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Baldwin, John R. - 1999

Entry and exit are important phenomena. This paper reviews the evidence on the size of this process and its contribution to productivity and innovation. It then develops a detailed portrait of the characteristics of new firms that survive and those that fail. In doing so, it examines the type of...

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Integrated Productivity Accounts : Contributions to the Measurement of Capital

Baldwin, John R.; Gu, Wulong; Macdonald, Ryan - 2010

Measures of productivity are derived by comparing outputs and inputs. The System of National Accounts (SNA) in Canada …

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The Effect of Technology and Trade on Wage Differentials between Nonproduction and Production Workers in Canadian Manufacturing

Baldwin, John R.; Rafiquzzaman, Mohammed - 1999

The 1980s and 1990s have seen a rising share of skilled labor in total employment in the manufacturing sector of Canada …

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Advanced Technology Use in Canadian Manufacturing Establishments

Baldwin, John R.; Diverty, Brent - 1998

This paper investigates the characteristics of Canadian manufacturing plants that are related to the use of advanced technologies. The data used are taken from the 1989 Survey of Manufacturing Technology and are linked to administrative data taken from the Census of Manufacturers. Technology use...

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The Importance of Research and Development for Innovation in Small and Large Canadian Manufacturing Firms

Baldwin, John R. - 1998

The debate over the appropriate function of government policy for R&D subsidies brings into focus the different roles that are played by large and small firms in the innovation process. Small firms, it is often claimed, have different tendencies to use R&D facilities than large firms and,...

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Technology-Induced Wage Premia in Canadian Manufacturing Plants During the 1980s

Baldwin, John R.; Gray, Tara; Johnson, Joanne - 1998

This study is one of a series that examines how technology adoption affects the skills of workers. Previous papers in the series have approached this issue in different ways with data from a variety of sources. Using data on the strategies and activities of small and medium-sized firms in both...

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Labour Productivity Differences between Domestic and Foreign-Controlled Establishments in the Canadian Manufacturing Sector

Baldwin, John R.; Dhaliwal, Naginder - 2001

This study uses data to study differences in labour productivity gains across domestic and foreign-controlled establishments in the manufacturing sector for the period 1973 to 1993. In doing so, it also examines the extent to which labour productivity differences exist between small and large...

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Differences in Strategies and Performance of Different Types of Innovators

Baldwin, John R.; Johnson, Joanne - 2014

Growing Small and Medium Size Enterprises, conducted by Statistics Canada. The paper classifies small and medium-sized firms …

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Multinationals and the Canadian Innovation Process

Baldwin, John R.; Hanel, Petr - 2015

to exploit local competencies accord with the activities of multinationals in Canada. The paper describes the innovation … regime of multinational firms in Canada by examining the differences between foreign- and domestically owned firms. It … Canada are more active in R&D than the population of Canadian-owned firms. They are also more often involved in R …

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Productivity Growth, Plant Turnover and Restructuring in the Canadian Manufacturing Sector

Baldwin, John R. - 1998

Firm turnover occurs as firms gain and lose market share as part of the competitive struggle. The reallocation of market share from one group to another is associated with productivity gain as the less productive lose share and the more productive gain market share. This paper examines the...

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