Information and knowledge: The diffusion of information and communication technologies in the Argentine manufacturing sector

Novick, Marta; Roitter, Sonia; Yoguel, Gabriel; Borello, José A.; Milesi, Darío

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“…However, unlike in the manufacturing industry during this period, the rapid growth in employment, exports and even the export-to-sales ratio in software and it services firms did not lead to higher levels of productivity. Consistently with evolutionary arguments on capacities and innovation, these outcomes appear to reflect the interrelations between internal and external knowledge sources (development of organizational and absorptive capacities and positioning in the network architecture), in a context of very different business models within the sector, which benefited innovative behaviour unequally (Yoguel and others, 2004). That is, the aggregate pattern of expanding sales, employment and exports masks sharp heterogeneities inasmuch as capacities, linkages, innovation and productive performance are not always related and the different measures of performance are only weakly associated.…”

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Argentina: Recent dynamics in the software and it services industry

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This article examines the impact of organizational and absorptive capacities and networking on the performance of Argentine software and it services firms, within an evolutionary theoretical framework. The models estimated show that innovation outcomes depend on quality management, the existence of research and development (R&D) staff and on occupying intermediate positions in the network architecture. Firms' economic performance cannot be assessed using a single set of indicators: whereas productivity is explained by the qualifications of human resources and employment growth by R&D personnel, export probability is associated with obtaining certifications, adopting agile methodologies and occupying intermediate positions in the network architecture. The heterogeneity of business models suggests that it is not possible to establish a single type of relationship between innovation and performance for all firms in the industry.

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“…For example, production systems even within the dense Buenos Aires metropolitan region generate limited agglomeration economies, even in traditional sectors (Borello, Morhorlang, and Silva, 2011). In the Buenos Aires metropolitan region, the diffusion of information technology both in manufacturing activities and in state administration has, so far, been limited (robert et al, 2008;Yoguel et al, 2004). In short, the production of goods and services is carried out, generally, in systems that have few agents, which in turn are poorly managed and characterized by weak connections with one another and with institutions, and knowledge creation in these systems is also limited (Yoguel, 2009;Yoguel, Borello, and erbes, 2009;Yoguel et al, 2007).…”

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Housing, Security, and Employment in Post-Neoliberal Buenos Aires

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2012

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The economic and social crisis in Argentina at the end of 2001 ended a decade of explicit free-market or neoliberal policies that had their roots in the country’s last military dictatorship (1976–1983). The current challenges facing the city, along with legacies of this recent past, include increasing social inequality, crime, poverty, and the difficulty of managing public services that were comprehensively privatized during the 1990s. State responses to these challenges have been more effective with regard to employment than with regard to their impact on housing and security. La crisis económica y social en Argentina a finales del 2001 acabó con una década de política de mercado libre o neoliberalismo que tenía sus raíces en la dictadura militar (1976–1983). Los desafíos contemporáneos que encara la ciudad, al lado de la herencia de su pasado reciente, incluye el agrandar del desequilibrio social, el crimen, la pobreza, y la dificultad del manejo de servicios públicos los cuales fueron privatizados comprensivamente durante los 1990. Las respuestas del estado a estos retos han sido más eficaces en torno al empleo que en su impacto en la vivienda y la seguridad.

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Information and knowledge: The diffusion of information and communication technologies in the Argentine manufacturing sector

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Argentina: Recent dynamics in the software and it services industry

Argentina: Recent dynamics in the software and it services industry

Housing, Security, and Employment in Post-Neoliberal Buenos Aires

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