Using a multilevel analysis and the new Harmonized Latin American Innovation Surveys Database (or LAIS database …) augmented with indicators from the U.S. Census Bureau's Survey of Business Owners (SBO) and the World Banks World Integrated … frontier on firm innovation in Latin American countries. Although innovation is recognized as a multilevel phenomenon, with …

We examine the economic analysis of the relationship between innovation and product market competition. First, we give … idea that innovation rises and then eventually falls as the intensity of competition increases. Thirdly, we look at recent …

, Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia, whose economic structure is characterized by strong export orientation. We …

regions of the world. We also find that bilateral loans follow economic links captured through bilateral trade, and political …