This report develops a set of indicators of innovation in a number of the natural resource industries in Canada. It … then uses these indicators to assess trends in innovation over time in these industries. The innovative performance of … industries in other countries. The report finds that on most innovation indicators, Canadian natural resource industries perform …

on the factors behind the productivity gap between Atlantic Canada and Canada in the context of the manufacturing sector …. A number of possible factors contributing to the Atlantic Canada-Canada manufacturing productivity gap are examined … production. Of these, innovation is found to be the most important. Since research and development activity has been historically …

Institution examine this issue with a detailed analysis of productivity developments in the U.S. economy in the 1990s. Their main … message is that the although IT is the driving force behind the recent acceleration of labour productivity growth, its impact … little reason to believe productivity gains arising from IT will end in the near future. …

organization, technology, infrastructures, product design). On the other hand, the capacity of innovation can be perceived by the … an efficient work organization. In this article it is analyzed the evolution of the productivity and employment levels in … labor productivity is also the pointer of the quality of life in a economy, therefore it represents the value produced by …

that social policy and greater equality may actually contribute to higher productivity growth. Richard Harris surveys two …

detailed examination of the dynamics of innovation and determinants of productivity at the firm and industry level in Canadian …The fundamental importance of skills for productivity advance is being increasingly recognized. In this article …, product market competition, and government support for R&D, training, and technical assistance are the drivers of innovation …

The fifth issue of the International Productivity Monitor published by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards … contains six articles. Topics covered are: the Canada-US manufacturing productivity gap; trends in Canadian living standards …; the impact of economic reform on British productivity growth; productivity and policy reform in Australia; the measurement …

for the Canada-U.S. productivity and income gaps; the importance of skills for innovation and productivity; the diffusion …The fourth issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards … contains five articles. Topics covered are: recent productivity developments in the United States and Canada and implications …

after 1800 and link their annual productivity with the incidence of wars. We construct age-productivity profiles and find … that the impact of wars on creative production is markedly heterogeneous - composers’ productivity was significantly higher …

model, we use novel and detailed productivity and survey data from nine large firms in three industries: call … profits per worker and the difference is driven by referrals from high productivity workers. …