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...

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...

Le present document de recherche etudie les changements observes au niveau de la diversification des entreprises et des usines depuis le debut des annees 70 dans le secteur canadien de la fabrication. Il revele qu'il y a eu, en general, une augmentation de la specialisation tant des entreprises...

This paper studies changes in diversification of firms and plants since the early 1970s in the Canadian manufacturing sector. It finds that there has been a general increase in specialization of both firms and plants. Firms have been continuously reducing the span of industries in which they...

Dans ce document, on examine les mesures prises par les usines canadiennes de fabrication face aux reductions des barrieres tarifaires entre le Canada et le reste du monde au cours des deux dernieres decennies.

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.