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 … results show the presence of lagged effects product innovation on productivity two years after innovation. Compared with the …

unobservable difference with the control group, COLCIENCIAS programs have been very effective in increasing firm labor productivity …

This paper addresses the relationships between innovation, research and development (R&D) and productivity in domestic … relative importance of innovation inputs, the impacts of innovation on firm productivity, the protection of innovations, and … retaining or increasing market share rather than increasing productivity. Half of firms do not formally protect the intellectual …

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

unobservable difference with the control group, COLCIENCIAS programs have been very effective in increasing firm labor productivity …

Recent research conducted by the IDB shows that innovation positively affects productivity growth in the Latin American … dynamics at play in the service sector in the region and the relationship between productivity and innovation in services (as … prolonged productivity lags in the region, while, if well designed and implemented, could have large economic payoffs. This …