that are played by large and small firms in the innovation process. Small firms, it is often claimed, have different … at this sector. This paper examines the differences in the innovation profiles of small and large firms, and how R … impediments to innovation that they face. The paper finds a number of differences between large and small firms in the tendency to …

). Differences in labour productivity can be caused by differences in technical efficiency or differences in capital intensity … productivity arise from differences in efficiency or differences in factors utilized in the production process. This paper examines … order to derive a measure of total factor efficiency of Canada relative to the United States, using detailed industry data …

States are due to the differences in MFP. Third, our industry results show that the levels of labour productivity and MFP in … productivity in the services sector is much lower in Canada. The lower levels of labour productivity and MFP in the Canadian … services sector account for most of the overall productivity level difference between the two countries …

Labour productivity growth in the Canadian business sector slowed substantially after 2000. Most of the slowdown … and a slowdown in export growth. The paper finds that at least half of the slowdown in aggregate productivity growth is … because of the pro-cyclical nature of productivity growth arising from capacity utilization. Almost all of the aggregate …

, probably through its impact on product innovation. The market rewards those businesses that managed to improve their efficiency … related to two measures of performance - productivity growth and market-share growth. The paper describes whether plants are … with relative productivity growth. In turn, growth in relative labour productivity is translated into growth in market …

This paper investigates the extent to which productivity growth is the result of turnover - the process that shifts … continuing producers. The paper proposes a method for measuring the impact of plant turnover on productivity growth and outlines …

This paper investigates the extent to which productivity growth is the result of firm turnover as output is shifted … continuing firms. This paper proposes a method for measuring the impact of firm turnover on productivity growth and shows that … associated with competition is the main source of aggregate labour productivity growth in Canadian manufacturing industries …

. Second, export-market participation was associated with increases in a plant's productivity growth. Third, our analysis … identified the presence of three main mechanisms through which export-market participation raises productivity growth among …