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

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 …

examination of a different factor affecting firm productivity - innovation, ICT usage, on-the-job-training, firm age, access to … Innovation Dynamics and Productivity: Evidence for Latin America -- 3 Innovative Activity in the Caribbean: Drivers, Benefits …, and Obstacles -- 4 ICT, Innovation and Productivity: Evidence from Firms in Latin America and the Caribbean -- 5 On …

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

This paper presents the results of a study on the ways that innovation and productivity are connected in the Colombian … manufacturing and service industry. Using data from the Manufacturing Innovation Survey (2007-2008) and the Service Innovation … and services industries, and second, whether service firms innovate, and, if so, whether their innovation approach differs …

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 …

- innovation, ICT usage, on-the-job-training, firm age, access to credit, and international linkages - highlighting the differences …