LEADER 05795oam 22007815 450 001 9910790703903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4648-0013-8 024 7 $a10.1596/978-1-4648-0012-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000001181086 035 $a(EBL)1595469 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001126594 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12511313 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001126594 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11136460 035 $a(PQKB)11528726 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1595469 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1595469 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10827229 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL561112 035 $a(OCoLC)868489472 035 $a(The World Bank)18050203 035 $a(US-djbf)18050203 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001181086 100 $a20140227d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aLatin American entrepreneurs : $emany firms but little innovation /$fDaniel Lederman ... [and others] 210 1$aWashington, DC :$cWorld Bank,$d2014. 215 $a151 S $cIll 225 0 $aWorld Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies 225 0$aWorld Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4648-0012-X 311 $a1-306-29861-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Overview; Entrepreneurship is a driver of development; Figures; 1.1 Type of employment, by GDP per capita; 1.2 Innovation edge of medium and large firms over small firms in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2010; Entrepreneurship is vibrant-but growth is weak; 1.3 Relationship between type of employment and GDP per capita, 2010; 1.4 Firm dynamics: entry, age, and size; 1.5 Employment growth in Colombia, by firm size and age; The region has many entrepreneurs but little innovation 327 $a1.6 Percentage of firms in selected countries introducing a new product, 2006-101.7 Investment in research and development (R&D) in selected country groups, 2008-10; 1.8 Number of patents per capita granted by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, actual and benchmarked, by inventor's country or place of residence; Few companies enter export markets; 1.9 Management practices in selected economies; 1.10 Average entry and one-year survival rates in selected countries (differences with respect to baseline); Even large multinational corporations in the region are insufficiently innovative 327 $a1.11 Sources of export growth in selected countries, 2005-07 and 2008-091.12 Innovation edge of foreign multinational corporations over local firms in Latin America and the Caribbean; 1.13 Predicted productivity gains from entry of new multinational corporations in selected country groups, countries, and economies; 1.14 Spending on research and development (R&D) in Latin America and the Caribbean; 1.15 Sectoral position of foreign subsidiaries relative to headquarters in selected country groups, countries, and economies, 2010-11; How can policy enable innovative entrepreneurs? 327 $a1.16 Actual and benchmarked index of competition in 17 nontradable industries in selected countries or economies1.17 Income and engineering density in selected economies, 1900; 1.18 Number of engineers per million people in selected countries; 1.19 Actual and benchmarked index of intellectual property rights in selected countries or economies, 2005; Structure of the report; Notes; References; 2. Entrepreneurship, Entry, and the Life Cycle of Firms in Latin America and the Caribbean: Are All Forms of Firm Creation Entrepreneurial? 327 $aLow-level entrepreneurs, high-level entrepreneurs, and employeesTheoretical framework; 2.1 Model of entrepreneurship; 2.2 Occupational choice and GDP per capita, 2010; 2.3 Income distribution in Latin America and the Caribbean by type of occupation, circa 2011; Boxes; 2.1 Main databases used in the study; 2.4 Rate of formal business ownership in selected country groups, countries, and economies, 2011; Tables; 2.1 Socioeconomic characteristics of business owners in selected country groups, countries, and economies 327 $a2.5 Share of firms with no employees in selected country groups, countries, and economies, 2011 330 $aEntrepreneurship -- manifested in the entry of new firms or products into new markets, or substantial improvements in technological capacity or process innovation by incumbent firms -- is widely considered to be an important ingredient for long term economic development. 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