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Do the programs that aim to promote and develop industry clusters (also known as Cluster Development Programs) work? Do they have an impact on enterprise development? This paper offers an insight into the methods that can help answer these fundamental questions through solid quantitative...
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Cluster development programs (CDPs) have been adopted widely in many countries worldwide. Many such programs aim to promote economic development by forming and strengthening inter-organizational networks. Despite their widespread diffusion, we know very little about CDP outputs or the impact...
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National and local governments, international organizations and donors are increasingly using the instrument of cluster development programs (CDP) to promote economic development. This paper builds on the recent experiences of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in financing and executing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009357951
Cluster development programs (CDPs) have been adopted widely in many countries worldwide. Many such programs aim to promote economic development by forming and strengthening inter-organizational networks. Despite their widespread diffusion, we know very little about CDP outputs or the impact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653278
National and local governments, international organizations and donors are increasingly using the instrument of cluster development programs (CDP) to promote economic development. This paper builds on the recent experiences of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in financing and executing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653511
This presentation on innovation policy development broadens the notion of innovation to include all sorts of "process … innovations" and organizational changes. Then it describes innovation and growth in a historical perspective to conclude that … innovation policies for development should include much more than just supporting formal R&D projects, more than just in "high …
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This paper critically discusses the theoretical and empirical literature on the quantitative and qualitative employment impact of technological change, compares the relative explanatory power of the competing theories, and explains in detail the macro and micro evidence on the issue, with...
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classified as either support for process innovation or support for product innovation. Although these types of programs do not … difference in differences were combined. The study found that by supporting both process and product innovation … product innovation activities. …
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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 …
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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 …
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