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This paper aims at evaluating the impacts of innovation promotion programs administrated by the Colombian Innovation Agency (COLCIENCIAS). Although the agency implements multiple programs, the focus of these research are on those programs that provide financial incentives for R&D (matching...
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El presente documento presenta una evaluación preliminar del impacto que el programa de subvenciones a la investigación y desarrollo tiene en la dinámica innovadora de las firmas panameñas. Dentro de las limitaciones de los escasos datos disponibles, la metodología resuelve el problema de...
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This paper presents the evaluation of the Enterprise Restructuring Support Program in Argentina. The aim of the program was to increase the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises by cofinancing technical assistance that can be classified as either support for process innovation or...
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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...
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. (1998), employment growth is related to process innovations and to the growth of sales separately due to innovative and … innovations was observed. With respect to the impact of innovation on employment composition, there is scant evidence of a skill …
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This study examines the determinants of technological innovation and its impact on firm labor productivity across six Latin American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, and Uruguay) using micro data from innovation surveys. In line with the literature, in all countries...
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relative importance of innovation inputs, the impacts of innovation on firm productivity, the protection of innovations, and … impediments to innovation. While most firms engaged in all types of output and input innovations, they appear to be driven by … property created by their innovations, are not familiar with methods for protecting innovation or the availability of …
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process innovations on employment growth. Particular attention is paid to identifying innovation impacts on employment …
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finds that both process and product innovations are positively related to employment growth and that the use of the Internet …
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Enterprise Surveys define innovation rates as the share of firms introducing product and process innovations. The survey also …
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