TY  - BOOK
AU  - Grazzi,Matteo
AU  - Pietrobelli,Carlo
ED  - Inter-American Development Bank
TI  - Firm innovation and productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean: the engine of economic development
U1  - 338.98 20
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Washington
PB  - Palgrave macmillan
KW  - Administración de empresas
KW  - América Latina
KW  - Región Caribe
KW  - Productividad industrial
KW  - Información económica
KW  - Política economíca
N1  - Determinants of enterprise performance in Latin American and the Caribbean: what does the micro-evidence tell us?; Matteo Grazzi, Carlo Pietrobelli, and Adam Szirmai --; Innovation dynamics and productivity: evidence for Latin America; Gustavo Crespi, Ezequiel Tacsir, and Fernando Vargas --; Innovative activity in the Caribbean: drivers, benefits, and obstacles; Preeya Mohan, Eric Strobl, and Patrick Watson --; Information and communication technologies, innovation, and productivity: evidence from firms in Latin America and the Caribbean; Matteo Grazzi and Juan Jung --; On-the-job training in Latin America and the Caribbean: recent evidence; Carolina Gonzalez-Velosa, David Rosas, and Roberto Flores --; Business performance in young Latin American firms; Hugo Kantis, Juan Federico, Pablo Angelelli, and Sabrina Ibarra Garcia --; Different obstacles for different productivity levels? An analysis of Caribbean Firms; Alison Cathles and Siobhan Pangerl --; Credit access in Latin American enterprises; Andrea F. Presbitero and Roberta Rabellotti --; International linkages, value-added trade, and firm productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean; Pierluigi Montalbano, Silvia Nenci, and Carlo Pietrobelli --; Innovation and productivity in Latin America and Caribbean Firms: conclusion; Matteo Grazzi, Carlo Pietrobelli, and Adam Szirmai
N2  - 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
ER  -