Metropolitan and Rural Regions

Brown, W. Mark; Vinodrai, Tara; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2001

This paper documents the changing geography of the Canadian manufacturing sector over a twenty-two year period (1976 … analysis demonstrates that the most dramatic shifts in manufacturing employment were from the central cities of large … of manufacturing employment. Rising rural employment shares were due to declining employment shares of small cities and …

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