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Determinants of Innovative Activity in Canadian Manufacturing Firms

In: Innovation and Firm Performance

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  • John Baldwin

    (Micro-Economics Analysis Division of Statistics Canada)

  • Petr Hanel

    (Üniversite de Sherbrooke)

  • David Sabourin

    (Statistics Canada)

Abstract

The topic of innovation has garnered the interest of a select group of economists from Schumpeter (1939) to Nelson and Winter (1982), who have stressed that it is the key to economic growth. However, until the advent of panel data sets, there was little empirical evidence to link the innovative stance of firms and their performance. Recent work that links dynamic panel datasets on the performance of firms, and special surveys on the strategies that are being pursued by firms, has demonstrated the importance of innovation to the growth of firms. Baldwin et al. (1994) demonstrate that in small and medium-sized Canadian firms, a measure of success that is based on growth, profitability and productivity is related strongly to the emphasis that firms place on innovation. Baldwin and Johnson (1999) use a sample of entrants to show that growth in new firms depends upon whether the firm innovates. Crépon et al. (1998) find that innovation in French firms increases productivity.

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  • John Baldwin & Petr Hanel & David Sabourin, 2002. "Determinants of Innovative Activity in Canadian Manufacturing Firms," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Alfred Kleinknecht & Pierre Mohnen (ed.), Innovation and Firm Performance, chapter 5, pages 86-111, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-59588-0_5
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230595880_5
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    1. Baldwin, John R., 2004. "Productivité : l'évolution du programme de Statistique Canada," Analyse économique : documents sur la méthodologie - Comptes nationaux 2004002f, Statistics Canada, Division de l'analyse économique.
    2. Wittkopp, Antje, 2002. "Marktstruktur, Innovationsaktivität und Profitabilität der deutschen Ernährungswirtschaft: Das Beispiel Functional Food," FE Working Papers 0205, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Department of Food Economics and Consumption Studies.
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    11. Lee, Cassey, 2004. "The Determinants of Innovation in the Malaysian Manufacturing Sector: An Econometric Analysis at the Firm Level," Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC) Working papers 30670, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM).
    12. Andreas Ziegler, 2008. "Disentangling Specific Subsets of Innovations : A Micro-Econometric Analysis of their Determinants," CER-ETH Economics working paper series 08/100, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research (CER-ETH) at ETH Zurich.
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    14. Juan Mañez & María Rochina-Barrachina & Amparo Sanchis & Juan Sanchis, 2013. "Do process innovations boost SMEs productivity growth?," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 44(3), pages 1373-1405, June.
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