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 …

growth in the Canadian business sector. It applies the methodology developed by Corrado et al. (2005, 2009) for the United ….23 in 1976 to 0.66 in 2008. The paper shows that intangibles made a significant contribution to labour productivity growth … and that the contribution of intangibles to labour productivity growth was only slightly lower than the contribution of …