-sponsored training leads to higher productivity levels and increased innovation, both of which benefit the firm. Training can also be …

in many advanced economies. While process innovation can be job-destroying, product innovation can imply the emergence of … new firms, new sectors, and thus new jobs. But even for process innovation, the final impact on labor demand is shaped by … impede them. Policies should maximize the job-creation effect of product innovation and minimize the direct labor …

the innovation activity of the firms in the analysed countries, conditional on the fact that they consider the corruption … imply that there is a link between innovation activity of the firms, perceptions of corruption and the evaluation of … innovation enabling specificities in the analysed countries. Research limitations/implications - Although the results confirm …

Global Innovation Index (INSEAD)and the Democracy Index (The Economist). The selected countries are: Argentina, Brazil … growth, innovation and democracy. Findings - The comparison shows that Argentina, Brazil and Mexico have lower level of … economic growth, innovation performance and democracy level than South Korea, Spain and Croatia. The variety of capitalism in …