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 employment to three innovation strategies: make only (R&D), buy only …

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 … of innovation investment are much more heterogeneous than in OECD countries. Cooperation, foreign ownership, and …

advent of the knowledge society has highlighted the growing importance of innovation and intellectual assets as sources of … competitiveness and long-term economic growth. This book examines human capital and financial inputs into innovation systems …, scientific and innovation outputs, innovative behavior by firms, the links between changes in economic structure, technological …