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Trade Liberalization : Export-Market Participation, Productivity Growth and Innovation

Baldwin, John R. - 2009

The paper examines how Canadian manufacturing plants have responded to reductions in tariff barriers between Canada and the rest of world over the past two decades. Three main conclusions emerge from the analysis. First, trade liberalization was a significant factor behind the strong export...

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Human Capital Development and Innovation : The Case of Training in Small and Medium-Sized Firms

Baldwin, John R.; Johnson, Joanne - 2013

facilitated by training is complementary to innovation and technological change. Training incidence is found to be closely related … strategies that are related to innovation. Training is also greater where a firm emphasizes quality and a comprehensive human …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014115498

Innovation, Training and Success

Baldwin, John R. - 2015

This paper describes the evidence that several Statistics Canada studies have developed on the importance of innovation … to growth and the need for highly skilled workers in the innovation process. Rather than focusing on broad industry … frequently distinguishes faster from slower growing firms is innovation. Innovators in turn place greater emphasis on training …

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Innovation Capabilities : The Knowledge Capital Behind the Survival and Growth of Firms

Baldwin, John R. - 2013

This paper summarizes the findings of a research program aimed at outlining the importance to the firm growth process of competencies that arise from investments in intangible assets. The program has consisted of two parts. First, longitudinal databases have provided a rich set of studies on...

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The Output Gap between Canada and the United States : The Role of Productivity (1994-2002)

Baldwin, John R.; Wong, Fanny; Maynard, Jean-Pierre - 2009

Comparisons of Canada’s economy to that of the United States are done for several purposes. On the one hand, analysts are interested in whether there is an output gap between the two countries — whether Canada is as well off as the United States in terms of the quantities of goods and...

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Four Decades of Creative Destruction : Renewing Canada's Manufacturing Base from 1961 - 1999

Baldwin, John R.; Brown, W. Mark - 2009

In this paper, we present measures of the extent of renewal in Canada’s manufacturing sector over a four decade period (1961-1999); a period that roughly represents the productive lifetime of a worker. We measure turnover over periods of one, two, three and four decades. For each timeframe, we...

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Interprovincial Differences in GDP Per Capita, Labour Productivity and Work Intensity : 1990-2003

Baldwin, John R.; Brown, W. Mark; Maynard, Jean-Pierre - 2009

This paper compares output per person across Canadian provinces — using nominal or current dollar GDP per capita as the metric over the period 1990 to 2003. Differences in GDP per capita can be attributed to differences in the underlying efficiency of provincial economies. This is measured by...

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The Effect of Changing Technology Use on Plant Performance in the Canadian Manufacturing Sector

Baldwin, John R.; Sabourin, David - 2009

, probably through its impact on product innovation. The market rewards those businesses that managed to improve their efficiency …

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Industrial Competition, Shifts in Market Share and Productivity Growth

Baldwin, John R.; Gu, Wulong - 2009

This paper investigates the extent to which productivity growth is the result of turnover - the process that shifts output from one firm to another as a result of the competitive process. Turnover occurs because some firms gain market share and others lose it. Some turnover is due to entry and...

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Catching Up and Falling Behind : The Performance of Provincial GDP Per Capita from 1990 to 2003

Baldwin, John R.; Brown, W. Mark; Maynard, Jean-Pierre; … - 2009

This paper compares GDP per capita across Canadian provinces over the period from 1990 to 2003. It starts by examining relative GDP per capita measured in current dollars across provinces and over time. The second section breaks down growth in nominal dollar GDP into a price and a volume...

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