innovation were found to be significant, promoting a non-negligible acceleration of labor productivity gains. However, the … respect to products on labor productivity. However, the degree of novelty of process innovation is significantly inferior to … efficiency level. As firms’ behavior is differentiated depending on the type of innovation output pursued, the significantly …

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 … the case that even larger efforts need to be done to have better measures of innovation and productivity in the services …

-technological innovation), and productivity in services and manufacturing are explored using innovation survey data from Uruguay. This is the …In this paper, the links between the investment in innovation activities, innovation outputs (technological and non … more consistently associated with the decision to invest in innovation activities across sectors. The main determinants of …

This study examines the determinants of technological innovation and its impact on firm labor productivity across six … productivity, however, highlight the importance of innovation in enabling firms to improve economic performance and catch up. … Latin American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, and Uruguay) using micro data from innovation …

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 …` sales per worker, and innovation that results in introducing new goods and services to the international market boosts both …

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 …

shoe manufacture in Peru, which are served by the network of Technological Innovation Centers (CITEs), the most important …

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 … ICT firms in Costa Rica. Factors considered were the types of innovation outputs produced by domestic ICT firms, the …

differentiation is endogenously determined by rms’ strategic investments in product innovation. Consumers seek variety and product … innovation is more skill intensive than production. Stronger import competition increases innovation incentives, and thereby the …