(Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, and Uruguay) using micro-data for manufacturing firms from innovation surveys. Building on the …This study examines the impact of innovation strategies on employment growth in four Latin American countries … model proposed by Harrison et al. (2008), we relate employment to three innovation strategies: make only (R&D), buy only …

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. …

SME Metasys: A Business Management System for SMEs …

understand the links between innovation and employment in Latin America and the Caribbean. Special attention is paid to the …

This paper analyzes the trends and challenges of competitiveness and innovation in the tourism and telecommunications …

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 …

-2009 Uruguayan service innovation surveys. The empirical evidence shows that the impact of product innovation on employment is …The employment impact of innovation in the heterogeneous universe of services was studied using data from the 2004 … positive, while process innovation appears to have no effect. The effect varies according to the skill level of the labor force …

in terms of skills was studied, using data from manufacturing firms' innovation surveys, matched against economic … activity surveys. The impact of different innovation strategies was also analyzed, particularly producing technology vs …The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between innovation and employment, in terms of both its quantity …