countries. However we are evidencing that the majority of the CDM projects deploy local sources of technology, which challenges … the North- South technology transfer paradigm established under the sustainable development agenda of the KP. This paper … is an attempt to explain technology sourcing patterns in CDM projects through employment of knowledge base determinants …

, similar to what is observed in the manufacturing industry, service firms that invest the most in innovation activities are … more likely to introduce changes or improvements in their production process and/or product mix, and those firms that … innovate have higher labour productivity than non-innovative firms. Size was found to be a less relevant determinant of …

"technology market" its patenting performance (with the principle focus on nanopolymers and nanocatalysts) though not … ICT incumbents are moving towards nano but the bulk of the new firms are in the field of nanomaterials. These achievements …

immediately need to comply with high international technology, quality and safety standards. Stage models of gradual technological …

(Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, and Uruguay) using micro-data for manufacturing firms from innovation surveys. Building on the … buy (mixed strategy). Firms that conduct in-house innovation activities ("make only") have the greatest impact on … employment; the "make and buy" strategy comes in second. Similar results are found for small firms. These results highlight the …

firms in LAC using the Enterprise Survey ES database. Our objective is to understand the main characteristics of innovative … firms in LAC and to gather new evidence with regard to the nature of the innovation process in the region. In this paper we … that innovation returns are higher for the most productive firms. This increasing relationship between returns and …

, formal training of workers and access to technology through foreign ownership make more difference for productivity of firms …National framework conditions mediate the effect of technological capabilities of firms on their productivity. Although … has been lacking. Using a World Bank datasets of about 19,000 firms in 42 countries, most of which are developing, we …