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The role of scale in Canada/U.S. productivity differences in the manufacturing sector, 1970-1979
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ISBN: 0802072461 9780802072467 Year: 1986 Volume: 6 Publisher: Toronto: University of Toronto press,

On concepts and measures of multifactor productivity in Canada, 1961-1980
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ISBN: 0521365368 052102434X 0511528450 9780521365369 9780511528453 9780521024341 Year: 1991 Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge university press,

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This book presents new estimates of the sources of economic growth in Canada. The experimental measures account for the reproducibility of capital inputs in an input-output framework and show that advances in technology are more important for economic growth than previously estimated. Traditional measures of multifactor productivity advance are also presented. Extensive comparisons relate the two approaches to each change and labour productivity. The book will be of interest to macroeconomists studying economic growth, capital accumulation, technical advance, growth accounting, and input-output analysis.


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The Way Ahead : Meeting Canada's Productivity Challenge
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ISBN: 0776606697 9786613667601 0776617699 1280690666 0776627171 9780776617695 9781280690662 9780776618074 Year: 2008 Publisher: Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa Press

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Canada is a prosperous country, but this prosperity is being stressed by demographics, pressures on the public purse, and low productivity growth. To maintain the nation's high quality of life, prosperity must increase while remaining sustainable. Combining Tom Brzustowski's extensive knowledge of government, industry, and academia, "The Way Ahead", articulates a strategy for moving the Canadian economy towards higher-value products based on research and development, describing the practical steps government, industry and academia must take to improve things in the short term and prepare strategically for the long term. He recommends increasing productivity growth by embracing an economy based on innovation, prioritizing research and development, marketing Canadian products internationally, and encouraging entrepreneurial activities in all sectors. Ultimately, increasing prosperity will require a new level of understanding, strategic coherence, and mutual support between the private and public sectors in Canada, a challenge that the author feels Canada is prepared to and absolutely must face.

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