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Towards a new measure of a country’s competitiveness: applying canonical correlation
Wenzel, Lars; Wolf, André - In: Competitiveness Review 26 (2016) 1, pp. 87-107
Purpose – This paper aims to develop and implement a new approach of ranking countries according to their level of economic competitiveness. Design/methodology/approach – Competitiveness is conceptualized as the degree of participation in global integration, measured by the levels of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014702642
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Globalization and Wage Inequality in the Canadian Manufacturing Sector: A Time Series Analysis
Grenier, Gilles; Tavakoli, Akbar - In: Global Economy Journal 6 (2006) 2
series investigation for Canada using as the dependent variable the relative wages of production and non-production workers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014593090
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Canada's Voluntary Sector Initiative and Sub-National Voluntary Sector-Government Relations: A Third Wave
Elson, Peter R. - In: Nonprofit Policy Forum 3 (2012) 2
the voluntary sector in the mid 1990s, voluntary sector-federal government relations in Canada finally began to thaw. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014616631
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Purls of wisdom
Prigoda, Elena; McKenzie, Pamela J. - In: Journal of Documentation 63 (2007) 1, pp. 90-114
Purpose – The authors aim to apply a collectivist theoretical framework to the study of human information behaviour and the construction of meaning in a knitting group held in a branch of a large Canadian (Ontario) public library. Design/methodology/approach – The research design was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014853240
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The individual and social dynamics of knowledge sharing: an exploratory study
Cyr, Sylvio; Wei Choo, Chun - In: Journal of Documentation 66 (2010) 6, pp. 824-846
knowledge. The study population consists of employees of a large pension fund in Canada. Participants answered a survey that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014853459
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A multilevel model of HIV/AIDS information/help network development
Veinot, Tiffany - In: Journal of Documentation 66 (2010) 6, pp. 875-905
rural Canada, and to present a research‐based model of how and why these networks developed. This model seeks to consider … caregivers in three rural regions of Canada. A network solicitation procedure elicited PHAs' HIV/AIDS information/help networks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014853461
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New labour in libraries: the post‐Fordist public library
Stevenson, Siobhan - In: Journal of Documentation 67 (2011) 5, pp. 773-790
produced by the Government of Ontario, Canada from the 1950s. Findings – An interpretation of the evolution of the identity of …
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Nodes and arcs: concept map, semiotics, and knowledge organization
Friedman, Alon; Smiraglia, Richard P. - In: Journal of Documentation 69 (2013) 1, pp. 27-48
pattern. Most concept maps were created by authors who were professors from the USA, Germany, France, or Canada. Roughly half …
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“So many things were new to us”: identifying the settlement information practices of newcomers to Canada across the settlement process
Allard, Danielle - In: Journal of Documentation 78 (2021) 2, pp. 334-360
the information practices of newcomers from the Philippines as they migrate and settle in Canada. Design …/methodology/approach This research employs two semi-structured in-depth interviews, each with 14 newcomers from the Philippines to Canada …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014854927
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Information seeking and use in the context of minimalist lifestyles
Pollak, Angela - In: Journal of Documentation 72 (2016) 6, pp. 1228-1250
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe information seeking and use (ISU) within the context of minimalist lifestyles and connect characteristics of living with less to theories of information poverty and resilience. Design/methodology/approach Naturalistic methods of inquiry describe...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014854976