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). …

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

This paper studies the degree to which innovation by Costa Rican manufacturing firms creates or displaces employment …, how different innovation strategies affect employment, and how these effects vary by firm size and type of employment … process innovations on employment growth. Particular attention is paid to identifying innovation impacts on employment …

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. …

This presentation on innovation policy development broadens the notion of innovation to include all sorts of "process … innovations" and organizational changes. Then it describes innovation and growth in a historical perspective to conclude that … innovation policies for development should include much more than just supporting formal R&D projects, more than just in "high …

Recent research conducted by the IDB shows that innovation positively affects productivity growth in the Latin American … regarding innovation in services is related, at least in part, to uncertainty with respect to how innovation in services … really applicable to innovation in service sector environments. This paper aims to provide a deeper understanding of the …

This paper compiles and analyzes several sources of information to shed light on the relationship between innovation … process innovation is generally not found to be a relevant determinant of employment growth, and that product innovation is …

This paper analyzes empirically the relationship between innovation and productivity in the Chilean services sector … innovation and the probability of introducing innovations (products or process), such as size and export status. In several … extensions we find similar roles for technological and non-technological innovation in labor productivity and for determinants …

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 … model proposed by Harrison et al. (2008), we relate employment to three innovation strategies: make only (R&D), buy only …

This study examines the impact of process and product innovation on employment growth and composition in Argentina …, Chile, Costa Rica, and Uruguay using micro data from innovation surveys. Based on the model put forward by Harrison et al … innovations was observed. With respect to the impact of innovation on employment composition, there is scant evidence of a skill …