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This paper summarizes the results of several research studies conducted by the Micro-economic Analysis Division of Statistics Canada that investigate the impact of advanced technology use on business performance. These studies combine establishment-level survey data on advanced technology...
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This paper investigates the characteristics of Canadian manufacturing plants that are related to the use of advanced technologies. The data used are taken from the 1989 Survey of Manufacturing Technology and are linked to administrative data taken from the Census of Manufacturers. Technology use...
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This paper investigates the impact of eco-innovation on firms' growth processes, with a special focus on gazelles, i … effects of generic innovation on firms' growth, and this is particularly true for gazelles, which actually appear to run …
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, probably through its impact on product innovation. The market rewards those businesses that managed to improve their efficiency …
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In this introduction, we review the arguments that underpin the rationale for the special section, and provide a structured sequence for the contents of the six selected papers that comprise the section.
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The paper aims at investigating whether Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) can have a role in facilitating regional Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3). Drawing on the economic geography approach to S3, we formulate some hypotheses about the impact that KETs-related knowledge can have on the...
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, redirecting firms' innovation activities towards ecological targets without hampering their competitiveness is of paramount … avoid sub-optimal commitment of resources to the innovation process and ensure the reduction of polluting agents emissions … chemical domain so as to draw useful insights on the effect of the policy aiming at redirecting innovation activities to …
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