A Leader and a Laggard : Manufacturing Industry in Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ontario / Roy George.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

George, Roy, author.

Series:

Atlantic provinces studies ; 2.

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manufacturing industries--Nova Scotia.

Manufacturing industries.

Manufacturing industries--Québec (Province).

Manufacturing industries--Ontario.

Québec.

Ontario.

Nova Scotia.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 pages).

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Deals with the factors that account for the slow industrial development in the Atlantic provinces.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Tables

Part One. Introduction

1. The Background

Part Two. Cost Comparisons

2. The Method

3. Labour

4. Materials and Fuel

5. Electricity

6. Capital

7. Product Transportation

8. Local Taxation

9. All Inputs other than Entrepreneurship

10. Entrepreneur ship

Part Three. Policy Implications

11. Justification, Objectives, and Methods of Policy

12. Cheapening Inputs

13. Stimulating Demand for Outputs

14. Breaking through the Non-economic Barriers

Appendixes

Appendix A. Description of the surveys

Appendix B. BASIC STATISTICS RELATING TO NOVA SCOTIA, QUEBEC, AND ONTARIO USED IN COMPILATION OF TABLES IN PARTS ONE, TWO, AND THREE

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

9781487597467

1487597460

9781487595753

1487595751

OCLC:

1005001964