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 …

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 …

This paper aims at evaluating the impacts of innovation promotion programs administrated by the Colombian Innovation … and that the main channel behind this result is product diversification (product innovation). …

We characterize asymmetric equilibria in two-stage process innovation games and show that they are prevalent in the …

This paper evaluates the impact of two public programs, FONTEC and FONDEF, aimed at fostering innovation in Chilean …

2002. In addition, the adoption of new e-business technologies by firms creates opportunities to conduct innovation, either …

California law that make non-compete agreements unenforceable. Consistent with our model of innovation, mobility rates outside of …

national innovation systems. The study also analyses the factors behind this industry's poor productivity growth. A scenario …