This paper addresses the relationships between innovation, research and development (R&D) 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 …

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 …

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ultimately affect innovation and productivity in Uruguayan service firms compared to manufacturing firms. The results show that …-technological (e.g., organizational or marketing) innovations. ICT and other innovation investments are positively associated with …

The effect of market competition on firm innovation remains controversial, especially in the context of developing … countries. This paper presents new empirical evidence about the causal impact of competition on firm innovation for Chilean and … propensity to invest in innovation, but this relationship manifests differently in the two countries. While this relationship is …

decades. The objective of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of the innovation strategy and production … COVID-19, innovation, and technical efficiency for 13 Caribbean countries using the Innovation, Firm Performance, and Gender …

' signaling-driven investment, despite the risk of buying a bad innovation. We finally show at what point the presence of active … venture capitalists increases the incentives for entrepreneurial innovations. -- venture capitalists ; innovation …

under bidding competition. -- Acquisitions ; Entrepreneurship ; Innovation ; Start-ups ; Patent ; Ownership ; Quality …