fuel cells is their high upfront costs. While much lower prices seem to be attainable in the future due to learning curve … adopted. Combining with a learning curve for the price as a function of the cumulative number of adopters, this may lead to … effective for a given high initial price level only for learning economies in a certain range. Outside this range, the diffusion …

This study examines the impact of process and product innovation on employment growth and composition in Argentina …, Chile, Costa Rica, and Uruguay using micro data from innovation surveys. Based on the model put forward by Harrison et al … innovations was observed. With respect to the impact of innovation on employment composition, there is scant evidence of a skill …

clients, human capital development, ICT usage, product innovation and learning by exporting, with an R&D effect only in the …Using micro data from Brazilian manufacturing firms, this paper investigates the impact of a wide set of innovation … long run. Though the intensity with which firms engage in these innovation activities is sector dependent, innovation …

the importance of technological variables - such as R&D, education and training, innovation, foreign ownership, licensing …

This study examines the impact of innovation strategies on employment growth in four Latin American countries … (Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, and Uruguay) using micro-data for manufacturing firms from innovation surveys. Building on the … model proposed by Harrison et al. (2008), we relate employment to three innovation strategies: make only (R&D), buy only …

Innovation is a source of increasing productivity, but it is also a source of stress. Psychological research shows that … different rates of innovation on productivity. The model shows among other things that the existence and nature of relationships … of people determine the extent to which a certain rate of innovation effectively results in increasing productivity. In …

Innovation is fundamental for economic catching-up and raising living standards. Evidence demonstrate a virtuous circle … in which RD spending, innovation, productivity, and per capita income mutually reinforce each other and lead to long … great potential to benefit from investment and policies that foster innovation. However, one important limitation of …