Firm innovation and productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean
Subtitle: the engine of economic development
By: Matteo Grazzi, Carlo Pietrobelli, editors ; Inter-American Development Bank
Contributors: Inter-American Development Bank
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9781349581504
Subjects: Economic policy; Business enterprises; Industrial productivity; Economic history
Description: This volume uses the study of firm dynamics to investigate the factors preventing faster productivity growth in Latin America and the Caribbean. Each chapter is dedicated to an examination of a different factor affecting firm productivity - innovation, ICT usage, on-the-job-training, firm age, access to credit, and international linkages - highlighting the differences in firm characteristics, behaviors, and strategies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Determinants of enterprise performance in Latin American and the Caribbean: what does the micro-evidence tell us?  -- Matteo Grazzi, Carlo Pietrobelli, and Adam Szirmai; title: Innovation dynamics and productivity: evidence for Latin America  -- Gustavo Crespi, Ezequiel Tacsir, and Fernando Vargas; title: Innovative activity in the Caribbean: drivers, benefits, and obstacles  -- Preeya Mohan, Eric Strobl, and Patrick Watson; title: Information and communication technologies, innovation, and productivity: evidence from firms in Latin America and the Caribbean  -- Matteo Grazzi and Juan Jung; title: On-the-job training in Latin America and the Caribbean: recent evidence  -- Carolina Gonzalez-Velosa, David Rosas, and Roberto Flores; title: Business performance in young Latin American firms  -- Hugo Kantis, Juan Federico, Pablo Angelelli, and Sabrina Ibarra Garcia; title: Different obstacles for different productivity levels? An analysis of Caribbean Firms  -- Alison Cathles and Siobhan Pangerl; title: Credit access in Latin American enterprises  -- Andrea F. Presbitero and Roberta Rabellotti; title: International linkages, value-added trade, and firm productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean  -- Pierluigi Montalbano, Silvia Nenci, and Carlo Pietrobelli; title: Innovation and productivity in Latin America and Caribbean Firms: conclusion -- Matteo Grazzi, Carlo Pietrobelli, and Adam Szirmai.