Download or read book Impact of the Adoption of Advanced Information and Communication Technologies on Firm Performance in the Canadian Manufacturing Sector electronic Resource written by Baldwin, John R. (John Russel) and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Impact of the Adoption of Advanced Information and Communication Technologies on Firm Performance in the Canadian Manufacturing Sector written by Baldwin, John R. (John Russel) and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Impact of the Adoption of Advanced Information and Communication Technologies on Firm Performance in the Canadian Manufacturing Sector written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Impact of Advanced Technology Use on Firm Performance in the Canadian Food Processing Sector written by John R. Baldwin and published by Statistics Canada. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Information and Communication Technology and Small and Medium Sized Enterprises written by Diane Poulin and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The arrival of Information and Communication Technology may play a role in restoring competitiveness, since these technologies are also a factor in relaxing the constraints specific to SMEs. ICT makes a number of services possible in a large range of processes and transactions within and between companies. Internally, ICT applications can improve knowledge and information management practices; they can also allow more rapid and more reliable transactions between businesses (B2B) and between businesses and consumers (B2C). They are equally quite effective in improving external business communications and service quality for both new and existing clients. They also appear to be a source of competitive advantage for SMEs under certain conditions. Few studies have focused on the ways that SMEs can use ICT to improve and defend their competitive positions. This book provides a synthesis of the advantages of ICT for SMEs. Seven chapter illustrate the technologies used in such companies. Each of these chapters provides a theoretical and/or practical view of the way that SMEs can use ICT. This book is an indispensable reference for both academics and for practitioners.
Download or read book The Effect of Organizational Innovation and Information Technology on Firm Performance electronic Resource written by Surendra Gera and published by Statistics Canada. This book was released on 2004 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper examines whether investment in information & communications technologies (ICT), combined with organizational changes & worker skills, contributes to better performance in Canadian firms. It first presents a review of the literature on the relationship between ICT, organizational changes, and firm performance. It then uses a comprehensive establishment-level micro data set, the Statistics Canada 1999 Workplace & Employee Survey, to empirically assess that relationship. It studies the interactions between ICT use, organizational changes in the areas of production practices, human resource management practices, and service- or product-related practices and human capital as drivers of better firm performance in the knowledge-based economy. The paper extends previous studies to include firms in both the manufacturing & service sectors.
Download or read book Services Industries and the Knowledge based Economy written by Canada. Industry Canada and published by University of Calgary Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Services industries account for almost three-quarters of both gross domestic product and employment in Canada, a trend that Canada shares with other G-7 countries. Furthermore, the services sector has been responsible for most of Canada's employment creation and much of its productivity growth over the past decade and the sector's importance to the Canadian economy continues to increase. Thirty renowned experts contribute to this volume, which is aimed at better understanding the dynamics of Canadian services industries and identifying the types of policies most likely to improve their innovation and productivity performance.
Download or read book Understanding Economic Growth A Macro level Industry level and Firm level Perspective written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2004-03-26 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a unique tool providing facts, figures and analysis of economic growth in OECD countries. The analysis focuses on the growth patterns of OECD countries during the last decade and identifies the fundamental drivers of growth.
Download or read book The Economic Impact of ICT Measurement Evidence and Implications written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2004-03-09 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report provides an overview of the economic impact of ICT on economic performance, and the ways through which it can be measured.
Download or read book Electronic Payment Systems for Competitive Advantage in E Commerce written by Liébana-Cabanillas, Francisco and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent innovations in the field of information technology and communications are radically changing the way international organizations conduct business. In this competitive environment, having the necessary tools to streamline business transactions and secure digital payments is crucial to business success. Electronic Payment Systems for Competitive Advantage in E-Commerce provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical findings on electronic payment systems in the digital marketplace. Focusing on the importance of e-commerce in business development, including the advantages and disadvantages of e-payments, this book is an essential resource for business professionals who want to improve their understanding of the strategic role of e-commerce in all dimensions, as well as for both researchers and students.
Download or read book The Fourth Industrial Revolution written by Klaus Schwab and published by Crown Currency. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World-renowned economist Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, explains that we have an opportunity to shape the fourth industrial revolution, which will fundamentally alter how we live and work. Schwab argues that this revolution is different in scale, scope and complexity from any that have come before. Characterized by a range of new technologies that are fusing the physical, digital and biological worlds, the developments are affecting all disciplines, economies, industries and governments, and even challenging ideas about what it means to be human. Artificial intelligence is already all around us, from supercomputers, drones and virtual assistants to 3D printing, DNA sequencing, smart thermostats, wearable sensors and microchips smaller than a grain of sand. But this is just the beginning: nanomaterials 200 times stronger than steel and a million times thinner than a strand of hair and the first transplant of a 3D printed liver are already in development. Imagine “smart factories” in which global systems of manufacturing are coordinated virtually, or implantable mobile phones made of biosynthetic materials. The fourth industrial revolution, says Schwab, is more significant, and its ramifications more profound, than in any prior period of human history. He outlines the key technologies driving this revolution and discusses the major impacts expected on government, business, civil society and individuals. Schwab also offers bold ideas on how to harness these changes and shape a better future—one in which technology empowers people rather than replaces them; progress serves society rather than disrupts it; and in which innovators respect moral and ethical boundaries rather than cross them. We all have the opportunity to contribute to developing new frameworks that advance progress.
Download or read book The Information Revolution and Its Implications for Canada written by Shirley Serafini and published by Communications Economics Branch. This book was released on 1981 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book New Trends in Technologies written by Zhichao Lian and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2010-11-02 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The grandest accomplishments of engineering took place in the twentieth century. The widespread development and distribution of electricity and clean water, automobiles and airplanes, radio and television, spacecraft and lasers, antibiotics and medical imaging, computers and the Internet are just some of the highlights from a century in which engineering revolutionized and improved virtually every aspect of human life. In this book, the authors provide a glimpse of new trends in technologies pertaining to devices, computers, communications and industrial systems.
Download or read book Canadian High tech in a New World Economy written by David W. Conklin and published by IRPP. This book was released on 1988 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A broad overview of Canadian high-tech activities that suggests insights concerning the direction and scope of such industries as well as public policy. Includes a study of Canada's competitiveness in the manufacturing sector, and the use and production of new technology; an examination of the characteristics of the information technology sector and the likely patterns of development and economic prospects, the role of multi-national corporations, and their corporate decision-making; government policies that may stimulate Canadian high technology and enhance competitiveness; a brief history of GATT tariff negotiations, subsidies and possible agreements to limit their use; the use of government procurement policies to assist domestic high-tech firms; regulation in the context of high-tech policies; the protection of intellectual property and education and research as the basis of a new high-tech strategy, particularly the Canadian record.
Download or read book The Impact of Information and Communication Technology Adoption on Multinational Firm Boundary Decisions written by Fariha Kamal and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper evaluates the effect of adopting internet-enabled information and communication technology (ICT) adoption on the decision to reorganize production across national borders (foreign boundary decision) by multinational enterprises (MNE). Using a transaction cost framework, we argue that ICT adoption influences foreign boundary decisions by lowering coordination costs both internally and externally for the firm. We propose that the heterogeneity in the technology's characteristics, namely complexity and the production processes' degree of codifiability, moderate this influence. Using a difference-in-differences methodology and exploiting the richness of confidential U.S. Census Bureau microdata, we find that overall ICT adoption is positively associated with greater likelihood of in-house production, as measured by increases in intra-firm trade shares. Furthermore, we find that more complex forms of ICT are associated with larger increases in intra-firm trade shares. Finally, our results indicate that MNEs in industries in which production specifications are more easily codified in an electronic format are less likely to engage in intra-firm relative to arms-length trade following ICT adoption.
Download or read book Impediments to Advanced Technology Adoption for Canadian Manufacturers electronic Resource written by Baldwin, John R. (John Russel) and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
