Productivity and innovation : a competitive and prosperous Canada : report of the Standing Committee on Industry

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• CHAIR'S FOREWORD = xi
• PREFACE = xiii
• COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS = xv
• INTRODUCTION = 1
• CHAPTER 1 : CANADIAN PRODUCTIVITY AND INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS = 7
• The Canadian Productivity Record = 7
• The G-7 Countries' Performance = 8
• The Canada-United States Productivity Gap = 11
• CHAPTER 2 : PRODUCTIVITY IN INDUSTRIALIZED ECONOMIES : WHAT HAPPENED POST-1973? = 17
• Capital Accumulation = 17
• Structural Shift from Manufacturing to Services = 19
• The Information and Communications Technologies-Productivity Paradox = 21
• CHAPTER 3 : PRODUCTIVITY IN CANADIAN MANUFACTURING : WHAT WENT WRONG? WHAT WENT RIGHT? = 25
• The Canada-United States Productivity Gap in Manufacturing = 25
• The Canada-United States Innovation Gap = 27
• Insufficient Capital Investment = 31
• Globalization, Foreign Direct Investment(FDI) and Free Trade = 32
• CHAPTER 4 : SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES = 35
• The Economic Contribution of SMEs in Canada = 35
• Productivity in Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturing Companies = 36
• Equity and Loan Capital Constraints = 39
• CHAPTER 5 : PRODUCTIVITY, COMPETITIVENESS AND PROSPERITY = 43
• Productivity-Competitiveness-Prosperity Linkages = 43
• Canadian Business Sector Competitiveness = 43
• The Floating Dollar and the "Complacent" Canadian Businesses Debate = 46
• The Canadian Standard of Living = 50
• Reconciling Productivity and Standard of Living Performances = 51
• Productivity : Master or Servant? Servant to What Master? = 53
• CHAPTER 6 : ECONOMIC FORCES DRIVING PRODUCTIVITY = 52
• Economic Processes and Strategies = 57
• Natural Resource Exploration and Development = 58
• International Trade and Interprovincial Commerce = 59
• Domestic and Foreign Direct Investment and Capital Accumulation = 61
• Organizational Capabilities and Business Strategies = 64
• Regulation and Competition Policy Frameworks = 67
• CHAPTER 7 : INNOVATION, INNOVATION SYSTEMS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY = 69
• Product and Process Innovation = 69
• National Innovation Systems = 72
• An R&D Strategy for a Knowledge-based Economy = 76
• Intellectual Property Protection = 78
• CHAPTER 8 : HUMAN CAPITAL = 81
• Education. Skills Training and Lifelong Learning = 81
• Brain Drain = 84
• Management-Labour Relations and Workplace Rules = 86
• CHAPTER 9 : MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND TAXATION = 87
• Macroeconomic Conditions = 87
• The Federal Tax Structure = 89
• Corporate Taxation = 91
• Personal Taxation = 93
• Capital Gains Taxation = 94
• CHAPTER 10 : ECO-EFFICIENCY AND THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY = 97
• The Economy-Environment Nexus = 97
• The Static Economic-Environmental Tradeoff Paradigm = 98
• The Dynamic Economic-Environmental Complementarity Paradigm = 99
• Institutional Management of Economic and Environmental Challenges = 101
• CHAPTER 11 : THE AGRICULTURE AND THE AGRI-FOOD AND BEVERAGE PROCESSING SECTORS = 107
• Economic Contribution and Industry Structure = 107
• Productivity and Competitiveness = 107
• Industry Outlook and Policy Issues = 109
• CHAPTER 12 : THE FOREST PRODUCTS SECTOR = 111
• Economic Contribution and Industry Structure = 111
• Productivity and Competitiveness = 111
• Industry Outlook and Policy Issues = 113
• CHAPTER 13 : THE MINERAL AND METAL PRODUCTS SECTOR = 117
• Economic Contribution and Industry Structure = 117
• Productivity and Competitiveness = 117
• Industry Outlook and Policy Issues = 119
• CHAPTER 14 : THE OIL AND GAS SECTOR = 121
• Economic Contribution and Industry Structure = 121
• Productivity and Competitiveness = 121
• Industry Outlook and Policy Issues = 123
• CHAPTER 15 : THE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS SECTOR = 125
• Economic Contribution and Industry Structure = 125
• Productivity and Competitiveness = 125
• Industry Outlook and Policy Issues = 128
• CHAPTER 16 : THE SHIPBUILDING SECTOR = 131
• Economic Contribution and Industry Structure = 131
• Productivity and Competitiveness = 132
• Industry Outlook and Policy Issues = 133
• CHAPTER 17 : THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR = 135
• Economic Contribution and Industry Structure = 135
• Productivity and Competitiveness = 135
• Industry Outlook and Policy Issues = 137
• CHAPTER 18 : THE AEROSPACE SECTOR = 141
• Economic Contribution and Industry Structure = 141
• Productivity and Competitiveness = 141
• Industry Outlook and Policy Issues = 142
• CHAPTER 19 : THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES SECTOR = 145
• Economic Contribution and Industry Structure = 145
• Productivity and Competitiveness = 146
• Industry Outlook and Policy Issues = 147
• CHAPTER 20 : THE BIOTECHNOLOGY SECTOR = 151
• Economic Contribution and Industry Structure = 151
• Productivity and Competitiveness = 151
• Industry Outlook and Policy Issues = 153
• CONCLUSION = 155
• REQUEST FOR GOVERNMENT RESPONSE = 157
• DISSENTING OPINION : CANADIAN ALLIANCE = 159
• DISSENTING OPINION : BLOC QU$$E'$$B$$E'$$COIS = 163
• DISSENTING OPINION : NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY = 167
• APPENDIX 1 : PRODUCTIVITY DEFINITIONS AND MEASUREMENT = 169
• APPENDIX 2 : LIST OF WITNESSES = 173
• APPENDIX 3 : LIST OF SUBMISSIONS = 179
• MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS = 181