Dans ce document, on etudie l'evolution de la structure industrielle du secteur canadien de la transformation des aliments et le lien entre cette evolution et le changement technologique. On utilise egalement les donnees d'une enquete speciale menee en 1998 sur l'utilisation de la technologie de...

Estimates of GDP are sensitive to whether a business expenditure is treated as an investment or an intermediate input. Shifting an expenditure category from intermediate expenditures to investment expenditures increases GDP. While the international guide to measurement (the SNA (93)) recognizes...

La presente etude traite des facteurs qui influent sur la decision de l'entreprise de former le personnel a la lumiere des donnees de plusieurs enquetes recentes de Statistique Canada, qui portaient sur l'utilisation des technologies de pointe dans les entreprises de fabrication canadiennes....

This paper examines how several factors contribute to innovative activity in the Canadian manufacturing sector. First, it investigates the extent to which intellectual property right protection stimulates innovation. Second, it examines the contribution that R&D makes to innovation. Third, it...

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 aggregates as is often done, we concentrate our attention on...

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 presents estimates of intangible investment in Canada for the purpose of innovation, advertising and resource extraction. It first expands upon work by Beckstead and Gellatly (2003), Baldwin and Hanel (2003), Beckstead and Gellatly (2003), Beckstead and Vinodrai (2003) and Baldwin and...

Le present document fournit des estimations de l'investissement en actifs incorporels au Canada dans les domaines de l'innovation, de la publicite et de l'extraction de ressources naturelles. Il prolonge avant tout les travaux de Beckstead et Gellatly (2003), Baldwin et Hanel (2003), Beckstead...

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.

Le present document resume les resultats de plusieurs etudes de recherche menees par la Division de l'analyse microeconomique de Statistique Canada qui portent sur les repercussions de l'utilisation de technologies de pointe sur le rendement des entreprises. Ces etudes s'appuient a la fois sur...