AFM131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Capital Cost Allowance, Canadian Dollar, Improvised Explosive Device

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Accounting & Financial Management
• Course: AFM131
• Professor: Bob Sproule

Document Summary

Canada is a resource intensive country facing global competition and ever-changing technologies. Issues include: lagging productivity inadequate education/retraining of our workforce. Branch plant economy (profits not re-invested in canada: many foreign subsidiaries in canada lack of research and development expenditures stronger canadian dollar (see figures 10. 1 on page 290) 6: strengthen canada"s energy and logistics infrastructure. 8. improve the quality and availability of skilled workers directed toward innovation (introduction and improvement of products and processes along with organizational change) and its communication. Objectives of innovation improve product quality increase production capacity and extend product range. Science, innovation, and electronic information division (sied) of statistics canada has piloted more surveys and focus on the importance of innovation. Through innovation, new production processes are developed and introduced, and organizational changes are made. Increase production with technology advancements, improve productivity, and expand their lines of goods and services. Manufacturing and service sector 87% of working pop"n.