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Public Programs, Innovation, and Firm Performance in Chile
Alvarez, Roberto; Crespi, Gustavo; Cuevas, Conrado - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This paper evaluates the impact of two public programs, FONTEC and FONDEF, aimed at fostering innovation in Chilean …
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On the Institutionalization of Congress(es) in Latin America and Beyond
Scartascini, Carlos G.; Palanza, Valeria; Tommasi, Mariano - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This paper proposes an agenda for the study of the determinants and the processes by which strong policymaking institutions emerge, with emphasis on the most central democratic institution: the legislature. It reviews extant theories of institutionalization, and proposes further ways of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010617892
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Relatorio da situação da conexidade à internet e banda larga no Brasil
Marín, Javier; Creus, Ruben G.; Zaballos, Antonio García - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
Este relatório tem por objetivo analisar a correlação existente entre a quantidade e qualidade da infraestrutura do Brasil versus seu desenvolvimento econômico, tendo como um de seus sustentáculos a penetração da Banda Larga nos 5.565 municípios do Brasil e, principalmente, nos...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010652499
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Innovation for Economic Performance: The Case of Latin American and Caribbean Firms
Tacsir, Ezequiel; Crespi, Gustavo; Zuñiga, Pluvia; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
In this note, a wide range of innovation indicators are analyzed in order to describe the innovation behavior of … Enterprise Surveys define innovation rates as the share of firms introducing product and process innovations. The survey also … to the nature of the innovation process in the region. Statistics about the performance of LAC firms are provided using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653090
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Diagnóstico del sector TIC en México: Conectividad e inclusión social para la mejora de la productividad y el crecimiento económico
Palacios, Jana; Flores-Roux, Ernesto; Zaballos, Antonio … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
El objetivo de este documento es presentar un diagnóstico general sobre el estado del uso de las TIC en México, tanto en el contexto internacional cómo en relación a las brechas geográficas y socioeconómicas que separan la posibilidad de acceso de los mexicanos. El documento identifica los...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010655605
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Incentivos tributarios para la I+D+i en Argentina: Una evaluación de las políticas recientes
Giuliodori, David; Giuliodori, Roberto - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
En este trabajo se presenta un análisis del instrumento del crédito fiscal como mecanismo de incentivo para la inversión en I+D+i en Argentina, tal como se encuentra funcionando desde el año 1998. Se describen los principales aspectos regulatorios del mismo y, a través de modelos...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010655854
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Innovation for Economic Performance: The Case of Latin American and Caribbean Firms
Tacsir, Ezequiel; Crespi, Gustavo; Zuñiga, Pluvia; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
In this note, a wide range of innovation indicators are analyzed in order to describe the innovation behavior of … Enterprise Surveys define innovation rates as the share of firms introducing product and process innovations. The survey also … to the nature of the innovation process in the region. Statistics about the performance of LAC firms are provided using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010617894
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Report on Intellectual Property Rights in the Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago: Study Commissioned by the Inter-American Development Bank
Grell, Emma A. C.; Clark, Jane E.; Sechley, Konrad; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 1998
emphasis on the major traditional areas of copyright, trademarks and patents. Each chapter in this study discusses the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673990
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Firm Size, Knowledge Intensity and Employment Generation: The Microeconometric Evidence for the Service Sector in Uruguay
Aboal, Diego; Garda, Paula; Lanzilotta, Bibiana; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009366905
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Innovation, Firm Size, Technology Intensity, and Employment Generation in Uruguay: The Microeconometric Evidence
Aboal, Diego; Garda, Paula; Lanzilotta, Bibiana; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between innovation and employment, in terms of both its quantity … and quality, in Uruguay. The effect of product and process innovation on employment growth and on employment composition … in terms of skills was studied, using data from manufacturing firms' innovation surveys, matched against economic …
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