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Technological and Nontechnological Innovation and Productivity in Services vis a vis Manufacturing in Uruguay
Aboal, Diego; Garda, Paula - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
) innovations are positively associated to productivity gains in services, but nontechnological innovations have a more important … role. The reverse happens for manufacturing; technological innovations are the relevant ones for productivity. …-technological innovation), and productivity in services and manufacturing are explored using innovation survey data from Uruguay. This is the …
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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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Transition to a functional financial safety net in Latin America : paper prepared for the Inter-American Development Bank Conference on "Safe and Sound Financial Systems: What Work...
Garber, Peter M. - Conference "Safe and Sound Financial Systems: What … - 1997
The basic worldwide financial safety net architecture provides for a system of similar institutions: a lender of last resort, deposit insurance, and prudential regulation. In countries whose banking systems suffer seriously from negative capital positions and overbanking, such as in some Latin...
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How should financial institutions and markets be structured? : analysis and options for financial system design ; prepared for "Safe and sound financial systems: what works for Lat...
Kaufman, George G.; Kroszner, Randall S. - Conference "Safe and Sound Financial Systems: What … - 1997
This paper analyzes the consequences of alternative financial structures for financial efficiency and stability. The focus is on the organizational structure of banks. Alternative bank structures range from "narrow banks" to broad "universal banks". Each banking structure is assessed in its...
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Safe and sound financial systems : what works for Latin America
Rojas-Suárez, Liliana (contributor) - 1997
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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 - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013
. (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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Innovation for economic performance: The case of Latin American firms
Arias Ortiz, Elena; Crespi, Gustavo; Tacsir, Ezequiel; … - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013
the share of firms introducing product and process innovations. The survey also measures the proportion of firms investing …
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