--- canonical_url: "https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-26/improving-canadas-productivity-performance-the-potential-contribution-of-firm-level-productivity-research/" title: "Improving Canada’s Productivity Performance: The Potential Contribution of Firm-level Productivity Research" author: name: "CSLS" url: "https://csls.ca/author/cslc/" date_published: "2026-07-13T07:37:52+00:00" date_modified: "2026-07-13T07:37:52+00:00" post_type: "ipm" summary: "" ipm_issue_period: - "Fall 2013" ipm_keyword: - "Canada" - "CDER" - "firm size" - "firm-level productivity" - "innovation" - "management" - "micro-data" - "research network" - "SSHRC" ipm_research_theme: - "Sectoral and firm-level dynamics" ipm_country_focus: - "Canada" featured_image: "https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IPM_50_banner.webp" status: "publish" --- # Improving Canada’s Productivity Performance: The Potential Contribution of Firm-level Productivity Research Canonical URL: https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-26/improving-canadas-productivity-performance-the-potential-contribution-of-firm-level-productivity-research/ # Improving Canada’s Productivity Performance: The Potential Contribution of Firm-level Productivity Research [Download full PDF article](https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IPM-Issue-26-5-Drummond-Ryan-Veall.pdf) Cite this article × Cite this article as: Drummond, Don, Annette Ryan, and Michael Veall. 2013. “Improving Canada’s Productivity Performance: The Potential Contribution of Firm-level Productivity Research.” International Productivity Monitor, No. 26 (Fall 2013): 86–93. https://www.csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-26/improving-canadas-productivity-performance-the-potential-contribution-of-firm-level-productivity-research/ ## Authors: - Don Drummond Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - Annette Ryan Employment and Social Development Canada - Michael Veall McMaster University ## IPM Issue 26 Fall 2013 pp. 86–93 ## Related IPM articles [The Relationship between Efficiencies Defenses for Mergers and TFP Growth Robin Shaban Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 82–102](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/the-relationship-between-efficiencies-defenses-for-mergers-and-tfp-growth/) [Appendix: Variable Definitions and Country/Sector Coverage for Regulatory Reform Analysis Gilbert Cette, Jimmy Lopez, Giuseppe Nicoletti, Océane Vernerey Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 1–18](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/appendix-variable-definitions-and-country-sector-coverage-for-regulatory-reform-analysis/) [The Potential Impact of Pro-competitive Regulatory Reforms on Productivity and Growth in Canada Gilbert Cette, Jimmy Lopez, Giuseppe Nicoletti, Océane Vernerey Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 3–40](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/the-potential-impact-of-pro-competitive-regulatory-reforms-on-productivity-and-growth-in-canada/) [IPM Issue 49 Editors’ Overview Andrew Sharpe, Bart van Ark, Paul Schreyer Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 1–2](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/) [Opportunities and Risks of Artificial Intelligence for Productivity Francesco Filippucci, Peter Gal, Katharina Laengle, Matthias Schief, Filiz Unsal Spring 2025 | IPM Issue 48 | pp. 1–26](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-48/opportunities-and-risks-of-artificial-intelligence-for-productivity/) [How Does Industrial Policy Impact Output, Hours and Productivity? 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Canadian and international studies have suggested this may be partly due to firm-level determinants. A chance to study this hypothesis has arisen from the improved availability of firm-level data through the Canadian Centre for Data Development and Economic Research. We argue that this creates an important opportunity for researchers and describe one attempt to capitalize on it by developing a research network. D RUMMOND (2011) HAS POINTED OUT that La récente croissance de la productivité du Canada a été faible selon les normes historiques et internationales. Des études canadiennes et internationales ont suggéré que cela pourrait être en partie dû à des déterminants au niveau des entreprises. Une occasion d’étudier cette hypothèse a émergé grâce à la disponibilité améliorée des données au niveau des entreprises par le Centre canadien de données pour la recherche en sciences économiques. Nous soutenons que cela crée une opportunité importante pour les chercheurs et décrivons une tentative d’en tirer parti en développant un réseau de recherche. [Download full PDF](https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IPM-Issue-26-5-Drummond-Ryan-Veall.pdf)