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Innovation Policy and Employment: Evidence from an Impact Evaluation in Argentina
Castillo, Victoria; Maffioli, Alessandro; Rojo, Sofía; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653454
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Innovation Strategies and Employment in Latin American Firms
Crespi, Gustavo; Zuñiga, Pluvia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654851
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The Impact of National Research Funds: An Evaluation of the Chilean FONDECYT
Maffioli, Alessandro; Benavente, José Miguel; Crespi, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
This paper is part of the project: "IDB's Science and Technology Programs: An Evaluation of the Technology Development Funds (TDF) and Competitive Research Grants (CRG)." This paper analyzes the role of National Research Funds in promoting scientific production in emerging economies. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943705
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Sources of Growth in Latin America: What Is Missing?
Fernández-Arias, Eduardo; Blyde, Juan S.; Gill, Indermit S. - Inter-American Development Bank
emulate more successful developing countries and lift its living standards closer to those of the developed world. What is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772497
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Innovation Strategies and Employment in Latin American Firms
Crespi, Gustavo; Zuñiga, Pluvia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010741923
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Sources of Growth in Latin America: What Is Missing?
Blyde, Juan; Fernández-Arias, Eduardo; Gill, Indermit S.; … - Inter-American Development Bank
emulate more successful developing countries and lift its living standards closer to those of the developed world. What is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943575
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On the Role of Productivity and Factor Accumulation in Economic Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Daude, Christian; Fernández-Arias, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
importance of total factor productivity and the accumulation of factors of production in the economic development performance of … advanced countries and peer countries in other regions. The paper finds that total factor productivity is the predominant … factor: low productivity and slow productivity growth, as opposed to impediments to factor accumulation, are the key to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944216