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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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Death of Canadian Manufacturing Plants : Heterogeneous Responses to Changes in Tariffs and Real Exchange Rates
Baldwin, John R. - 2010
We examine the simultaneous effects of real-exchange-rate movements and of tariff reductions on plant death in Canadian manufacturing industries between 1979 and 1996. We find that both currency appreciation and tariff cuts increase the probability of plant death, but that tariff reductions have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013143948
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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