strengthen innovation led growth and make a transition from middle income to high income levels. …

The paper contains and impact evaluation of matching grants to promote investments in innovation on firm financed R …

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 …

examination of a different factor affecting firm productivity - innovation, ICT usage, on-the-job-training, firm age, access to … Innovation Dynamics and Productivity: Evidence for Latin America -- 3 Innovative Activity in the Caribbean: Drivers, Benefits …, and Obstacles -- 4 ICT, Innovation and Productivity: Evidence from Firms in Latin America and the Caribbean -- 5 On …

This paper presents the results of a study on the ways that innovation and productivity are connected in the Colombian … manufacturing and service industry. Using data from the Manufacturing Innovation Survey (2007-2008) and the Service Innovation … and services industries, and second, whether service firms innovate, and, if so, whether their innovation approach differs …