We study how the labour market and industry uncertainty affect the investment decisions of multinational enterprises (MNEs). In an uncertain business climate, MNEs must take account of the future in deciding where to locate a branch plant. When wages are endogenously determined, both the...

Dans cet article, on examine les determinants de l'innovation et le role de celle-ci dans la croissance de la productivite, l'evolution des parts de marche et la survie des etablissements dans le secteur canadien de la fabrication. On y presente un modele permettant d'examiner l'effet de...

This paper examines the determinants of innovation and the role of innovation in productivity growth, shifts in market share and survival in the Canadian manufacturing sector. It presents a model that examines the effect of innovation on plant performance and plant survival.

This paper measures the extent of economic renewal in Canada's manufacturing sector over a four-decade period, 1961 to 1999, which roughly represents the productive lifetime of a worker.

This paper provides an overview of the long-run trend in business bankruptcies in Canada, examines the reaction of bankruptcies by region to the stresses associated with fluctuations in the economy and analyses the relation between the incidence of bankruptcies and the economic health of the...

Ce document donne un apercu de l'importance du roulement des usines dans le secteur canadien de la fabrication, c'est a dire le nombre d'entrees et de sorties, au cours des trois periodes suivantes : 1973 a 1979, 1979 a 1988 et 1988 a 1997. On examine aussi la contribution de ce roulement a la...