successfully embarked on a regional integration agenda and has strong commercial links with the US, extra-regional trade …-mainly with large fast-growing emerging economies-remains a challenge. Export performance is analyzed along three dimensions that …, together, give a fairly comprehensive picture of competitiveness: 1) the composition, orientation and growth of the export …

outputs is patents. The main variables related to innovation inputs are investment in research and development (R&D) and … include measures of innovation outcomes as well as variables related to innovation effort. The main indicator of innovation … of innovation outputs and inputs by looking at the over-time behavior of the relevant series and comparing the …

multinational enterprises and international trade are important channels for domestic firms' innovation. They detect no evidence … find that competition has a negative effect on innovation, especially for firms further from the efficiency frontier, and … we do not find support for an inverted U effect of competition on innovation. The authors show that the supply chain of …

examined in this study as key drivers of export diversification. After presenting our findings we identify some key trade … various dimensions of Russia's trade performance, including export diversification, sophistication, and survival. A detailed …Economic modernization and export diversification are priorities in the Russian economic policy agenda, with several …

This note provides a medium-term agenda for supporting Mexico's competitiveness by fostering greater innovation … Mexico's innovation policy agenda. While the firm is at the center of innovation, empirical evidence shows that public policy … can generate an external environment more conducive to innovation. The past decade has brought several policy changes and …

double-digit annual export growth in the last decade and represented almost 65 percent of Russia's exports value in 2009 a … product of higher commodity prices and higher export volumes. Export growth rates of the non-oil and gas sector were also … export value of 10 percent in the last decade. This more positive comparison, however, hides relevant structural limitations …