was a significant factor behind the strong export growth of the Canadian manufacturing sector. As trade barriers fell …. 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 …

related to two measures of performance - productivity growth and market-share growth. The paper describes whether plants are … combined with longitudinal data on plant performance. Growth in technology use during the period is significantly associated … with relative productivity growth. In turn, growth in relative labour productivity is translated into growth in market …

aggregate productivity growth. This paper extends our understanding of industry differences in the competitive process by … examining firm turnover and productivity growth in various services industries in Canada and situating them relative to … turnover contributes positively to productivity growth in all industries, with the turnover due to entry and exit being the …

This paper compares long-run growth in labour productivity in Canada and the United States from 1961 to 2006. Over the … entire period labour productivity in both countries grew at about the same rate. But Canadian growth exceeded that of the … United States up to the early 1980s. Since then, U.S. labour productivity growth has exceeded Canadian growth. The gap has …