Labour productivity growth in the Canadian business sector slowed substantially after 2000. Most of the slowdown … in manufacturing as a result of the increase in excess capacity, the dramatic increase in the Canada – U.S. exchange rate … and a slowdown in export growth. The paper finds that at least half of the slowdown in aggregate productivity growth is …

This paper examines the determinants of innovation and the role of innovation in productivity growth, shifts in market … plant performance both before and after the introduction of an innovation. We find strong evidence that labour productivity … to gain in market shares through its effect on productivity growth. In contrast, product innovation appears to have …