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Changements observes au niveau de la diversification des entreprises du secteur canadien de la fabrication (de 1973 a 1997)

Beckstead, Desmond; Caves, Richard; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2002

Le present document de recherche etudie les changements observes au niveau de la diversification des entreprises et des usines depuis le debut des annees 70 dans le secteur canadien de la fabrication. Il revele qu'il y a eu, en general, une augmentation de la specialisation tant des entreprises...

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Changes in the Diversification of Canadian Manufacturing Firms and Plants (1973-1997): A Move to Specialization

Beckstead, Desmond; Caves, Richard; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2002

This paper studies changes in diversification of firms and plants since the early 1970s in the Canadian manufacturing sector. It finds that there has been a general increase in specialization of both firms and plants. Firms have been continuously reducing the span of industries in which they...

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Ownership and Firm Performance after Large-Scale Privatization

Kocenda, Evzen; Svejnar, Jan - Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and … - 2003

We analyze the effect of ownership on post-privatization performance in a virtually complete population of medium and … ownership improves economic performance, but domestic private ownership does not, relative to state ownership. Foreign firms … increasing profit. Ownership concentration is associated with superior performance, thus providing support to the agency theory …

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Are Rushed Privatizations Substandard? Analyzing Firm-Level Privatization under Fiscal Pressure

Hagemeier, Jan; Svejnar, Jan; Tyrowicz, Joanna - 2018

In this paper we provide the first analysis of whether rushed privatizations, usually carried out under fiscal duress, increase or decrease firms' efficiency, scale of operation (size) and employment. Using a large panel of firm-level data from Poland over 1995-2015, we show that rushed...

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Ownership, Control and Corporate Performance After Large-Scale Privatization

Hanousek, Jan; Evžen Ko?enda; Svejnar, Jan - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004

We analyze the effects of ownership type and concentration on performance of a population of firms in a model large … that few types of private ownership improve dynamic post-privatization performance. Concentrated foreign (but not domestic …) ownership improves some measures of performance relative to state ownership. Foreign investors engage in strategic restructuring …

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Ownership and Firm Performance after Large-Scale Privatization

Svejnar, Jan; Kocenda, Evzen - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003

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Capacites d'innovation : l'emploi en sciences et en genie au Canada et aux Etats-Unis

Beckstead, Desmond; Gellatly, Guy - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2006

Le present article donne la comparaison de la taille et de la composition de l'emploi dans le secteur des sciences et du genie au Canada et aux Etats Unis. Nous examinons la part de l'emploi remunere et des gains tires d'un emploi remunere imputables a la main d'oeuvre en sciences et en genie...

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Analyse empirique des tendances sur le plan de la diversification des societes au Canada

Peters, Alice; Beckstead, Desmond; Gellatly, Guy; … - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2000

Nous degageons un profil de la diversification des societes dans l'economie canadienne a l'aide d'une base complete de micro-donnees sur les entreprises canadiennes et de donnees au niveau des industries sur les flux des echanges. Notre analyse vise deux objectifs majeurs. Nous decomposons...

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Innovation Capabilities: Science and Engineering Employment in Canada and the United States

Beckstead, Desmond; Gellatly, Guy - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2006

This paper compares the size and composition of science and engineering employment in Canada and the United States. It examines the share of paid employment and paid earnings accounted for by the science and engineering workforce in both countries. Our tabulations distinguish between a core...

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