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Innovation and Productivity - Evidence from Six Latin American Countries
Crespi, Gustavo; Zuniga, Pluvia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This study examines the determinants of technological innovation and its impact on firm labor productivity across six … technological advances, and those that innovate have greater labor productivity than those that do not. Yet firm-level determinants … productivity, however, highlight the importance of innovation in enabling firms to improve economic performance and catch up. …
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Public Support to Innovation: The Colombian COLCIENCIAS' Experience
Crespi, Gustavo; Maffioli, Alessandro; Arjona, Marcela … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
unobservable difference with the control group, COLCIENCIAS programs have been very effective in increasing firm labor productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010652721
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Evaluación del impacto de corto plazo de SENACYT en la innovación de las empresas panameñas
Crespi, Gustavo; Solís, Galileo; Tacsir, Ezequiel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653835
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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...
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Effects of Innovation on Employment in Latin America
Crespi, Gustavo; Tacsir, Ezequiel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
. (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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010655370
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Foreign Direct Investment: Good Cholesterol?
Hausmann, Ricardo; Fernández-Arias, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000
This paper studies the proposition that capital inflows tend to take the form of FDI -i.e., the share of FDI in total liabilities tends to be higher- in countries that are safer, more promising and with better institutions and policies. It finds that this view is patently wrong since it stands...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944249
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The Impact of National Research Funds: An Evaluation of the Chilean FONDECYT
Benavente, José Miguel; Crespi, Gustavo; Maffioli, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
This paper analyzes the role of National Research Funds in promoting scientific production in emerging economies. The investigation focuses on the impact of the Chilean National Science and Technology Research Fund (FONDECYT). The analysis uses data drawn from international sources of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005529059
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Public Support to Firm-Level Innovation: An Evaluation of the FONTEC Program
Benavente, José Miguel; Crespi, Gustavo; Maffioli, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
innovations, rather than radical product innovations. In the empirical analysis, we considered four levels of potential impact … increased the sales, employment and export, it did not significantly foster productivity. In the absence of randomized …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005529066
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Innovation for Economic Performance: The Case of Latin American and Caribbean Firms
Tacsir, Ezequiel; Crespi, Gustavo; Zuñiga, Pluvia; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Enterprise Surveys define innovation rates as the share of firms introducing product and process innovations. The survey also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653090
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Innovation for Economic Performance: The Case of Latin American and Caribbean Firms
Tacsir, Ezequiel; Crespi, Gustavo; Zuñiga, Pluvia; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Enterprise Surveys define innovation rates as the share of firms introducing product and process innovations. The survey also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010617894