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attention give by both volumes to innovation and education -- two areas that are generally felt to be very important in terms of …
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, increased sales and profits, and product and process innovation than firms that do not follow this path. Their findings suggest …
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This article, by Ian A. Stewart, is a review of the recently released Industry Canada research volume Productivity Issues in Canada, edited by Someshwar Rao and Andrew Sharpe. Stewart begins by noting that at over 900 pages and 25 papers the volume represents an important contribution to the...
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This commentary raises questions about the degree to which global innovation indicators enable us to understand the … historical dynamics of innovation in Canada, and about future directions for Canadian innovation policy. By focusing on the … innovation problem in Canada has less to do with capabilities or opportunities, than with recent tendencies not to follow through …
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detailed examination of the dynamics of innovation and determinants of productivity at the firm and industry level in Canadian …, product market competition, and government support for R&D, training, and technical assistance are the drivers of innovation …
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This tenth issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards contains six articles. Topics covered are: the puzzling recent behaviour of labour productivity in Canada; an international perspective on Canada's productivity performance since the...
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organization innovation and information and communications technologies on firm performance; the effect of adjustment costs on …
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Innovation is widely recognized as a key ingredient of productivity success. This article by Someshwar Rao, Ashfaq … positive relationship between measures of fundamental innovation, labour productivity and GDP per capita across OECD countries …. The authors paint a nuanced portrait of Canada's innovation performance. The existence of an innovation gap with the …
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Has the economy fundamentally changed in the 1990s because of the introduction of information technology or is the impact of IT not so much "new" as larger than before? In this article, Barry Bosworth and Jack Triplett of the Brooking Institution examine this issue with a detailed analysis of...
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for the Canada-U.S. productivity and income gaps; the importance of skills for innovation and productivity; the diffusion …
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