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Understanding the importance of the dynamic entry process in the Canadian economy involves measuring size of entry. The … main purpose of this paper is to summarize the information we have on the amount of entry in Canada. The paper also …). Interpretation of the results of these studies is difficult unless methodological issues regarding how entry is measured are …
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The statistical observation that small firms have created the majority of new jobs during the 1980s has had a tremendous influence on public policy. Governmentshave looked to the small firm sector for employment growth, and have promoted policies to augment this expansion. However, recent...
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La constatation statistique selon laquelle les petites entreprises ont cree la majorite des nouveaux emplois durant les annees 80 a eu une incidence considerable sur les politiques gouvernementales. Pour encourager la croissance de l'emploi, les gouvernements se sont tournes vers les petites...
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Le present document decrit les tendances de l'entree et de la sortie d'entreprises dans les provinces canadiennes, le lien entre ces tendances et les differences de structure industrielle, et la reaction de l'entree et de la sortie d'entreprises aux changements qui se produisent dans...
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This paper describes the patterns of firm entry and exit across provinces in Canada, the relationship of these patterns … to differences in industrial structure and the response of firm entry and exit to changes in the economic environment …. Firm entry and exit play an important role in shaping industrial structure and dynamics. Although entry and exit are …
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Les echanges commerciaux produisent generalement des effets favorables sur la performance des industries manufacturieres nationales pour ce qui est de l'allocation optimale et de la production optimale. Ce document examine la theorie et les observations recentes sur ces relations et nous...
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Le present document examine le changement structurel qui s'est produit a l'echelle nationale et regionale dans cinq grands groupes industriels de l'economie canadienne : les industries a forte intensite de ressources, les industries a forte intensite de main-d'oeuvre, les industries a fortes...
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the extent to which improvements in the performance of an entry cohort are the result of a selection process that culls … incumbent firms. Both selection and evolutionary learning are related to post-entry performance. Despite the difference in the … effect of selection and learning on the amount of post-entry growth, selection per se is a more important contributor to …
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during the three periods: 1973-1979, 1979-1988 and 1988-1997. It also examines the contribution of plant turnover to labour …
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This paper considers the implications of changing trade barriers on the survival of Canadian manufacturing firms. A segmented market Cournot model was developed to describe the effects of trade liberalization for heterogeneous firms operating in diverse industries. The predictions of this model...
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