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Skills Needs in the Resource-Based Sectors in Atlantic Canada
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Conference:
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June 22-23, 1999
Moncton, New Brunswick
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Summary
The "Knowledge Economy" is considered to include research and development intensive industries and advanced services, while the resource-based sectors are regarded as medium or low knowledge activities. This paper sets out to redress this misconception. While the resource-based companies do not undertake extensive research or development, over the past two decades they have adopted increasing amounts of advanced technology in order to maintain a competitive advantage in an increasingly competitive global marketplace, often by focusing on new value-added products. This has placed an increasing emphasis on skills in these sectors.
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