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Innovation, Survival and Performance of Canadian Manufacturing Plants
Baldwin, John R.; Gu, Wulong - 2009
This paper examines the determinants of innovation and the role of innovation in productivity growth, shifts in market … share and survival in the Canadian manufacturing sector. The paper presents a model that examines the effect of innovation … plant performance both before and after the introduction of an innovation. We find strong evidence that labour productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014208748
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Innovation, Reallocation and Growth
Acemoglu, Daron; Akcigit, Ufuk; Bloom, Nicholas; Kerr, … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2013
We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth and reallocation featuring endogenous entry and exit. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010655943
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The Effect of Changing Technology Use on Plant Performance in the Canadian Manufacturing Sector
Baldwin, John R.; Sabourin, David - 2009
, probably through its impact on product innovation. The market rewards those businesses that managed to improve their efficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014208743
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Industrial Competition, Shifts in Market Share and Productivity Growth
Baldwin, John R.; Gu, Wulong - 2009
This paper investigates the extent to which productivity growth is the result of turnover - the process that shifts output from one firm to another as a result of the competitive process. Turnover occurs because some firms gain market share and others lose it. Some turnover is due to entry and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014208746
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Technology, Information and the Decentralization of the Firm
Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Lelarge, Claire; … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2006
This paper develops a framework to analyze the relationship between the diffusion of new technologies and the decentralization decisions of firms. Centralized control relies on the information of the principal, which we equate with publicly available information. Decentralized control, on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005151064