Performance of Canada's Manufacturing Sector
Performance of Canada's Manufacturing Sector

Author: Po-Chih Lee

Publisher: Canadian Museum of Civilization/Musee Canadien Des Civilisations

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 80

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This study reviews the importance of the manufacturing sector to the Canadian economy. The first part analyzes the sector in seven sections, each of which outlines a different thread related to sectoral performance: the presence of manufacturing industries in the Canadian economy, labour productivity in Canada and in comparison with other countries, employment performance, destinations of manufacturing shipments, production costs, and capital investment by industrial group. The second & final part attempts to explain the similarities & differences found in the performance of individual industries described in part one. It reports on the use of advanced technologies, summarizes connectedness in manufacturing, discusses innovation and human capital issues, and notes major challenges faced by the sector.

Canadian Manufacturing Volume I
Canadian Manufacturing Volume I

Author: Zohar, Uri

Publisher: Lorimer

Published: 1982-01-01

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9780888625267

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What were the causes of the decline in productivity in Canadian manufacturing in the post-World War Two period, and how could it best be addressed? Professor Zohar's analysis examines the productivity of labour and capital in nineteen industry groups--from food and beverage products to chemical industries--that constituted the contemporary Canadian manufacturing sector. He quantifies various factors contributing to productivity and compares each industry group against an average benchmark for the entire sector. The results inform his discussion of industrial strategy. Canadian Manufacturing is a precise, analytical examination of important aspects of the Canadian economy at a crucial period in national development.

Innovation, Survival and Performance of Canadian Manufacturing Plants
Innovation, Survival and Performance of Canadian Manufacturing Plants

Author: John Russel Baldwin

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780662378570

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This paper examines the determinants of innovation and the role of innovation in productivity growth, shifts in market share, and survival in the Canadian manufacturing sector. It presents a model that examines the effect of innovation on plant performance and plant survival, using a unique data set that allows development of a detailed time profile of plant performance both before & after the introduction of an innovation. Both process innovation and product innovation are considered along with their linkages to labour productivity, survival rates, plant performance, and gain in market share. Relationships between innovation and research & development, technology competencies, and previous innovation & growth are also explored.

Canada's Manufacturing Sector
Canada's Manufacturing Sector

Author: Edward A. Carmichael

Publisher:

Published: 1978

Total Pages: 100

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From the Executive Summary: The purpose of this study is to measure and analyse the recent performance of Canadian manufacturing and to examine the extent to which the recent weakness of this key sector of the Canadian economy reflects cyclical factors in Canada and other industrialized countries as opposed to structural problems which are long-term in nature. The analysis proceeds first at an aggregate level in which the performance of the manufacturing sector as a whole is viewed relative to the performance of the overall economy. Then the manufacturing sector is divided into 32 separate industries in order to get a clearer view of Canada's areas of strength and weakness within manufacturing.

Innovation, Survival and Performance of Canadian Manufacturing Plants
Innovation, Survival and Performance of Canadian Manufacturing Plants

Author: John R. Baldwin

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

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This paper examines the determinants of innovation and the role of innovation in productivity growth, shifts in market share and survival in the Canadian manufacturing sector. The paper presents a model that examines the effect of innovation on plant performance and plant survival. It uses a unique data set that allows us to develop a detailed time profile of plant performance both before and after the introduction of an innovation. We find strong evidence that labour productivity growth is faster and survival rates higher after the introduction of a process innovation. Process innovation is also linked to gain in market shares through its effect on productivity growth. In contrast, product innovation appears to have little impact on plant performance and a negative impact on plant survival. We find that R&D, technology competencies and past innovation are linked to higher rates of innovation. Previous nnovation experience is linked to innovation but previous growth is not.

Manufacturing Performance
Manufacturing Performance

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Publisher:

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 0

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"This paper is designed to examine the past performance and potential of manufacturing within the Canadian economy, the manner in which governments have influenced industrial development, alternative policies which could be brought to bear to strengthen the capability of manufacturing and the economy. Specifically, this paper looks at the postwar record of production, employment and foreign trade in terms of their own evolution and in relation to the economy as a whole. It compares Canadian results with those of other industrialized countries"--Object, page 5.