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The role of credit constraints in international trade and growth
Manova, Kalina - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009682965
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Desenvolvimento tecnológico por origem de capital : a experiência brasileira recente
Zucoloto, Graziela Ferrero; Cassiolato, José Eduardo - 2012
This paper discusses the impacts of the technological internationalization process in the Brazilian economy, focusing on R&D activities, comparing national and subsidiaries R&D performance. After a literature review, the paper presents the statistical profile of US multinational companies,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009561579
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Productivity and structural heterogeneity in the Brazilian manufacturing sector : trends and determinants
Catela, Eva Yamila da Silva; Cimoli, Mario; Porcile, Gabriel - 2012
This paper discusses the evolution of firms' productivity and structural heterogeneity (SH) in the Brazilian … large share of total firms is in the lowest productivity groups of the production structure, and there are very large … differences in labour productivity between groups and firms. The paper combines and makes compatible several databases on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009673294
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Do Technological Innovations and Exports Affect the Size and Productivity of Manufacturing Firms? Evidence for Brazil
Arbache, Jorge - 2015
This paper investigates whether technological innovation and exports affect the size and productivity of manufacturing … size and productivity, while causality exercises show that innovation and exports imply higher productivity and higher firm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014066304
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Technology Appropriation and Technology Transfer in the Brazilian Mining Sector
Blundi, Domenica; Nonato da Silva Loureiro, Ana Claudia; … - 2023
This paper focuses on the competitive dynamics, strategic challenges, technological needs and institutional innovation-promoting arrangements in Brazil's mining sector in order to identify the ways in which mining firms and mining equipment, technology and services suppliers (METS) handle...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014357732
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Structural change, technology and economic growth : Brazil and the CIBS in a comparative perspective
Cimoli, Mario; Yamagutti, Wellington Pereira dos Santos; … - 2008
Schumepterian growth theory stresses the role of structural change in long run growth. Countries which increase the share of technology-intensive sectors in their economic structures benefit more from technological learning and innovation. In addition, they are more able to respond to changes in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793471
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The role of "skill enhancing trade" in Brazil : some evidence from microdata
Araújo, Bruno César Pino Oliveira de; Bogliacino, … - 2009
Brazil was characterised by a marked process of trade liberalisation in the 1990s, resulting in a dramatic increase in the volumes of exports and imports since the year 2000. Over the same period, the relative demand for skilled labour has increased substantially. To investigate whether these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003860437
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The role of “skill enhancing trade” in Brazil : some evidence from microdata
Araújo, Bruno César Pino Oliveira de; Bogliacino, … - 2009
Brazil was characterised by a marked process of trade liberalisation in the ‘90s, resulting in a dramatic increase in the volumes of exports and imports since the year 2000.Over the same period, the relative demand for skilled labour has increased substantially. To investigate whether these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003857884
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International Economic Activities and the Demand for Skilled Labor : Evidence from Brazil and China
Fajnzylber, Pablo - 2016
Increases in international economic integration can lead to greater specialization according to comparative advantage, but also to the diffusion of skill-biased technologies. In developing countries characterized by relative abundance of unskilled labor, these factors can have opposite effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012749038
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Local content policies in mineral-exporting countries
Korinek, Jane; Ramdoo, Isabelle - 2017
Resource abundance does not always bring sustained economic growth and development. Moreover, the mining sector generally provides little direct employment in the regions where extraction occurs. In an attempt to derive greater benefits from their resource endowments, and increase linkages with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011779443