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The Effect of Organizational Innovation and Information and Communications Technology on Firm Performance
Gera, Surendra; Gu, Wulong - In: International Productivity Monitor 9 (2004) Fall, pp. 37-51
A key lesson from the U.S. literature on the impact of ICT on productivity is that ICT can only be effective if appropriate organizational structures are in place. This article by Surendra Gera of Industry Canada and Wulong Gu of Statistics Canada provides Canadian evidence to support this view....
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Are Productivity Levels Higher in Some European Countries than in the United States?
Cette, Gilbert - In: International Productivity Monitor 10 (2005) Spring, pp. 59-68
Estimates produced by the OECD indicate that labour productivity levels are higher in a number of European countries than in the United States, implying that Europe and not the United States is the world technological leader. The author argues that a structural measure of labour productivity,...
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Productivity and Building Human Capital for the "Bottom Third"
Jackson, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 11 (2005) Fall, pp. 7-13
adult learning on the part of the disadvantaged, he proposes a scheme for paid training leave funded through Employment …
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The Widening Canada-US Productivity Gap in Manufaturing
Bernstein, Jeffrey I.; Harris, Richard G.; Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 5 (2002) Fall, pp. 3-22
In this article, Jeffrey I. Bernstein of Carleton University, Richard G. Harris from Simon Fraser University, and Andrew Sharpe from the Centre for the Study of Living Standards provide a comprehensive analysis of the widening of the Canada-US manufacturing productivity gap. Since 1994, labour...
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Technologies de l’information et de la communication et emploi dans le secteur des services : Cas des pays de la Communauté Économique des États de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (Informatio...
Baita, Kossi; Adzima, Kokou - 2020
French Abstract: L’essor des technologies de l’information et de la communication constitue de nos jours un canal de création d’emplois dans le secteur des services dans la CEDEAO car elles rendent plus efficaces le travail et sont source d’innovations. Dans le cadre de cet article,...
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Le salaire minimum et les revenus de substitution comme outils de coordination des stratégies salariales des firmes : une évaluation quantitative pour la France
Chéron, Arnaud (contributor);  … - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Politiques salariales et performances des entreprises : une comparaison France - Etats-Unis
Abowd, John M. (contributor) - In: Economie et statistique (2000) 2/3, pp. 27-38
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L’individualisation des dispositifs d’accès à la formation: l’exemple français du Compte Personnel de Formation
Perez, Coralie - 2020
La création du Compte personnel de formation (CPF) marque une étape importante pour le système français de formation continue en instituant un dispositif individualisé de financement de formations. Mis en œuvre en janvier 2015, il est actuellement le seul exemple existant au niveau...
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Apparent returns on training in French firms: impacts on productivity and wages
Aubert, Patrick; CRÉPON, B.; ZAMORA, P. - Département des Études Économiques d'Ensemble (D3E), … - 2006
We estimate the productivity- and wage-returns to firm-provided training in a panel of French Firms. We find positive … and significant returns to training on productivity. For instance, an increase in training intensity by 150 Euros per … worker increases a firms labor productivity by 0.4 %. Moreover, firms benefit from providing training to their workers, since …
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Editor’s Overview
Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 10 (2005) Spring, pp. 1-2
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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