This study describes patterns and trends of intellectual property (IP) use in Brazil, drawing on a new statistical database (BADEPI) containing all IP filings at Brazilian Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI) over the period 2000-2011. This novel database contains a unique set of...

This paper compares the role of innovation and economic performance across European and Latin American countries, using firm level data from France, Spain, Switzerland, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. We implement a standard structural model linking R&D intensity, innovation and productivity. We...

Global challenges for innovation in the mining industries / Alica Daly, David Humphreys, Julio D. Raffo, and Giulia Valacchi -- Recent trends of innovation in the mining sector / Alica Daly, Giulia Valacchi, and Julio Raffo -- Mining foreign direct investments and local technological spillovers...

People have been digging in the ground for useful minerals for thousands of years. Mineral materials are the foundation of modern industrial society. As the global population grows and standards of living in emerging and developing countries rises, the demand for mineral products is increasing....