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Insights on the Canadian Economy

The Insights on the Canadian Economy series, Catalogue No. 11-624-MIE contains short analytical articles providing statistical insights on emerging issues in the economy such as productivity, innovation, and technology use. These articles describe issues on a wide range of topics and the results examined by these research papers, including:

• the amount of dynamic competition taking place as a result of the entry of new firms and the exit of closed firms;
• the amount of merger activity taking place;
• the difference between multinationals and domestic firms;
• the productivity growth in Canada;
• the changes in the geographic location of industry;
• the problems in small-firm financing;
• the changing industrial structure of different regions;
• how the economy interacts with the environment (eco-effeciency);
• the changes in trade patterns;
• Canada/US price differences;
• the innovation process in Canada;
• the differences between small and large producers;
• the changing patterns of advanced technology use and its effect on firm performance; and
• the type of strategies that differentiate more-successful from others.

Productivity articles

Dachraoui, K., T.M. Harchaoui, and F. Tarkhani. 2003. Productivity and prosperity in the information age: a Canada-U.S. comparison. Insights on the Canadian economy. Catalogue No. 11-624-MIE2003002. Analytical Studies Branch. Ottawa: Statistics Canada.