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The Organization of Public-Private Cooperation for Productive Development Policies
Cornick, Jorge - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
Productive development policies (PDPs), what used to be called industrial policies, are increasingly recognized as an essential part of the development toolkit, and the need for public-private cooperation is increasingly viewed as a key element for the successful design and implementation of...
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Logistics as a Competitiveness Factor for Small and Medium Enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean
Kirby, Carlos; Brosa, Nicolau - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
The logistics industry is one of utmost relevance and principally serves as a motor of private sec-tor development and growth of the economic sectors of a country or region. A logistics industry that is efficient and accessible to everyone is a key element for companies in a country or region in...
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Second-tier Government Banks and Firm Performance: Micro-Evidence from Colombia
Maffioli, Alessandro; Eslava, Marcela; Arjona, Marcela … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Despite the large potential gains from credit by second-tier development banks, little is known about the actual impact of these banks' lending activity. This study partially fills that gap by analyzing the impact of the lending activity of Bancoldex, the Colombian second-tier development bank,...
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Innovation in Services: The Hard Case for Latin America and the Caribbean
Tacsir, Ezequiel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
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 …
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Barbados: Meeting the Challenge of Competitiveness in the 21st Century
Rojas-Suárez, Liliana; Poon, Auliana; Thomas, Desmond; … - Inter-American Development Bank
The material within these pages shows that Barbados, a Caribbean country with just over a quarter of a million people, embodies many of the classic vulnerabilities of an island with a small open economy, yet aspires to developed-country status, and is already well advanced on the road to...
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Barbados: Meeting the Challenge of Competitiveness in the 21st Century
Thomas, Desmond; Rojas-Suárez, Liliana; Poon, Auliana; … - Inter-American Development Bank
The material within these pages shows that Barbados, a Caribbean country with just over a quarter of a million people, embodies many of the classic vulnerabilities of an island with a small open economy, yet aspires to developed-country status, and is already well advanced on the road to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943497
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Programa de Investigações sobre Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico na América Latina: No. 46: Maio, 1982: Inovação tecnológica no setor de máquinas ferramentas Brasileiro: Um...
Silva, Marcos Eugênio da - Inter-American Development Bank - 1982
O objetivo do presente trabalho é, a partir da análise da historia de urna firma brasileira produtora de máquinas ferramentas, buscar evidencias empíricas que permitam responder a duas questões: i) Houve inovação tecnológica na firma? ii) Se houve, como se processou a aprendizagem desta...
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Research Programme on Scientific and technological Development in Latin America: Working Paper: No. 56: August, 1982: Basic Issues Emerging from Recent Research on Technological Be...
Berlinski, Julio; Cruz, Hélio Nogueira da; Peralta, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 1982
This document explains the technological behavior of the engineering industries in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela. The authors focus on the individual history of each firm, variations determined by the market, macroeconomic forces such as prices, protection level, and...
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Research Programme on Scientific and technological Development in Latin America: Working Paper: No. 55: August, 1982: Steelplant Technological Development in Latin America: A Compa...
Maxwell, Philip - Inter-American Development Bank - 1982
The steel industry is a classic symbol of industrialization. It has been taken as such in Latin America and promoted as a "leading sector" carrying with it the flag of national pride and prestige. This paper is based on five detailed case-studies of individual Latin American steel firms, namely:...
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Research Programme on Scientific and technological Development in Latin America: Working Paper: No. 37: December, 1980: The Use and Production of Numerically Controlled Machine Too...
Jacobsson, Staffan - Inter-American Development Bank - 1980
With the development of the microprocessor, the electronics sector has become regarded as a key technological sector in the OECD countries. Massive government intervention programs have been designed, not only for the production of these integrated circuits, but also for their incorporation into...
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