process innovation on productivity in the Chilean manufacturing industry during the past decade. In general, the evidence … suggests there is not a contemporaneous effect of product innovation on productivity, but there is a positive effect of process … innovation. This notsignificant effect of product innovation contrasts with evidence of studies for other countries. However, the …

shoe manufacture in Peru, which are served by the network of Technological Innovation Centers (CITEs), the most important …

This paper attempts to establish a formal relationship between innovation and productivity using Colombian firm …' sales per worker, and innovation that results in introducing new goods and services to the international market boosts both … sales and Total Factor Productivity (TFP). Innovation in processes likewise improves firms' productivity and sales. Finally …

This study examines the determinants of technological innovation and its impact on firm labor productivity across six … Latin American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, and Uruguay) using micro data from innovation … of innovation investment are much more heterogeneous than in OECD countries. Cooperation, foreign ownership, and …

innovation were found to be significant, promoting a non-negligible acceleration of labor productivity gains. However, the … efficiency level. As firms' behavior is differentiated depending on the type of innovation output pursued, the significantly … respect to products on labor productivity. However, the degree of novelty of process innovation is significantly inferior to …

This paper addresses the relationships between innovation, research and development (RD) and productivity in domestic … ICT firms in Costa Rica. Factors considered were the types of innovation outputs produced by domestic ICT firms, the … relative importance of innovation inputs, the impacts of innovation on firm productivity, the protection of innovations, and …

This paper adapts the Crepon, Duguet, and Mairesse (1998) approach to estimate the relationship between innovation and … process innovation, which in turn explains labor productivity. The endogeneity of this three-stage process is controlled for … innovation, and both are important factors to explain labor productivity. Moreover, investing systematically in RD implies an …

, knowledge-driven innovation has become a decisive factor in the competitiveness of both nations and firms …

This paper focuses on two research problems. The first is to measure the direct impacts of innovation support measures … in Brazil, and the second is to test the hypothesis of indirect effects of innovation policies on non-beneficiary firms … innovation have different purposes, and sound innovation relies on both types of incentive …