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Firm innovation and productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean : the engine of economic development
Grazzi, Matteo (ed.); Pietrobelli, Carlo (ed.) - 2016
This volume uses the study of firm dynamics to investigate the factors preventing faster productivity growth in Latin … examination of a different factor affecting firm productivity - innovation, ICT usage, on-the-job-training, firm age, access to … Innovation Dynamics and Productivity: Evidence for Latin America -- 3 Innovative Activity in the Caribbean: Drivers, Benefits …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012400545
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Firm innovation and productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean : the engine of economic development
Grazzi, Matteo (ed.); Pietrobelli, Carlo (ed.) - 2016
This volume uses the study of firm dynamics to investigate the factors preventing faster productivity growth in Latin … America and the Caribbean. Each chapter is dedicated to an examination of a different factor affecting firm productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013547378
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Evaluating the Impact of Regional Development Programs
Winters, Paul; Rubio, Susana Sitja - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
The purpose of this guideline is to discuss the objectives and approaches of regional (subnational) development programs in order to provide guidance on issues related to evaluating the impact of these programs. Regional development programs are designed to improve the income-generating capacity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008679119
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Program Evaluation and Spillover Effects
Angelucci, Manuela; Maro, Vincenzo Di - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This note defines what spillover effects are, why it is important to measure them, and how to design a field experiment that will enable researchers to measure the average effects of the treatment in the presence of spillover effects on subjects both eligible and ineligible for the program. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008679120
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Technical Guidelines for Evaluating the Impacts of Tourism Using Simulation Models
Taylor, J. Edward - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
The purpose of this guideline is to make practitioners aware of simulation approaches for the evaluation of tourism projects. Simulation approaches are particularly useful when experimental or economic approaches for project evaluation are not feasible. For example, it usually is not possible to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010655488
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Technical Guidelines for Evaluating the Impacts of Tourism Using Simulation Models
Taylor, J. Edward - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
The purpose of this guideline is to make praticioners aware of simulation approaches for the evaluation of tourism projects. Simulation approaches are particularly useful when experimental or economic approaches for project evaluation are not feasible. For example, it usually is not possible to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008799618
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Development of a Procedure for the Construction of GEI Emission Abatement Curves Incorporating the Uncertainty Associated to the Main Mitigation Variables
Clerc, Jacques; Diaz, Manuel; Campos, Bruno - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
The general objective of the study is to develop a methodology for the preparation of greenhouse-gas abatement curves for the energy demand sector, incorporating the uncertainty associated to the variables involved in estimating the marginal abatement costs. Furthermore, this approach will be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010691618
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Regional Financial Development and Firm Growth in Peru
Moron, Eduardo; Salgado, Edgar; Seminario, Cristhian - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
This paper documents the relationship between regional financial development and firm growth in the Peruvian manufacturing sector. In order to control for mutual causality between credit availability and firm growth, industry differences in financial dependence on external funds are exploited....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010691629
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Access to Credit and the Size of the Formal Sector in Brazil
Pablo D`Erasmo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
change in credit conditions has important effects on firm size distribution and aggregate productivity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010662976
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The Role of Flagship Firms, External Actors and Support Institutions in the Emergence of Successful Export Activities in Brazil: Two Industrial Cluster Studies
Rocha, Angela da; Kury, Beatriz; Monteiro, Joana - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
This paper examines the process by which firms in a cluster start to export based on systemic interactions and the process of diffusion of exporting as a business strategy within the cluster. Two Brazilian manufacturing industries are studied, and within each one a geographic cluster was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008599387