THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF MANUFACTURING IN CANADA: AFFECTIVE FACTORS AND LESSONS
作者单位：Operations Management Area Haskayne School of Business University of Calgary Calgary Alberta T2N 1N4 CANADA Operations Management Area Haskayne School of Business University of Calgary Calgary Alberta T2N 1N4 CANADA Operations Management Area Haskayne School of Business University of Calgary Calgary Alberta T2N 1N4 CANADA
会议名称：《The 11th Annual Conference of Asia Pacific Decision Sciences Institute》
会议日期：2006年
学科分类：0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 020205[经济学-产业经济学]
摘 要：正While many books and papers discuss the development of manufacturing from an American perspective, little discussion exists from a Canadian perspective. This paper examines the factors that influenced developments in industry and manufacturing in Canada from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. It also discusses the lessons that may be learnt from examining the approaches of Canadian manufacturers. Although Canada’s abundance of natural resources led to the development of primary industries in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the manufacturing industry was not significant until the early nineteenth century. Of these, four representative manufacturing industries are discussed to illustrate the overall trend in the chronological evolution of Canadian manufacturing in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The role and impact of factors such as transportation, electricity, and foreign investment, particularly by U.S. entrepreneurs, is reviewed to understand their impact on manufacturing as it has evolved to the present. Porter’s 1991 study and its follow up about Canadian competitiveness are also analysed. Finally the lessons that other countries may learn from the Canadian experience are also discussed.