This volume was prepared by a select group of international experts in response to a need expressed by the Canadian government to identify and analyze some of the major challenges facing governments in conducting business in the knowledge-based economy. Special emphasis is placed on identifying...

À l'exception des États-Unis, la plupart des pays industrialisés d'Europe et le Canada connaissent des taux de chômage et une chute des emplois disponibles sans précédent depuis la Deuxième Guerre. Le partage de l'emploi peut-il apporter une solution à ces graves problèmes de chômage?...

Electronic commerce development, especially since the emergence of direct Internet sales to customers, often comes with the prevailing opinion that, in order to preserve their market share, firms must develop abilities to sell on-line. However, in practice, companies often mention the fear of...

The objective of this paper is to analyze the process by which young Canadians decide to leave high school and to situate it in the context of the value of a high school diploma over the 1981-1998 period, conditional on not pursuing post-secondary education. Evidence from the 1981-96 Canadian...

In 1997, the Canadian government signed two new copyright-related international treaties adopted by the UN's World Intellectual Protection Organization (WIPO) in December 1996: the WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT). The objective of this paper is...

Ce document vise à décrire les règles de négociation prévue dans le cadre du marché électronique des copeaux de bois. Il s'agit d'une version préliminaire qui doit être validée par les participants de l'industrie. Un document complet et final décriera les règles de fonctionnement qui...

With the collaboration of Benoit Aubert Indeed, the complexity of the concept of risk involves the need for high-level tools in order to allow for effective management. The goal of this document is to acquire a global perspective on the principal risk software. By establishing an analysis grid,...

The objectives of this paper are threefold; First, to brush an overview of the underlying drivers of the offshoring phenomenon that have appeared on economic and public policy radar screens over the last 15 years; Second, to look at the recent offshoring experience of a large Canadian engineering...

The Civil Protection Act (Bill 173), passed on December 19, 2001, gives the government the power to adopt a by-law on technological risk management. In the elaboration of this by-law, the Ministry of Civil Protection wanted to obtain information on the American Risk Management Program (RMP)...