International trade has been stated as one of the most important mean of improving firms' productivity, being the … contribute to local firm's productivity performance by incorporating better inputs in their production processes. This paper … of manufacturing formal firms in Ecuador, and, the causal relationship between the import decision and firm productivity …

negative effect on firms employment, total factor productivity (TFP), and revenue. A 1-percentage-point increase in the measure …-percentage-point-increase in the measure of Chinese import competition in El Salvador reduces low-productivity firms TFP by 1 … production-worker employment at large firms, reduces TFP at medium-productivity firms, reduces the total revenue of low …

during this period, we find that the trade shock induced a decline in employment, sales, exports, and productivity … findingsfor instance, that the productivity gap between small and large plants has been increasing over time and that the … reallocation of resources has been productivity-enhancing, particularly in sectors that have experienced large-scale import …

The link between innovation and employment is at the center of the policy debate. This paper sheds light on how labor … market regulations affect the relationship between different types of innovation and employment in Latin America. We estimate …; (iii) more rigid labor market regulations (minimum wages and severance payments) reduce the effects of innovation. …

-level research and development (R&D) investment in Chile on firm productivity. Because the two programs target different kinds of … projects - the National Productivity and Technological Development Fund (FONTEC) subsidizes intramural R&D, while the Science … have had a positive impact on participants' productivity, only FONDEF-funded projects have generated positive spillovers on …

ultimately affect innovation and productivity in Uruguayan service firms compared to manufacturing firms. The results show that …Several studies have highlighted information and communications technology (ICT) as a driver of firm productivity in …-technological (e.g., organizational or marketing) innovations. ICT and other innovation investments are positively associated with …

This study quantifies the impact of process and product innovation on employment growth in Bolivia by using microdata … from a survey on innovation conducted in Bolivia in 2016. Following the model of Harrison, Jaumandreu, Mairesse, and Peters … demonstrate that employment growth is explained by product innovation. On the other hand, we find no evidence of a displacement …

findings from the literature on how productivity, innovation, and employment were impacted by the Great Liberalizationa period …, procompetitive effect of trade on total factor productivity (TFP). However, as in the 1990s, these gains do not seem to have been … effects than growth effects. Inconclusive results on innovation also seem to point in this direction. The estimated effects on …

innovation activities on rm productivity. Using a rotating panel data sample of Danish rms, we nd that di erent types of … productivity levels than forms that adopt organisational innovation but not process innovation that again demonstrate greater … productivity than rms that do not adopt process innovation but not organisational innovation. Finally, we establish that product …