This paper attempts to establish a formal relationship between innovation and productivity using Colombian firm … sales and Total Factor Productivity (TFP). Innovation in processes likewise improves firms` productivity and sales. Finally …

process (PMP) and productivity. Bolivia’s PMP has shifted from a formal representative democracy to a “participative and … dominant. While reforms have increased productivity, they have failed to secure the political support necessary to assure long …-term sustainability. In contrast, counter-reforms have so far enjoyed extensive political support, but productivity has stagnated since …

This paper analyzes empirically the relationship between innovation and productivity in the Chilean services sector … extensions we find similar roles for technological and non-technological innovation in labor productivity and for determinants … is associated with improvements in productivity in both sectors. Since we do not find clear-cut differences, it might be …

-technological innovation), and productivity in services and manufacturing are explored using innovation survey data from Uruguay. This is the …) 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. …

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. …

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

Total factor productivity (TFP) in Latin America has not increased since the mid- 1970s, and in many countries it has … 10 Latin American countries to quantify the heterogeneity of firm productivity and the degree of resource misallocation … within countries. Productivity heterogeneity and resource misallocation are found to be much larger than in the United States …

This paper analyzes total factor productivity growth in agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean between 1961 and … results show that among developing regions, Latin America and the Caribbean shows the highest agricultural productivity growth … policies and external shocks on agricultural productivity; policies that do not discriminate against agricultural sectors and …