This exploratory study attempts to measure and explain the evolution of productivity of seven Canadian air carriers over the 1970-80 period. Based on recent work on time series analysis, and in contrast to the conventional approach, this paper links measured productivity to the potential and...

This article makes a dual contribution to scholarship in science and technology studies (STS) on simulation-building. It both documents a specific simulation-building project, and demonstrates a concrete contribution of STS insights to interdisciplinary work. The article analyses the struggles...

Information Systems (IS) researchers often rely on Organization Economics models to describe and explain various IS management issues. While those models are found to be useful, measures are yet to be proposed to assess the dimensions of IS transactions. In this paper we present the results of a...

De la Fin des Annees Cinquante au Debut des Annees Soixante-Dix, la Question des Cycles Regionaux et Plus Particulierement le Cas du Quebec et de L'ontario a Fait L'objet de Plusieurs Etudes. le Consensus Empirique Obtenu Voulait Que les Fluctuations Economiques Quebecoises Soient Plus Marquees...

During its recent battle against inflation from 1988 to the present, the Bank of Canada has been accused of all the evils that plagued the Canadian economy: high dollar and interest rates, recession, and slow recovery. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the action taken by the Bank during...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the checklist approach that the Bank of Canada has followed in one way or another over the last two decades is likely to lead us to the stated objective of price stability. The analysis of Canadian monetary policy is performed through the...