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dc.titleExploring Firm-Level Innovation and Productivity in Developing Countries: The Perspective of Caribbean Small States
dc.contributor.authorCrespi, Gustavo
dc.contributor.authorDohnert, Sylvia
dc.contributor.authorMaffioli, Alessandro
dc.contributor.authorHoelz Pinto Ambrozio, Antônio Marcos
dc.contributor.authorBarron, Manuel
dc.contributor.authorBernini, Federico
dc.contributor.authorFigal Garone, Lucas
dc.contributor.authorGrant, Kayla
dc.contributor.authorMohan, Preeya
dc.contributor.authorMorris, Diego
dc.contributor.authorPresbitero, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorRabellotti, Roberta
dc.contributor.authorLage de Sousa, Filipe
dc.contributor.authorStrobl, Eric
dc.contributor.authorWatson, Patrick
dc.contributor.editorMaffioli, Alessandro
dc.contributor.editorDohnert, Sylvia
dc.contributor.editorCrespi, Gustavo
dc.contributor.orgunitEnvironmental and Social Safeguards Unit
dc.coverageThe Caribbean
dc.date.available2017-02-03T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2017-02-03T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis monograph explores productivity, innovation, and firm performance, important issues that affect private sector development in the Caribbean region. Using unique and recently available datasets consisting of more than 4,000 surveys at the firm level, and covering 13 Caribbean countries, it examines a set of variables that affect productivity and innovation in the region. The chapters provide a unique perspective on the barriers to innovation, and on how access to finance, competition, foreign direct investment, gender, access to electricity, and public programs affect productivity and innovation at the firm level. The publication culminates with a review of the policy interventions that could have the most impact in increasing firm performance within the region.
dc.format.extent169
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0000616
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Exploring-Firm-Level-Innovation-and-Productivity-in-Developing-Countries-The-Perspective-of-Caribbean-Small-States.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectProductivity Level
dc.subjectInnovation Policy
dc.subjectIndustrial Productivity
dc.subjectPublic Policy
dc.subjectGender and Development
dc.subjectFirm Performance
dc.subjectImpact Evaluation
dc.subject.jelcodeD22 - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
dc.subject.jelcodeO12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
dc.subject.jelcodeO30 - Innovation • Research and Development • Technological Change • Intellectual Property Rights: General
dc.subject.keywordsfirm innovation;industries
dc.typeMonographs
idb.identifier.pubnumberMonographs
idb.operationRG-X1044
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