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Innovation for Economic Performance: The Case of Latin American and Caribbean Firms
Tacsir, Ezequiel; Crespi, Gustavo; Zuñiga, Pluvia; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
In this note, a wide range of innovation indicators are analyzed in order to describe the innovation behavior of manufacturing firms in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region using the recently released Enterprise Surveys 2010. The Enterprise Surveys define innovation rates as the share...
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Innovation for Economic Performance: The Case of Latin American and Caribbean Firms
Tacsir, Ezequiel; Crespi, Gustavo; Zuñiga, Pluvia; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
In this note, a wide range of innovation indicators are analyzed in order to describe the innovation behavior of manufacturing firms in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region using the recently released Enterprise Surveys 2010. The Enterprise Surveys define innovation rates as the share...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010617894
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Assessing the impacts of intellectual property rights on trade flows in Latin America
Blyde, Juan S. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008479154
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Second Annual Conference of the Euro-Latin Study Network on Integration and Trade, ELSNIT : Issues papers
ELSNIT - Inter-American Development Bank - 2005
Los países de América Latina y el Caribe se encuentran actualmente frente a una coyuntura importante en sus relaciones económicas internacionales. Desde fines de la década de 1980 los países de la región han seguido un proceso de reforma económica y de apertura que conlleva cambios...
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Entry and Quality Choices in Child Care Markets
Bastos, Paulo; Cristia, Julian - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
Many developing countries have adopted the market approach for expanding the supply of child care, but little is known about the economic behavior of independent providers. This paper draws on uniquely rich administrative data on child care centers and their inputs from São Paulo to examine the...
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Mobility and Entrepreneurship in Ecuador: A Pseudo-Panel Approach
Ordeñana, Xavier; Villa, Ramon - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Does entrepreneurship contribute to improving social mobility in Ecuador? This paper constructs a pseudo-panel to … analyze the dynamic effect of entrepreneurship on Ecuadorian household incomes during the period 2002-2010. Using three … estimation scenarios, the paper finds a significant level of unconditional mobility and an important effect of entrepreneurship …
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Middle-Class Entrepreneurship and the Effect of Social Capital
Ordenana, Xavier; Arteaga, Elizabeth - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This paper surveys Ecuadorian entrepreneurs to ascertain the differences between middle-class and upper-class entrepreneurs and identify the variables associated with the “success” of a business. The paper also explores the variables that can determine the probability of upward...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010578231
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Intergenerational Mobility, Middle Sectors and Entrepreneurship in Uruguay
Gandelman, Nestor; Robano, Virginia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
finds that while entrepreneurship status and belonging to the middle class matter in terms of social mobility as measured by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010578232
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Entrepreneurship, Economic Mobility, and Entrepreneurial Propensity: A Regional View Based on the Analysis of Selected Latin American Countries
Kantis, Hugo D.; Federico, Juan S.; Trajtenberg, Luis A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
entrepreneurship to socioeconomic mobility and to understand the main variables associated with entrepreneurial propensity in selected …
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Middle-Class Entrepreneurs and Social Mobility through Entrepreneurship in Colombia
Mejia, Paula; Melendez, Marcela - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
business characteristics, finding that entrepreneurship is rare but more frequent in the upper class than the middle or lower … for promoting higher productivity and welfare than policies encouraging entrepreneurship. …
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