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Canada's Investments in Science and Innovation : Is the Existing Concept of Research and Development Sufficient?
Baldwin, John R.; Beckstead, Desmond; Gellatly, Guy - 2012
required for the Accounts should incorporate a broad range of science-based innovation costs and that this broader R&D concept … science-based innovation expenditures are to be capitalized, GDP will increase. But it appears that Canada's innovation system … is directed more towards non-R&D science-based expenditures than the innovation systems of many other countries. If …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014209181
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Human Capital Development and Innovation : The Case of Training in Small and Medium-Sized Firms
Baldwin, John R.; Johnson, Joanne - 2013
facilitated by training is complementary to innovation and technological change. Training incidence is found to be closely related … strategies that are related to innovation. Training is also greater where a firm emphasizes quality and a comprehensive human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014115498
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Impact of Advanced Technology Use on Firm Performance in the Canadian Food Processing Sector
Baldwin, John R.; Sabourin, David; Smith, David - 2009
This paper investigates the evolution of industrial structure in the Canadian food processing sector and its relationship to technological change. It does so by examining the impact of adopting advanced manufacturing technologies, amongst them information and communication technologies (ICTs),...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014208024
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Technology Adoption : A Comparison between Canada and the United States
Baldwin, John R.; Sabourin, David - 1999
This study examines differences in technology use in Canada as opposed to the United States as well as reasons for these differences. It examines different aspects of technology use--numbers of technologies used, types of technologies used, as well as regional, size and industry variations in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014210362
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Technology Use, Training and Plant-Specific Knowledge in Manufacturing Establishments
Baldwin, John R.; Gray, Tara; Johnson, Joanne - 1998
This study examines the factors influencing a firm's decision to train, using data taken from several recent Statistic Canada surveys that explore advanced technology use by Canadian manufacturing plants. Advanced technology adoption has been both rapid and pervasive, leading to concerns about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014115360
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Advanced Technology Use in Canadian Manufacturing Establishments
Baldwin, John R. - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014081693
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Effet de l'utilisation des technologies de pointe sur le rendement des entreprises du secteur canadien de la transformation des aliments
Sabourin, David; Baldwin, John R.; Smith, David - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2003
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005523557
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Impact of Advanced Technology Use on Firm Performance in the Canadian Food Processing Sector
Sabourin, David; Baldwin, John R.; Smith, David - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2003
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.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005695461
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Strategie des entreprises innovatrices et non innovatrices au Canada
Johnson, Joanne; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1995
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005695512
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Business Strategies in Innovative and Non-innovative Firms in Canada
Johnson, Joanne; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1995
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005695592