This paper aims at evaluating the impacts of innovation promotion programs administrated by the Colombian Innovation … and that the main channel behind this result is product diversification (product innovation). …

This paper evaluates the impact of two public programs, FONTEC and FONDEF, aimed at fostering innovation in Chilean …

This paper aims at evaluating the impacts of innovation promotion programs administrated by the Colombian Innovation … and that the main channel behind this result is product diversification (product innovation). …

partially crowded-out private investments in innovation and they more effectively promoted technological upgrades and process …, although FONTEC increased the overall R&D budget of the firms, it did not stimulate additional private investment in innovation … activities. In terms of behavioral additionality, FONTEC effectively promoted process innovation and induced changes in the …

The employment impact of innovation in the heterogeneous universe of services was studied using data from the 2004 …-2009 Uruguayan service innovation surveys. The empirical evidence shows that the impact of product innovation on employment is … positive, while process innovation appears to have no effect. The effect varies according to the skill level of the labor force …

This study examines the impact of process and product innovation on employment growth and composition in Argentina …, Chile, Costa Rica, and Uruguay using micro data from innovation surveys. Based on the model put forward by Harrison et al … innovations was observed. With respect to the impact of innovation on employment composition, there is scant evidence of a skill …

This study examines the impact of innovation strategies on employment growth in four Latin American countries … (Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, and Uruguay) using micro-data for manufacturing firms from innovation surveys. Building on the … model proposed by Harrison et al. (2008), we relate employment to three innovation strategies: make only (R&D), buy only …

The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between innovation and employment, in terms of both its quantity … and quality, in Uruguay. The effect of product and process innovation on employment growth and on employment composition … in terms of skills was studied, using data from manufacturing firms' innovation surveys, matched against economic …