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The Widening Canada-US Productivity Gap in Manufaturing

Bernstein, Jeffrey I.; Harris, Richard G.; Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 5 (2002) Fall, pp. 3-22

In this article, Jeffrey I. Bernstein of Carleton University, Richard G. Harris from Simon Fraser University, and Andrew Sharpe from the Centre for the Study of Living Standards provide a comprehensive analysis of the widening of the Canada-US manufacturing productivity gap. Since 1994, labour...

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Productiivity Convergence among OECD Countries: The Postwar Experience

Wolff, Edward N. - In: International Productivity Monitor 1 (2000) Fall, pp. 17-22

This article by Edward N. Wolff of New York University examines trends in convergence in OECD countries toward U.S. productivity levels during the postwar period and finds strong evidence for this phenomenon up to 1990, with rapid growth in investment, education, and R&D in OECD countries...

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Editor’s Overview

Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 10 (2005) Spring, pp. 1-2

This tenth issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards contains six articles. Topics covered are: the puzzling recent behaviour of labour productivity in Canada; an international perspective on Canada's productivity performance since the...

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Editor’s Overview

Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 9 (2004) Fall, pp. 1-2

organization innovation and information and communications technologies on firm performance; the effect of adjustment costs on …

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Editor's Overview

Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 5 (2002) Fall, pp. 1-2

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...

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Editor's Overview

Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 4 (2002) Spring, pp. 1-2

for the Canada-U.S. productivity and income gaps; the importance of skills for innovation and productivity; the diffusion …

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L’idealtype de la start-up: une nouvelle organisation du travail dans un contexte de ruptures (A French ICT start-up idealtype: a work organization synthesis in a context of ruptures)

GAUJARD, Chrystelle - Laboratoire de Recherche sur l'Industrie et … - 2008

Cet article a pour objectif de cerner les caractéristiques organisationnelles actuelles des start-up TIC car, en tant qu’entreprises dont l’émergence est insérée dans un contexte de ruptures, elles peuvent être révélatrices de nouvelles propositions pour l’organisation du travail et...

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The Effect of Organizational Innovation and Information and Communications Technology on Firm Performance

Gera, Surendra; Gu, Wulong - In: International Productivity Monitor 9 (2004) Fall, pp. 37-51

, increased sales and profits, and product and process innovation than firms that do not follow this path. Their findings suggest …

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A short history of French spirit of enterprise (from 1780 till date) (In French)

BONIN, Hubert - Groupement de Recherches Économiques et Sociales (GRES) - 2005

Pessimistic views among French economist, political and scholar opinion givers have often prevailed about the assessment of French economic competitiveness ; that might be explained by negative surveys of the ability of economic elites to adapt themselves to the changes of the environment of...

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The Importance of Innovation for Productivity

Rao, Someshwar; Ahmad, Ashfaq; Horsman, William; … - In: International Productivity Monitor 2 (2001) Spring, pp. 11-18

Innovation is widely recognized as a key ingredient of productivity success. This article by Someshwar Rao, Ashfaq … positive relationship between measures of fundamental innovation, labour productivity and GDP per capita across OECD countries …. The authors paint a nuanced portrait of Canada's innovation performance. The existence of an innovation gap with the …

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