Knowledge and innovation for competitiveness in Brazil [[electronic resource] /] / Alberto Rodríguez ; with Carl Dahlman and Jamil Salmi

• Autore: Rodriguez Alberto <1965->
• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC, : World Bank, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (268 p.)
• Disciplina: 338/.0640981
• Soggetto topico: Technological innovations - Brazil; Labor supply - Effect of technological innovations on - Brazil; Human capital - Brazil
• Soggetto geografico: Brazil Economic policy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: DahlmanCarl J. <1950-> SalmiJamil
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-238) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Boxes; Figures; Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; CHAPTER 1 Brazil's Growth and Performance in a Global Context; CHAPTER 2 Behind Brazil's Slow Growth; CHAPTER 3 Defining Innovation; CHAPTER 4 Assessing Innovation at the National Level; CHAPTER 5 Firm-Level Innovation; CHAPTER 6 Human Capital for Innovationand Growth; CHAPTER 7 How Brazil Can Foster Innovation; CHAPTER 8 From Analysis to Action; APPENDIX A Findings from the PINTEC Database ; APPENDIX B Econometric Analysis of the Relationship among R&D, Innovation, and Productivity Using ICS Data for Firm-Level Analysis APPENDIX C Assessing Partial Effects of Firm Size Associated with Partial Effects in Explanatory Variables; APPENDIX D The Primary and Secondary Education Systems; APPENDIX E The Tertiary Education System and AdvancedOut-of-School Training; APPENDIX F The Demographic Window of Opportunity; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The research presented in this volume explains how well-educated workers can interact with physical capital inputs to innovate and add value to processes, products and services, ultimately creating a multiplier-effect on macroeconomic growth. It fills a significant gap in the existing literature by providing a detailed map of the relationship between microeconomic inputs such as health and education services and macroeconomic outputs such as growth. Grounded in economic theory and backed by economic analysis, Knowledge and Innovation for Competitiveness makes a compelling argument that human c
• Titolo autorizzato: Knowledge and innovation for competitiveness in Brazil
• ISBN: 0-8213-7439-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454013603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: WBI development studies.