process innovation on productivity in the Chilean manufacturing industry during the past decade. In general, the evidence … suggests there is not a contemporaneous effect of product innovation on productivity, but there is a positive effect of process … innovation. This notsignificant effect of product innovation contrasts with evidence of studies for other countries. However, the …

partially crowded-out private investments in innovation and they more effectively promoted technological upgrades and process …, although FONTEC increased the overall R&D budget of the firms, it did not stimulate additional private investment in innovation … activities. In terms of behavioral additionality, FONTEC effectively promoted process innovation and induced changes in the …

The employment impact of innovation in the heterogeneous universe of services was studied using data from the 2004 …-2009 Uruguayan service innovation surveys. The empirical evidence shows that the impact of product innovation on employment is … positive, while process innovation appears to have no effect. The effect varies according to the skill level of the labor force …

This paper analyzes empirically the relationship between innovation and productivity in the Chilean services sector … innovation and the probability of introducing innovations (products or process), such as size and export status. In several … extensions we find similar roles for technological and non-technological innovation in labor productivity and for determinants …

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 … innovations was observed. With respect to the impact of innovation on employment composition, there is scant evidence of a skill …

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 …

Recent research conducted by the IDB shows that innovation positively affects productivity growth in the Latin American … regarding innovation in services is related, at least in part, to uncertainty with respect to how innovation in services … really applicable to innovation in service sector environments. This paper aims to provide a deeper understanding of the …

understand the links between innovation and employment in Latin America and the Caribbean. Special attention is paid to the …

This paper analyzes the trends and challenges of competitiveness and innovation in the tourism and telecommunications …

This presentation comments on Manuel Trajtenberg¿s paper Innovation Policy for Development. The purpose of that paper … includes discussing innovation policy guidelines for developing countries and employing the Israeli experience to derive … lessons for growth-promoting innovation policies, among others. Comments arise from the main issues introduced by the paper …