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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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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

increased the sales, employment and export, it did not significantly foster productivity. In the absence of randomized …

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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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Effects of Innovation on Employment in Latin America

Crespi, Gustavo; Tacsir, Ezequiel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

This study examines the impact of process and product innovation on employment growth and composition in Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, and Uruguay using micro data from innovation surveys. Based on the model put forward by Harrison et al. (1998), employment growth is related to process...

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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

In this note, a wide range of innovation indicators are analyzed in order to describe the innovation behavior of manufacturing firms in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region using the recently released Enterprise Surveys 2010. The Enterprise Surveys define innovation rates as the share...

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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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Innovation for Economic Performance: The Case of Latin American and Caribbean Firms

Tacsir, Ezequiel; Crespi, Gustavo; Zuñiga, Pluvia; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

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Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Inventors (But Never Asked): Evidence from the PatVal-EU Survey

Brusoni, Stefano; Crespi, Gustavo; Francoz, Dominique; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

Based on a survey of the inventors of 9,017 European patented inventions, this paper provides new information about the characteristics of European inventors, the sources of their knowledge, the importance of formal and informal collaborations, the motivations to invent, and the actual use and...

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