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Grupo de Trabajo sobre la Relación
entre Comercio e InversionesOriginal:  inglés
COMUNICACIÓN DEL CANADÁ
Se ha recibido de la Misión Permanente del Canadá la siguiente comunicación, de fecha 7 de
marzo de 2001.
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Programa de investigación de Industry Canada sobre la inversión extranjera directa
1. A través de su Programa de Investigación en Microeconomía, Industry Canada ha estado en la
vanguardia de los trabajos encaminados a aumentar la comprensión de la naturaleza y los efectos de lainversión extranjera directa, tanto la realizada por empresas extranjeras en el Canadá como la
efectuada por empresas canadienses en otros países.
2. Los resultados de estas investigaciones se han plasmado en varios volúmenes de la serie
Industry Canada Research Series , así como en varios documentos de trabajo o de debate, o de
carácter ocasional.
3. Se adjunta una lista de estos documentos, a los que se puede tener acceso a través de la página
Web de Industry Canada Strategis, http://strategis.ic.gc.ca.
4. Si bien este programa de investigación se ha llevado a cabo en el contexto de la experiencia
económica del Canadá, los resultados de los trabajos revisten un interés más general en lo que se
refiere a la labor analítica y educativa del Grupo de Trabajo sobre la Relación entre Comercio eInversiones.
5. Los resultados de este Programa de Investigación se presentan a los Miembros sin perjuicio
de cualquier futura posición de política que pueda adoptar el Canadá con respecto al programa de la
OMC en materia de inversiones.WT/WGTI/W/98
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Industry Canada, Sección de análisis de políticas microeconómicas
Investigación
Vol. I - Foreign Investment, Technology and Economic Growth  (Editor:  D. McFetridge), University
of Calgary Press, 1991
Vol. II - Corporate Globalization Through Mergers and Acquisitions  ( E d i t o r :   L .  W a v e r m a n ) ,
University of Calgary Press, 1991
Vol. III - Multinationals in North America  (Editor:  L. Eden), University of Calgary Press, 1994
Vol. IV - Canadian-Based Multinationals  (Editor:  S. Globerman), University of Calgary Press, 1994
Vol. V - Corporate Decision-Making in Canada  (Editores:  Ronald J. Daniels y Randall Morck),
University of Calgary Press, 1995
Vol. VI - The Implications of Knowledge-Based  Growth for Micro-Economic Policies  (Editor:  Peter
Howitt), University of Calgary Press, 1996
Vol. VII - The Asia Pacific Region in the Global Economy:  A Canadian Perspective  (Editor:  Richard
G. Harris), University of Calgary Press, 1997
Vol. VIII - Financing Growth in Canada  (Editor:  Paul Halpern), University of Calgary Press, 1997
Vol. IX - Competition Policy and Intellectual Property Rights in the Knowledge-Based Economy
(Editores:  Robert D. Anderson y Nancy T. Gallini), University of Calgary Press, 1998
Infrastructure and Competitiveness  (Editores:  Jack Mintz y Ross Preston), Industry Canada and the
John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy, Queens University, 1993
Capital Budgeting in the Public Sector  (Editores:  Jack Mintz y Ross Preston), Investment Canada
and the John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy, Queens University, 1993
Getting the Green Light:  Environmen tal Regulation and Investment in Canada (Jamie Benidickson,
G. Bruce Doern and Nancy Olewiler), Industry Ca nada and the C. D. Howe Institute, 1994
Documentos de trabajo
Nº 1 - Economic Integration in North America:  Trends in Foreign Direct Investment and the
Top 1,000 Firms por John Knubley, Marc Legault Someshwar Rao y otros investigadores de Industry
Canada Micro-Economic Policy Analysis, enero de 1994
Nº 2 - Canadian-Based Multinationals:  An Analys is of Activities and Performance,
elaborado por Someshwar Rao, Marc Legault, Ashfaq Ahmad y otros investigadores de Industry
Canada Micro-Economic Policy Analysis, julio de 1994
Nº 3 - International R&D Spillovers Between Industries in Canada and the United States , elaborado
por Jeffrey I. Bernstein, Carleton University y el National Bureau of Economic Research, bajo
contrato con Industry Canada, septiembre de 1994
Nº 4 - The Economic Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on Corporations , elaborado por Gilles
Mcdougall, Micro-Economic Policy Analysis, Industry Canada, febrero de 1995WT/WGTI/W/98
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Nº 5 - Steppin' Out:  An Analysis of Recent University Graduates into the Labour Market , elaborado
por Ross Finnie, School of Public Administration, Carleton University and Statistics Canada, mayo
de 1995
Nº 6 - Measuring the Compliance Cost of Tax Expenditu res:  The Case of Research and Development
Incentives  por Sally Gunz, University of Waterloo, Alan Macnaughton, University of Waterloo, y
Karen Wensley, Ernst & Young, Toronto, enero de 1996
Nº 7 - Governance Structure, Corporate Decision-Maki ng and Firm Performance in North America
por P. Someshwar Rao y Clifton R. Lee-Sing, Micr o-Economic Policy Analysis, Strategic Investment
Analysis, Industry Canada, marzo de 1996
Nº 8 - Foreign Direct Investment and APEC Economic Integration  por Ashfaq Ahmad, P. Someshwar
Rao y Colleen Barnes, Micro-Economic Policy Analysis, Industry Canada, febrero de 1996
Nº 9 - World Mandate Strategies for Canadian Subsidiaries  por Julian Birkinshaw, Institute of
International Business, Stockholm School of Economics, marzo de 1996
Nº 10 - R&D and Productivity Growth in Canadian Communications Equipment and Manufacturing
por Jeffrey I. Bernstein, Carleton University y el National Bureau of Economic Research, junio
de 1996
Nº 11- Long-Run Perspective on Canad ian Regional Convergence  por Serge Coulombe, Department
of Economics, University of Ottawa, y Fr ank C. Lee, Industry Canada, mayo de 1996
Nº 13 - The Development of Strategic Alliances in Canadian Industries:  A Micro Analysis  por Sunder
Magun, Applied International Economics, octubre de 1996
Nº 14 - Employment Performance in the Knowledge-Based Economy  por Surendra Gera, Industry
Canada, y Philippe Massé, Human Resources Development Canada, diciembre de 1996
Nº 15 - The Knowledge-Based Economy:  Shifts in Industrial Output  por Surendra Gera, Industry
Canada y Kurt Mang, Department  of Finance, enero de 1997
Nº 16 - Business Strategies of SMEs and Large Firms in Canada  por Gilles McDougall y David
Swimmer, Micro-Economic Policy Analysis, Industry Canada, 1997
Nº 17 - Impact of China's Trade and Foreign In vestment Reforms on the World Economy  por Winnie
Lam, Micro-Economic Policy Analysis, Industry Canada, 1997
Nº 18 - Regional Disparities in Canada:  Characterization, Trends and Lessons for Economic Policy
por Serge Coulombe, Department of Economics, University of Ottawa, 1997
Nº 19 - Inter-Industry and U.S. R&D Spillovers, Canadian Industrial Production and Productivity
Growth  por Jeffrey I. Bernstein, Carleton University y National Bureau of Economic Research, 1998
Nº 20 - Information Technology and Labour Productivity Growth:  An Empirica l Analysis for Canada
and the United States  por Surendra Gera, Wulong Gu y Frank C. Lee, Micro-Economic Policy
Analysis, Industry Canada, 1998
Nº 21 - Capital-Embodied Technical Change and the Productivity Growth Slowdown in Canada  por
Surendra Gera, Wulong Gu y Frank C. Lee, Mi cro-Economic Policy Analysis, Industry Canada, 1998WT/WGTI/W/98
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Nº 23 - Restructuring in Canadian Industries:  A Micro Analysis  por Sunder Magun, Applied
International Economics, 1998
Nº 24 - Canadian Government Policies Toward In ward Foreign Direct Investment por Steven
Globerman, Simon Fraser University y Western Was hington University, y Daniel Shapiro, Simon
Fraser University, 1998
Nº 25 - A Structuralist Assessment of Technology Policies - Taking Schumpeter Seriously on Policy
por Richard G. Lipsey y Kenneth Carlaw, Simon Fraser University, bajo contrato con Industry
Canada, 1998
Nº 26 - Intrafirm Trade of Canadian-based  Foreign Transnational Companies  por Richard A.
Cameron, Industry Canada, 1998
Nº 27 - Recent Jumps in Patenting Activities:  Comparative Innovative Performance of Major
Industrial Countries, Patterns and Explanations  por Mohammed Rafiquzzaman y Lori Whewell,
Industry Canada, 1998
Nº 28 - Technology and the Demand for Skills:  An Industry-Level Analysis  por Surendra Gera y
Wulong Gu, Industry Canada, y Zh engxi Lin, Statistics Canada, 1999
Nº 30 - Foreign Direct Investment and Productivity Gr owth:  The Canadian Host-Country Experience
por Surendra Gera, Wulong Gu y Frank C. Lee, Industry Canada, 1999
Nº 31 - Are Canadian-Controlled Manufacturing Firms Less Productive than their Foreign-
Controlled Counterparts?  por Someshwar Rao y Jianmin Tang, Industry Canada, 2000
Nº 32 - The Canada-U.S. Productivity Growth Paradox  por Serge Coulombe, University of
Ottawa, 2000
Documentos ocasionales
Nº 1 volumen 1 - Formal and Informal Investm ent Barriers in the G-7 Countries:  The Country
Chapters
Nº 1 volumen 2 - Summary and Conclusions  por investigadores de Industry Canada Micro-Economic
Policy Analysis, mayo de 1994
Nº 2 - Business Development Initiatives of Multinational Subsidiaries in Canada por Julian
Birkinshaw, University of Western Ontario, bajo contrato con Industry Canada, mayo de 1995
Nº 3 - The Role of R&D Consortia in Technology Development  por Vinod Kumar, Research Centre
for Technology Management, Carleton University, y Sunder Magun, Centre for Trade Policy and
Law, University of Ottawa y Carleton University, bajo contrato con Industry Canada, febrero de 1995
Nº 4 - Gender Tracking in University Programs  por Sid Gilbert, University of Guelph y Alan
Pomfret, King's College, University of Western Ontario, bajo contrato con Industry Canada, marzo
de 1995
Nº 5 - Competitiveness:  Concepts and Measures  por Donald G. McFetridge, Department of
Economics, Carleton University, bajo contrato con Industry Canada, abril de 1995WT/WGTI/W/98
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Nº 6 - Institutional Aspects of R&D Incentives:  The Scientific Research and Experimental
Development Tax Credit  por G. Bruce Doern, School of Publ ic Administration, Carleton University,
bajo contrato con Industry Canada, abril de 1995
Nº 7 - Competition Policy as a Dimension of Econom ic Policy:  A Comparative Perspective,
elaborado por Robert D. Anderson y S. Dev Khosla, Industry Canada, mayo de 1995
Nº 8 - Mechanisms and Practices for the Assessment of the Social and Cultural Implications of
Science and Technology  por Liora Salter, Professor Osgoode Hall Law School, bajo contrato con
Industry Canada, julio de 1995
Nº 9 - Science and Technology:  Perspectives for Public Policy  por Donald G. McFetridge, Professor
Carleton University, bajo contrato con Industry Canada como parte de la Science and Technology
Review, julio de 1995
Nº 10 - Endogenous Innovation and Growth:  Implications for Canada  por Pierre Fortin y Elhanan
Helpman Université du Québec à Montréal y Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, y Tel Aviv
University y Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, respectivamente, bajo contrato con Industry
Canada como parte de la Science and Technology Review, agosto de 1995
Nº 11 - The University-Industry Relationship in Science and Technology  por Jérôme Doutriaux y
Margaret Barker, University of Ottawa y Meg Barker, bajo contrato con Industry Canada como partede la Science and Technology Review, agosto de 1995
Nº 12 - The Technology and the Economy:  A Review of some Critical Relationship por Michael
Gibbons, University of Sussex, bajo contrato con Industry Canada como parte de la Science &
Technology Review, diciembre de 1995
Nº 13 - Management Skills Development in Canada  por Keith Newton, Indus try Canada, diciembre
de 1995
Nº 14 - The Human Factor in Firms' Performance:  Management Strategies for Productivity and
Competitiveness in the Knowledge-Based Economy  por Keith Newton, Industry Canada, noviembre
de 1996
Nº 15 - Payroll Taxation and Employment:  A Literature Survey  por Joni Baran, Industry Canada,
diciembre de 1996
Nº 16 - Sustainable Development:  Concepts, Measur es, Market and Policy Failures at the Open
Economy, Industry and Firm Levels  por Philippe Crabbé, Institute for Research on Environment and
Economy, University of Ottawa, 1997
Nº 17 - Measuring Sustainable Development:  A Review of Current Practice  por Peter Hardi, Stephan
Barg, y Tony Hodge, International Institute for Sustainable Development, 1997
Nº 18 - Reducing Regulatory Barriers to Trade:  Lessons for Canada from the European Experience
por Ramesh Chaitoo y Michael Hart, Center for Trade Policy and Law, Carleton University, 1997
Nº 19 - Analysis of International Trade Dispute Settlement Mechanisms and Implications for
Canada's Agreement on Internal Trade  por E. Wayne Clendenning y Robert J. Clendenning, E.
Wayne Clendenning & Associates Inc., 1997WT/WGTI/W/98
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Nº 20 - Aboriginal Businesses:  Characteristics and Strategies for Growth  por David Caldwell y
Pamela Hunt, Management Consulting Centre, Industry Canada, bajo contrato con Aboriginal
Business Canada, 1998
Nº 21 - University Research and the Commercialization of Intellectual Property in Canada  por
Wulong Gu y Lori Whewell, Industry Canada, 1999
Nº 22 - A Regional Perspective on the Canada-U.S. Standard of Living Comparison por Raynald
Létourneau y Martine Lajoie, Industry Canada, febrero de 2000
Nº 23 - Linkages Between Technological Change and Productivity Growth  por Steven Globerman,
Western Washington University, mayo de 2000
Nº 24 - Investment and Productivity Growth:  A Survey From the Neoclassical and New Growth
Perspectives  por Kevin J. Stiroh, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, junio de 2000
Documentos de debate
Nº 1- Multinationals as Agents of Change:  Setting A New Canadian Policy on Foreign Direct
Investment  por Lorraine Eden, Carleton University, noviembre de 1994
Nº 2 - Technological Change and International Economic Institutions  por Sylvia Ostry, Centre for
International Studies, University of Toronto, diciembre de 1995
Nº 3 - Canadian Corporate Governance Policy Options  p o r  R o n a l d  J .  D a n i e l s ,  F a c u l t y  o f  L a w ,
University of Toronto y Randall Morck, Faculty of  Business, University of Alberta, marzo de 1996
Nº 4 - Foreign Direct Investment and Market Framework Policies:  Reducing Frictions in APEC
Policies on Competition and Intellectual Property por Ronald Hirshhorn, octubre de 1996
Nº 5 - Industry Canada's Foreign Investment Research:  Messages and Policy Implications  por
Ronald Hirshhorn, octubre de 1997
Nº 6 - International Market Contestability and the New Issues at the World Trade Organization  por
Edward M. Graham, Institute for International Economics, Washington (DC), febrero de 1998
Nº 7 - Implications of Foreign Ownership Restrict ions for the Canadian Economy - A Sectoral
Analysis  por Steven Globerman, Western Was hington University, abril de 1999
Nº 8 - Determinants of Canadian Productivity Growth:  Issues and Prospects  por Richard G. Harris,
Simon Fraser University y Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, diciembre de 1999
Nº 9 - Is Canada Missing the "Technology Boat"? Evidence from Patent Data  por Manuel
Trajtenberg, Tel-Aviv University, National Bureau  of Economic Research y Canadian Institute for
Advanced Research, enero de 2000
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