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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 …
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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...
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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 …
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Inovação tecnológica no setor de máquinas ferramentas Brasileiro: Um estudo de caso
Silva, Marcos Eugênio da - Inter-American Development Bank - 1982
O objetivo do presente trabalho é, a partir da análise da historia de urna firma brasileira produtora de máquinas ferramentas, buscar evidencias empíricas que permitam responder a duas questões: i) Houve inovação tecnológica na firma? ii) Se houve, como se processou a aprendizagem desta...
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Observações sobre a mudança tecnológica no setor de máquinas ferramentas do Brasil
Cruz, Hélio Nogueira da; Silva, Marcos Eugênio da; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 1982
Esta monografia reúne quatro estudos de casos de firmas produtoras de máquinas ferramentas no país, havendo disponibilidade de informações sobre uma outra firma, que será publicada em documento separado, aquí chamada de firma "e". Com estas cinco firmas contamos com as maiores produtoras...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943832
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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...
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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