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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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008677811
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Innovation Policy and Employment: Evidence from an Impact Evaluation in Argentina
Castillo, Victoria; Maffioli, Alessandro; Rojo, Sofía; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper presents the evaluation of the Enterprise Restructuring Support Program in Argentina. The aim of the program was to increase the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises by cofinancing technical assistance that can be classified as either support for process innovation or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653454
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654851
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Public Support to Private R&D: Evidence from Argentina
Binelli, Chiara; Maffioli, Alessandro - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006
The paper investigates the relationship between government interventions to promote investments in innovation and firms-financed R&D. Merging a unique panel data set on Argentinean firms in the 1990s with a data base on different types of public support received through FONTAR program, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005529056
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The Impact of National Research Funds: An Evaluation of the Chilean FONDECYT
Maffioli, Alessandro; Benavente, José Miguel; Crespi, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
This paper is part of the project: "IDB's Science and Technology Programs: An Evaluation of the Technology Development Funds (TDF) and Competitive Research Grants (CRG)." This paper analyzes the role of National Research Funds in promoting scientific production in emerging economies. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943705
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Productive Development Policies and Innovation Spillovers through Labor Force Mobility: The Case of the Brazilian Innovation Support System
Maffioli, Alessandro; Stucchi, Rodolfo; Júnior, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
This paper focuses on two research problems. The first is to measure the direct impacts of innovation support measures in Brazil, and the second is to test the hypothesis of indirect effects of innovation policies on non-beneficiary firms through the labor mobility channel, whether resulting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240383
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Innovation and Productivity: Evidence from Six Latin American Countries
Crespi, Gustavo; Zuñiga, 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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944386
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Effects of Innovation on Employment in Latin America: The Microeconometric Evidence
Crespi, Gustavo; Tacsir, Ezequiel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This presentation provides the comparative results of a project carried out by the Inter-American Development Bank to understand the links between innovation and employment in Latin America and the Caribbean. Special attention is paid to the importance of sectoral and size difference in both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371005
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010741923