Paul Samuelson was attracted to the economic dynamics of South American countries because of the links between economic performance and political factors. He discussed the influence of “populist democracy” on Argentina's relative stagnation, which, he argued in the 1970s and early 1980s,...

An expanding body of literature has shown that better management practices can offer significant boosts to firms' productivity; this research illustrates that firms in South America are no exception. Using recent Enterprise Survey data from seven countries in South America (Argentina, Bolivia,...

This study examines the impact of R&D investment on firm performance. This study limits the time frame from 2016 to 2021, and the data sample is the basic data of listed companies active in South America during these six years. Unlike previous studies, these six years included the outbreak and...