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Export Promotion Organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Institutional Portrait
Jordana, Jacint; Martincus, Christian Volpe; Gallo, Andrés - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
exports. Existing analyses of these organizations are at best partial and fragmentary. This paper aims at overcoming these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010655137
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Innovation Strategies and Employment in Latin American Firms
Crespi, Gustavo; Zuñiga, Pluvia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010741923
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The Emergence of Successful Export Activities in Uruguay: Four Case Studies
Casacuberta, Carlos; Domingo, Rosario; Pastori, Hector; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
This paper consists of four case studies of the emergence of four successful export activities in Uruguay: computer software, forest products, caviar and sturgeon meat, and animal vaccines. Each case study discusses how companies, associations, and governments at various levels have addressed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944341
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Institutos tecnológicos públicos en América Latina: Una reforma urgente
Bitran, Eduardo; Urrutia, Cristian M. González - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Los Institutos Tecnológicos Públicos (ITPs) en América Latina han sufrido un deterioro significativo de sus capacidades en las últimas décadas. En la mayoría de los países están a la deriva, sin que exista una visión y misión claramente establecidas, contribuyendo a su pérdida de foco...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653467
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Gobernanza y coordinación entre el ámbito federal y estatal en las instituciones y programas de innovación y competitividad en México
Stezano, Federico; Pérez, Ramón Padilla - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
Este trabajo se centra en el análisis de las capacidades y debilidades de los gobiernos estatales en México para ejecutar políticas propias y coordinarse con las autoridades federales, así como el efecto de la concurrencia de estas autoridades sobre la gobernanza de las políticas de...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654666
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Innovation and Productivity in the Colombian Service Industry
Gallego, Juan Miguel; Gutiérrez, Hernando; Taborda, Rodrigo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
This paper presents the results of a study on the ways that innovation and productivity are connected in the Colombian … manufacturing and service industry. Using data from the Manufacturing Innovation Survey (2007-2008) and the Service Innovation … and services industries, and second, whether service firms innovate, and, if so, whether their innovation approach differs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010672720
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Technological and Nontechnological Innovation and Productivity in Services vis a vis Manufacturing in Uruguay
Aboal, Diego; Garda, Paula - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
In this paper, the links between the investment in innovation activities, innovation outputs (technological and non …-technological innovation), and productivity in services and manufacturing are explored using innovation survey data from Uruguay. This is the … more consistently associated with the decision to invest in innovation activities across sectors. The main determinants of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010741896
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Innovation Strategies and Employment in Latin American Firms
Crespi, Gustavo; Zuñiga, Pluvia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654851
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Technological and Nontechnological Innovation and Productivity in Services vis a vis Manufacturing in Uruguay
Aboal, Diego; Garda, Paula - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
In this paper, the links between the investment in innovation activities, innovation outputs (technological and non …-technological innovation), and productivity in services and manufacturing are explored using innovation survey data from Uruguay. This is the … more consistently associated with the decision to invest in innovation activities across sectors. The main determinants of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010655798
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Is Export Promotion Effective in Developing Countries? Firm-Level Evidence on the Intensive and Extensive Margins of Exports
Martincus, Christian Volpe; Carballo, Jerónimo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
promotion affects firms' exports, the intensive margin or the extensive margin? Empirical evidence in this respect is scarce. We … with increased exports, primarily along the extensive margin, both in terms of markets and products. This result is robust …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010652611