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Baldwin, John R.; Yates, Janice - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1999

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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Patterns of Corporate Diversification in Canada: An Empirical Analysis

Peters, Alice; Beckstead, Desmond; Gellatly, Guy; … - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2000

Using a comprehensive micro-database of Canadian firms in conjunction with industry-level data on commodity flows, we develop a profile of corporate diversification within the Canadian economy. Our analysis has two major objectives. First, we decompose corporate diversification into horizontal...

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Importance des signaux de competence pour l'obtention d'un emploi et de l'avancement

Oreopoulos, Philip; Heisz, Andrew - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2006

Dans un cadre ou la formation et les perspectives d'avancement dependent des previsions initiales de competence, les effets sur les salaires des signaux de competence initiale peuvent se manifester bien au-dela de la periode ou l'on connait bien les qualites d'un travailleur. Ce document propose...

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The Importance of Signalling in Job Placement and Promotion

Oreopoulos, Philip; Heisz, Andrew - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2006

In a setting where training or promotion opportunity depend on expected initial ability, the effects of signalling initial skills on wages may last well beyond the period when knowledge of a workers' skill set is fully known. This paper proposes extending recent tests for signalling to better...

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Analyse empirique des tendances sur le plan de la diversification des societes au Canada

Peters, Alice; Beckstead, Desmond; Gellatly, Guy; … - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2000

Nous degageons un profil de la diversification des societes dans l'economie canadienne a l'aide d'une base complete de micro-donnees sur les entreprises canadiennes et de donnees au niveau des industries sur les flux des echanges. Notre analyse vise deux objectifs majeurs. Nous decomposons...

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Innovation, formation et reussite

Baldwin, John R.; Yates, Janice - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1999

sur l'importance de l'innovation en tant que facteur de croissance et sur les besoins des entreprises novatrices en … prosperes attribuent leur reussite a l'acquisition de competences dans une vaste gamme de domaines. Cependant, l'innovation … strategie en matiere d'innovation axee sur la R et D, l'adoption de nouvelles technologies de pointe ou la mise au point de …

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