Showing 1 - 10 of 56
, but their impact differs between product and process innovation. Product innovation is mainly motivated by in …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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010741923
understand the links between innovation and employment in Latin America and the Caribbean. Special attention is paid to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371005
The logistics industry is one of utmost relevance and principally serves as a motor of private sec-tor development and growth of the economic sectors of a country or region. A logistics industry that is efficient and accessible to everyone is a key element for companies in a country or region in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395237
classified as either support for process innovation or support for product innovation. Although these types of programs do not … difference in differences were combined. The study found that by supporting both process and product innovation … product innovation activities. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009644852
firm-specific productivity fluctuations is mainly driven by the insulation of wages from transitory shocks. For permanent … significantly respond to permanent productivity fluctuations. As to the role of firm heterogeneity in a given industry, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010732056
firm-specific productivity fluctuations is mainly driven by the insulation of wages from transitory shocks. For permanent … significantly respond to permanent productivity fluctuations. As to the role of firm heterogeneity in a given industry, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009144383
by the NGF are able to grow in terms of both output and employment. However, we did not find any effect on productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943660
This paper estimates the impact of two productive development programs (PDPs) in Costa Rica: PROPYME and CR Provee. The first seeks to increase the capacity of small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) to innovate, and the second aims to increase backward linkages between Costa Rican SMEs and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944064
entrepreneurs are characterized by low productivity. Consequently, policies to increase social mobility seem to hold greater promise … for promoting higher productivity and welfare than policies encouraging entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944307
While many studies explain the correlation between firm-level productivity and export status entirely by better firms … provinces with weaker institutions. The same type of firms also enjoy the largest productivity gains immediately following …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944489