Wulong Gu

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the linkages between export market participation and productivity performance in Canadian manufacturing plants and examine differ- ences in the relationship between exporting and productivity for foreign-controlled as opposed to domestic-controlled plants, and between younger and older plants.

TL;DR: This article examined how Canadian manufacturing plants have responded to reductions in tariff barriers between Canada and the rest of the world over the past two decades and identified the presence of three main mechanisms through which export-market participation raises productivity growth among plants: learning by exporting; exposure to international competition; and increases in product specialization that allowed for exploitation of scale economies.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the contribution of plant turnover to labour productivity growth in the manufacturing sector over the three periods and found that a disproportionately large fraction of the contribution to productivity growth was due to multi-plant or foreign-controlled firms closing down and opening up new plants.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the impact of investments in high-tech office and information technology capital on productivity growth across two-digit manufacturing industries from 1968 through 1986 They found that increases in hightech investments are negatively correlated to multi-factor productivity growth and did find some evidence that industries with a higher proportion of hightech capital had higher measures of economic performance.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the impact of ICT and organizational changes on the performance of Canadian firms and found that firms that combine ICT with organizational changes have a high incidence of productivity improvement as well as high rates of innovation.