Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Overview; 2. Entrepreneurship, Entry, and the Life Cycle of Firms in Latin America and the Caribbean: Are All Forms of Firm Creation Entrepreneurial?; 3. Entrepreneurship by Incumbent Firms: What Explains the Innovation Gap?; 4. Export...

Innovation is crucial to long-term economic growth, even more so in the aftermath of the financial and economic crisis. In this volume, the OECD and the World Bank jointly take stock of how globalisation is posing new challenges for innovation and growth in both developed and developing...