Product and process innovation and total factor productivity: Evidence for manufacturing in four Latin American countries

Demmel, M. Constanza; Máñez, Juan A.; Barrachina, María Engracia Rochina; Sanchís-Llopis, Juan A.

doi:10.1111/rode.12323

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“…As we indicated in our Data section above, there are only 472 firms present in the two survey waves. Even with this data limitation, however, we obtain from estimation in Table III that there is time persistence in all innovation outcomes, with the exception of process innovation, and that the highest persistence is obtained for product and marketing innovations (for other empirical studies about persistence in innovation output see Máñez et al , 2009; Raymond et al , 2010; Demmel et al , 2017).…”

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confidence: 82%

Innovation drivers in Ecuadorian manufacturing

Barrachina

Rodríguez²

2019

MRJIAM

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study which are the drivers of different types of innovations for manufacturing firms. The considered innovation types are product, process, organizational and marketing innovations. In addition, this study also aims to understand why most types of innovation (with the exception of organizational innovation) have decreased over time. Design/methodology/approach The two non-overlapping waves of the Ecuadorian National Innovation Activities Survey 2013 and 2015 (NIAS) are used. To identify the determinants of the different types of innovations and to check whether the decisions to innovate are correlated, a tetravariate probit model is used. Findings The results obtained point to some relevant differences in terms of the drivers of the different types of innovation. In addition, it is also evident that with the passage of time, certain problems that may be reducing the incentives to innovate have become more acute. Originality/value The study adds new empirical evidence to the literature on the role of investments in incorporated technology in innovation in developing countries. In particular, for Ecuadorian firms, the acquisition of incorporated technology in capital goods seems to be very relevant. This highlights the existence of a supply-driven innovation strategy. However, there is also room for innovation strategies driven by demand conditions.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 82%

Innovation drivers in Ecuadorian manufacturing

Barrachina

Rodríguez²

2019

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“…Therefore, they suggested an alternative approach (the Ackerberg–Caves–Fraser [ACF] method) that they be based on the OP and LP methods. Because the ACF method further improves the accuracy of estimating TFP, it is widely accepted by economists worldwide (Demmel, Máñez, Rochina‐Barrachina, & Sanchis‐Llopis, 2017; Luong, 2013). The ACF method is briefly introduced:…”

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Spillovers from transport infrastructures onto firm productivity: An analytical and empirical study

Liu

Zeng

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Review Development Economics

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Although issues about the economic spillovers from transport infrastructure have been discussed and debated for decades, a great deal of controversy concerning the direction and magnitude of the economic effects of transport infrastructure remains, and the empirical evidence of those effects in emerging economies is still insufficient. In this study, based on a sample of Chinese manufacturing firms during the period 1998-2007, we employed a method combining the difference-indifferences approach with the propensity scoring matching technique to research the effects of improvements in transport infrastructure on firm productivity. With highways used as a typical example of transport infrastructure, the results suggested that a connection to highways boosted firm productivity by an average of 0.043, or approximately 0.74% of the sample mean. Moreover, this study provided evidence that the effects of improvements in transport infrastructure on firm productivity were stronger in industries producing nondurable goods and driven by an increase in firm innovation. This study's findings contribute to a reconciliation of the controversy concerning the economic effects of transport infrastructure and enrich the empirical evidence of that effect in emerging economies.

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“…The TFP of enterprise level is calculated with the OP method (Olley & Pakes, 1992), in view of the endogeneity problems and the loss of valid information generated by OLS and FE method (Demmel, Máñez, Rochina-Barrachina, & Sanchis-Llopis, 2017). The industrial added value is determined by the sum of the main business income of the year and the yearly increment of the inventory value.…”

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Salesperson Human Capital Investment and Heterogeneous Export Enterprises Performance

Zhao

Ruan

Jiang

et al. 2018

Journal of Business Economics and Management

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This paper aims to study the impact of salesperson human capital investment on the export performance of heterogeneous enterprises in China. To distinguish the different effects on the staff level and the management level, we define the human capital investment for the overall salespersons as human capital investment I and the human capital investment for the sales managers as human capital investment II, respectively measured by the salary of the ordinary salespersons and the ratio of expenses to sales. We find that human capital investment I has a significant positive effect on export performance, while human capital investment II shows a “positive U-shaped” relationship with export performance. Considering the heterogeneity of enterprise, the positive effect of human capital investment I is more significant than that of human capital investment II in enterprises with high R&D intensity. Moreover, with the improvement of technology intensity, both the promotion of human capital investment I and human capital investment II would generate greater influence on export performance.

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Product and process innovation and total factor productivity: Evidence for manufacturing in four Latin American countries

Cited by 24 publications

References 46 publications

Innovation drivers in Ecuadorian manufacturing

Innovation drivers in Ecuadorian manufacturing

Spillovers from transport infrastructures onto firm productivity: An analytical and empirical study

Salesperson Human Capital Investment and Heterogeneous Export Enterprises Performance

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