Productivity and wages tend to be higher in cities. This is typically explained by agglomeration economies, which increase the returns associated with urban locations. Competing arguments of specialization and diversity undergird these claims. Empirical research has long sought to confirm the...

Dans ce document, on etudie l'evolution de la structure industrielle du secteur canadien de la transformation des aliments et le lien entre cette evolution et le changement technologique. On utilise egalement les donnees d'une enquete speciale menee en 1998 sur l'utilisation de la technologie de...

This paper investigates the evolution of industrial structure in the Canadian food processing sector and its relationship to technological change. It uses 1998 special survey data on advanced technology use, plant characteristics and plant performance.

L'etude porte sur les differences observees dans les principes que respectent les entreprises innovatrices et non innovatrices. Les auteurs examinent une multitude de strategies relatives a la commercialisation, aux finances, a la production, a la gestion et aux ressources humaines afin de...

This study investigates differences in the policies being pursued by innovative and non-innovative firms. It focuses on a broad group of strategies -- in marketing, finance, production, management and human resources and asks whether there are key areas in which the strategies being followed by...

This paper summarizes the findings of a research program aimed at outlining the importance to the firm growth process of competencies that arise from investments in intangible assets. The program has consisted of two parts. First, longitudinal databases have provided a rich set of studies on...

Le present document decrit les constatations tirees d'un programme de recherche visant a souligner l'importance des competences qui decoulent des investissements dans l'actif incorporel pour le processus de croissance des entreprises. Le programme comportait deux parties. Premierement, des bases...