Government of Canada

About: Government of Canada is a government organization based out in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Monetary policy & Debt. The organization has 796 authors who have published 886 publications receiving 21366 citations. The organization is also known as: federal government of Canada & Her Majesty's Government.

Financing new venture exporters

Abstract: This paper investigates the demand for, and access to, financing for young small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The work compares, theoretically and empirically, two sets of new firms—those that export and those that do not export—as to the frequency with which they seek and obtain external financing. The work hypothesizes that new growth firms and new exporter firms are especially likely to seek external financing yet less likely to obtain financing. Empirical findings confirm these expectations, demonstrating that young growth firms were more likely than non-growth firms to seek all forms of capital and exporters were particularly likely to apply for equity and trade credit. Commercial lenders were less likely to approve loan applications from early stage growth firms, and especially so for applications from young, growth-oriented SME exporters. The implications of these results for research and public policy are discussed.

A Strategy for Tourism and Sustainable Developments

Abstract: (1990). A Strategy for Tourism and Sustainable Developments. World Leisure & Recreation: Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 12-18.

The effect of organizational innovation and information technology on firm performance

Abstract: This paper examines the issue of whether investment in information and communication technologies (ICT), combined with organizational changes and worker skills contribute to better performance in Canadian firms. We find that Canadian firms have actively engaged in organizational changes in the areas of production and efficiency practices, human resource management (HRM) practices, and product/service quality-related practices. These ractices along with ICT use are found to be related to better firm performance. We find that while ICT is productive on its own, it is more productive in firms that combine high levels of ICT with high levels of organizational change. The firms that combine ICT with organizational changes have a high incidence of productivity improvement as well as high rates of innovation. These findings suggest that to be successful, firms typically need to adopt ICT as part of a “system” or “cluster” of mutually-reinforcing organizational approaches. We also find that ICT and human capital are complements in the services sector. The firms that combine high levels of ICT and high levels of worker skills have better firm performance.

Tax Reforms, Debt Shifting and Tax Revenues: Multinational Corporations in Canada

Abstract: An analysis of Canadiancorporate income tax revenues during the 1984–94 periodshows a relative shifting of tax revenue shares between Canadianand foreign-controlled corporations, and a substantial changein the debt levels of foreign-controlled corporations, as wellas Canadian-based multinationals. We claim that these changesmay have been associated with the tax reforms undertaken by theUnited States and Canada in the mid-1980s resulting in the relativechange in the tax rates between the two countries. We also hypothesizethat if this difference persists and in Canadian-controlled corporationscontinue to aggressively expand abroad, the Canadian corporatetax base could experience further pressure.