Latin American Entrepreneurs: Many Firms but Little Innovation

Lederman, Daniel; Messina, Julián; Pienknagura, Samuel; Rigolini, Jamele

doi:10.1596/978-1-4648-0012-2

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“…Moreover, the few studies tend to group the Caribbean together with 2 large Latin American countries and focus mainly on manufacturing and agro-processing sectors (Lederman et al, 2014;Ortiz et al, 2012;Daude and Fernández-Arias, 2010;IDB, 2010;Crespi and Zuniga, 2012). However, in Caribbean SIDS, services play a much more important role than manufacturing.…”

Section: Barriers To Innovation and Firm Productivity In The Caribbeanmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring Firm-Level Innovation and Productivity in Developing Countries: The Perspective of Caribbean Small States

Crespi¹,

Dohnert²,

Maffioli³

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Section: Barriers To Innovation and Firm Productivity In The Caribbeanmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring Firm-Level Innovation and Productivity in Developing Countries: The Perspective of Caribbean Small States

Crespi¹,

Dohnert²,

Maffioli³

et al. 2017

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“…Thus, this type of program should only be promoted in the region if it is accompanied by a better climate for innovation and business ventures. Right now, there are many microenterprises in LAC, but their productivity is low (Lederman et al, 2014). This should be the premise to follow; otherwise, the situation in terms of quality employment may worsen with the promotion of unproductive jobs.…”

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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC-IGO BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO) license (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/legalcode) and may be reproduced with attribution to the IDB and for any non-commercial purpose. No derivative work is allowed.Any dispute related to the use of the works of the IDB that cannot be settled amicably shall be submitted to arbitration pursuant to the UNCITRAL rules. The use of the IDB's name for any purpose other than for attribution, and the use of IDB's logo shall be subject to a separate written license agreement between the IDB and the user and is not authorized as part of this CC-IGO license. Note that link provided above includes additional terms and conditions of the licenseThe opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily refl ect the views of the Inter-American Development Bank, its Board of Directors, or the countries they represent. SECOND EDITIONThis edition includes some changes from the formatting of the fi rst edition. Changes in the calculation of non-wage costs have also been introduced, affecting Figures 2.6-2.10, 4.5, and 5.7. These changes are due to several adjustments that can be summarized as follows: 1. the inclusion of contributions to training institutions in Nicaragua and Paraguay; 2. changes in taxable income for the calculation of premiums (gross income in some cases and income net of the additional year-end bonus in others); 3. adjustments in the upper and lower thresholds for determining taxable income, which affect the calculation of the total contribution rate (as established by law, largely dependent on the minimum wage).Furthermore, specifi c adjustments were made for some countries. In Nicaragua, the advance notice penalty was eliminated, as it is not provided for in labor law, and in Jamaica, an adjustment was made in the working population obtained from the Labour Force Survey (which was employed to calculate the 2012 GDP per worker).In Figure 5.2, the indicator labeled "other special costs in the event of collective dismissals" for Nicaragua (Item 21 in the calculation of the "protection against collective dismissals of regular workers" indicator) was adjusted from 0 to 0.5. Finally, small changes were made in Figure 2.17, as in some countries, the rate refl ected the percentage of employees who received job training out of the total population (15-64 years old) rather than out of employees of the same age group. Jamaica was excluded from this Figure, since the survey only contains data for the inactive population.The Spanish acronym for youths who are neither in education nor working is "NINIs"; the usual English acronym refers to youths "not in education, employment, or training" (or "NEETs"). However, translating NINIs as NEETs would not be accurate, as the household surveys in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) do not capture whether people are enrolled in training institutions. Therefore, this book does not use the standard English acronym NEET. The same applies to youths who are "neith...

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“…Muchos países emergentes presentan insuficientes y subdesarrollados marcos legales que garanticen el cumplimiento de contratos (Ahlstrom, Young & Nair, 2003;. Latinoamérica como región presenta buenos índices de seguridad jurídica, pero existen dos tipologías opuestas de países en la región, distinguiéndose países que ofrecen seguridad jurídica y garantizan el cumplimiento de los contratos, y países que no (Lederman, Messina, Pienknagura & Rigolini, 2014). Entre los países que sí que presentan seguridad jurídica se encuentra Chile, República Dominicana, México y Uruguay, mientras que países como Brasil, Costa Rica y El Salvador no ofrecen suficientes garantías.…”

Section: Debilidad En El Marco Institucional De Latinoaméricaunclassified

“…Los resultados de su investigación reflejan que la región latinoamericana presenta bajos índices. Estos resultados son coherentes puesto que la protección de la propiedad intelectual de un país depende de la calidad y la eficacia de los sistemas legales y jurídicos vigentes en su territorio (Lederman et al, 2014). Finalmente, cabe destacar la importancia de los largos procesos burocráticos que se encuentran ligados al proceso emprendedor como un freno a la actividad emprendedora en general y a la formal en particular (De Soto, 1989;Portes & Haller, 2005).…”

Section: Debilidad En El Marco Institucional De Latinoaméricaunclassified

“…Existe un gran vacío en la literatura sobre financiación de empresas latinoamericanas Así, una de las más importantes barreras que afrontan las empresas en Latinoamérica para su desarrollo es la financiación (Lederman et al, 2014;Foro Económico Mundial, 2015), consecuencia de los escasos recursos que facilita el sistema bancario y los inversores privados formales. Este hecho se impone como un gran freno a la competitividad y a la supervivencia de las empresas de la región (FAEDPYME, 2010;.…”

Latin American Entrepreneurs: Many Firms but Little Innovation

Cited by 74 publications

References 143 publications

Exploring Firm-Level Innovation and Productivity in Developing Countries: The Perspective of Caribbean Small States

Exploring Firm-Level Innovation and Productivity in Developing Countries: The Perspective of Caribbean Small States

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