This study examines the determinants of technological innovation and its impact on firm labor productivity across six … Latin American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, and Uruguay) using micro data from innovation … of innovation investment are much more heterogeneous than in OECD countries. Cooperation, foreign ownership, and …

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 …

In this paper, the links between the investment in innovation activities, innovation outputs (technological and non …-technological innovation), and productivity in services and manufacturing are explored using innovation survey data from Uruguay. This is the … more consistently associated with the decision to invest in innovation activities across sectors. The main determinants of …

This paper attempts to establish a formal relationship between innovation and productivity using Colombian firm …` sales per worker, and innovation that results in introducing new goods and services to the international market boosts both … sales and Total Factor Productivity (TFP). Innovation in processes likewise improves firms` productivity and sales. Finally …

, Technology and Innovation Programs (STIP). The paper addresses the specific challenges of evaluating STIP, from the assessment of …

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). …