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 …

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 …

effective. The result appears to be robust across different specifications and estimation techniques. In particular, new methods …

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 …

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. …