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Research study on the impact of telecommunications on regional development, focusing on Atlantic Canada. A profile of the Atlantic economyand telecommunications sector, the theoretical framework and case studies oftelecommunications use at Fishery Products International of Newfoundland, Process Technology Ltd. in New Brunwick, Evans, Yeatman and Endal(Associates) Ltd. in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, and the education sector.
The service sector is steadily growing as services that previously were undertaken within the family unit, now show up in social accounts as health care, education and public sector services. Technological changes make possible a process of intermediation in service activities, a separation in space or time of the recipient of services from the original producer, and the increase of v̀€alue-added' services. This conference met to discuss implications of the growing service sector, with the larger goal of identifying frameworks for policies to support an efficient and expanding system for production and exchange of services domestically and internationally.
From the back cover: This book is about the challenge and the opportunity Japan offers to Canadian financial institutions. Canadian banks will have to move beyond their traditional commercial banking activities, where Japanese financial institutions have a well-established edge, into newer, more creative money and capital market activities. And traditional, strict lines between the various banking activities must blur in order for Canada to acquire the same breadth of financial expertise as other global players. Canadian banks also must blur the distinction they tend to make between their activities at home and in Japan. As for Canada's securities companies, today's strengths may become tomo...
Topics discussed in this paper include the primacy of political parties; reforming the political process; true representation; a fuller economy; reviving the market; better taxation; preventing poverty; scope and space for people; and strengthening structures.
This essay is based on part of a project which examines issues of Canadiantrade and foreign direct investment with special emphasis on theCanada-European Economic Community relationship.
In this book, addressed primarily to business leaders, politicians, andpublic servants, the author speculates about the economic problems thatchanging international conditions appear to be creating; argues that existing policies no longer work and must be replaced with new ones basedon a new national consensus about economic goals; reviews the ways businessand government have worked together in the past to formuate economic strategies; and suggests ways the government can create a new consensus andthe prospects for its success in doing so.