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Bridging the technological divide : technology adoption by firms in developing countries
| Bridging the technological divide : technology adoption by firms in developing countries |
| Autore | Cirera Xavier |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Piraí : , : World Bank Publications, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 pages) |
| Disciplina | 658.4063 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CominDiego
CruzMarcio |
| Soggetto topico |
Business enterprises Technological innovations
Developing countries Technology and state |
| ISBN | 1-4648-1859-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Imperative of Technology in Developing Countries -- The Technological Divide -- Road Map to the Volume -- Contributions to the Literature -- Main Messages from the Volume -- Notes -- References -- Part 1 Measuring the Technological Divide -- 1. A New Approach to Measure Technology Adoption by Firms -- Introduction -- Measuring Adoption and Use of Technology by Firms -- Opening the Black Box: The Firm-level Adoption of Technology (FAT) Survey -- The Data Used in This Volume -- Using the FAT Data to Understand Some of the Limitations of Standard Measures of Technology -- Summing Up -- Notes -- References -- 2. Facts about Technology Adoption and Use in Developing Countries -- Introduction -- Cross-Country Technology Facts -- Cross-Firm Technology Facts -- Other Technology Facts -- Summing Up -- Notes -- References -- 3. Adoption of Sector-Specific Technologies -- Introduction -- Technology Differences across and within Sectors -- Technology Upgrading and the Limits to Leapfrogging -- Specialization, Technology, and Outsourcing -- Summing Up -- Notes -- References -- Part 2 The Implications of the Technological Divide for Long-Term Economic Growth -- 4. Technology Sophistication, Productivity, and Employment -- Introduction -- Technology and Firm-Level Productivity -- Technology Adoption and Employment -- Summing Up -- Notes -- References -- 5. Digital Technologies and Resilience to Shocks -- Introduction -- Digital Technologies -- Technology and Resilience -- Summing Up -- Notes -- References -- Part 3 What Countries Can Do to Bridge the Technological Divide -- 6. What Constrains Firms from Adopting Better Technologies? -- Introduction -- Firm-Level Determinants of Adoption.
Perceived Drivers of and Obstacles to Technology Adoption -- Factual Evidence on Drivers of and Obstacles to Technology Adoption -- Summing Up -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7. Policies and Instruments to Accelerate Technology Adoption -- Introduction -- A Checklist to Design Technology Upgrading Programs -- Using the FAT Survey to Inform the Design and Implementation of Policies Supporting Technology Upgrading -- Instruments to Support Technology Upgrading at the Firm Level -- Summing Up -- Notes -- References -- Appendix A. The Firm-level Adoption of Technology (FAT) Survey, Implementation, and Data Set -- Boxes -- Box I.1 Defining Technology and Business Functions -- Box 1.1 The Technology Index at the Firm Level: An Example from the Food-Processing Sector in Senegal -- Box 2.1 The Large Gap in Technology Sophistication between Formal and Informal Firms -- Box 3.1 The Strong Sector Composition of the Use of Industry 4.0 Technologies -- Box 3.2 The Closeness of Pharmaceutical Firms to the Technology Frontier -- Box 6.1 Specific Barriers to the Use of Digital Platforms -- Box 7.1 Digital Platforms Are Prone to Market Concentration and Dominance -- Box 7.2 The Firm-Level Technology Diagnostic Tool -- Box 7.3 Agriculture Extension: The Case of Embrapa -- Box 7.4 Credit Guarantees for Technology through the Korea Technology Finance Corporation (KOTEC) -- Box 7.5 The Difference between Vouchers and Grants -- Box 7.6 Fraunhofer Institutes -- Figures -- Figure 1.1 While Countries Are Converging in Their Adoption of Technology, They Are Diverging in the Intensity of Use -- Figure 1.2 Conceptual Framework for the Firm-level Adoption of Technology (FAT) Survey -- Figure 1.3 General Business Functions and Their Associated Technologies -- Figure 1.4 Share of Firms Using Technologies Applied to Various General Business Functions, All Countries. Figure 1.5 Sector-Specific Business Functions and Technologies -- Figure 1.6 An Example of the Technology Index -- Figure B1.1.1 Comparing Technology Sophistication of a Large and a Small Firm in the Food-Processing Sector -- Figure 1.7 Firms Vary Widely in the Status of Their Adoption of General-Purpose Technologies -- Figure 1.8 Among Firms with Access to Computers and the Internet, a Large Share Relies Mostly on Less Sophisticated Methods to Conduct Business Functions -- Figure 2.1 Estimated Technology Sophistication, by Country: Manufacturing -- Figure 2.2 Estimated Technology Sophistication, by Country: Agriculture and Services -- Figure 2.3 There Is a Strong Correlation between the Technology Sophistication of a Region and Regional Productivity -- Figure 2.4 Cross-Country Differences in Technology Are Also Explained by the Number of Firms Using Sophisticated Technology -- Figure B2.1.1 Technology Sophistication Is Significantly Greater among Formal Firms in Senegal -- Figure 2.5 The Level of Technology Sophistication for General Business Functions Varies Greatly -- Figure 2.6 Technology Sophistication Varies across Firm Size -- Figure 2.7 The Likelihood of Adopting Frontier Technologies for General Business Functions Varies across Firm Size -- Figure 2.8 The Likelihood of Adopting Frontier Technologies for Sector-Specific Business Functions Varies across Firm Size -- Figure 2.9 Rank Orderings of the Distribution of Technology Sophistication Are Consistent across Select Countries -- Figure 2.10 Most Productive Countries and Regions Have Firms That Use More Sophisticated Technologies on Average -- Figure 2.11 Within-Firm Variance of Technology Sophistication Is Positively Associated with Regional Productivity -- Figure 2.12 Technology Disruption in Telecommunications -- Figure 2.13 Diffusion Curves, by Firm Size (Early versus Late Adopters). Figure 2.14 Firms with Lower Levels of Technological Capabilities Tend to Overestimate Their Technological Sophistication -- Figure 3.1 Firms in Agriculture Tend to Use More Sophisticated Technologies in Sector-Specific Business Functions -- Figure 3.2 The Technology Gaps Are Larger in General Business Functions in Agriculture Compared to Sector-Specific Business Functions -- Figure 3.3 Technology Sophistication for Fabrication in Manufacturing Is Low in Developing Countries -- Figure B3.1.1 The Likelihood of Adopting Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Varies Widely across Sectors -- Figure B3.1.2 More Capital-Intensive Agricultural Firms Are More Likely to Adopt Advanced Technologies -- Figure 3.4 Differences in Technology across Countries Roughly Follow Income Differences in the Food-Processing Sector -- Figure 3.5 Cross-Country Comparisons in Wearing Apparel Are Not So Large among Exporter Countries -- Figure B3.2.1 Pharmaceutical Firms Are Relatively Close to the Technology Frontier, but There Is Significant Room for Improvement in Developing Countries -- Figure 3.6 Digitalization of Sector-Specific Business Functions Is at an Early Stage in Retail Services -- Figure 3.7 The Diffusion Curves of Newer Sector-Specific Technologies Do Not Suggest Leapfrogging -- Figure 3.8 Tractor Ownership, Renting, and Digital Renting Do Not Suggest Leapfrogging through Digital Platforms -- Figure 3.9 Across Sectors, There Is Large Heterogeneity in Outsourcing Sector-Specific Business Functions -- Figure 3.10 Within Sectors, There Is Heterogeneity in the Degree of Outsourcing within Sector-Specific Business Functions -- Figure 3.11 The Significant Correlation between Outsourcing Tasks and Technology Sophistication (All Business Functions) Is Restricted to Some Business Functions. Figure 3.12 There Are No Significant Differences between Traders and Nontraders in Outsourcing Business Functions -- Figure 4.1 Several Drivers Affect the Margins of Productivity Growth -- Figure 4.2 Technology Sophistication Is Correlated with Labor Productivity -- Figure 4.3 The Level of Technology Sophistication Varies Considerably across Agriculture, Manufacturing, and Services Sectors -- Figure 4.4 Differences in Technology Sophistication between the Republic of Korea and Senegal Are Larger in the Agricultural Sector than in Nonagricultural Sectors and Are Driven Mainly by the Low Sophistication of Informal Firms -- Figure 4.5 Firms Generally Keep the Same Number of Jobs When They Adopt New Technologies -- Figure 4.6 Firms That Have Adopted Better Technology Have Increased Employment -- Figure 4.7 More Sophisticated Technologies in Some Business Functions Are More Associated with Employment Growth -- Figure 4.8 Firms with a Higher Level of Technology Are Creating More Jobs but Not Changing Their Share of Low-Skilled Workers -- Figure 4.9 Firms Using More Sophisticated Technologies Pay Higher Wages -- Figure 4.10 Technology Sophistication Contributes to Wage Inequality within Firms -- Figure 5.1 Use of Internet and Adoption of Applications of Digital Technologies Vary by Sophistication and Firm Size -- Figure 5.2 Digital Technology Intensity Varies across Sectors and Business Functions -- Figure 5.3 Some Technologies Diffuse More Rapidly than Others -- Figure 5.4 Market Concentration Poses a Challenge for the Supply of Digital Business Solutions -- Figure 5.5 The Large Drop in Sales at the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic Persisted for Many Firms, and the Loss Was Greater for Microenterprises and Small Firms -- Figure 5.6 Demand for Digital Solutions Increased Greatly in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Figure 5.7 A Large Share of Businesses Digitalized during the COVID-19 Pandemic. |
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Bridging the technological divide : technology adoption by firms in developing countries
| Bridging the technological divide : technology adoption by firms in developing countries |
| Autore | Cirera Xavier |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Piraí : , : World Bank Publications, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 pages) |
| Disciplina | 658.4063 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CominDiego
CruzMarcio |
| Soggetto topico |
Business enterprises - Technological innovations
Technology and state |
| ISBN | 1-4648-1859-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Imperative of Technology in Developing Countries -- The Technological Divide -- Road Map to the Volume -- Contributions to the Literature -- Main Messages from the Volume -- Notes -- References -- Part 1 Measuring the Technological Divide -- 1. A New Approach to Measure Technology Adoption by Firms -- Introduction -- Measuring Adoption and Use of Technology by Firms -- Opening the Black Box: The Firm-level Adoption of Technology (FAT) Survey -- The Data Used in This Volume -- Using the FAT Data to Understand Some of the Limitations of Standard Measures of Technology -- Summing Up -- Notes -- References -- 2. Facts about Technology Adoption and Use in Developing Countries -- Introduction -- Cross-Country Technology Facts -- Cross-Firm Technology Facts -- Other Technology Facts -- Summing Up -- Notes -- References -- 3. Adoption of Sector-Specific Technologies -- Introduction -- Technology Differences across and within Sectors -- Technology Upgrading and the Limits to Leapfrogging -- Specialization, Technology, and Outsourcing -- Summing Up -- Notes -- References -- Part 2 The Implications of the Technological Divide for Long-Term Economic Growth -- 4. Technology Sophistication, Productivity, and Employment -- Introduction -- Technology and Firm-Level Productivity -- Technology Adoption and Employment -- Summing Up -- Notes -- References -- 5. Digital Technologies and Resilience to Shocks -- Introduction -- Digital Technologies -- Technology and Resilience -- Summing Up -- Notes -- References -- Part 3 What Countries Can Do to Bridge the Technological Divide -- 6. What Constrains Firms from Adopting Better Technologies? -- Introduction -- Firm-Level Determinants of Adoption.
Perceived Drivers of and Obstacles to Technology Adoption -- Factual Evidence on Drivers of and Obstacles to Technology Adoption -- Summing Up -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7. Policies and Instruments to Accelerate Technology Adoption -- Introduction -- A Checklist to Design Technology Upgrading Programs -- Using the FAT Survey to Inform the Design and Implementation of Policies Supporting Technology Upgrading -- Instruments to Support Technology Upgrading at the Firm Level -- Summing Up -- Notes -- References -- Appendix A. The Firm-level Adoption of Technology (FAT) Survey, Implementation, and Data Set -- Boxes -- Box I.1 Defining Technology and Business Functions -- Box 1.1 The Technology Index at the Firm Level: An Example from the Food-Processing Sector in Senegal -- Box 2.1 The Large Gap in Technology Sophistication between Formal and Informal Firms -- Box 3.1 The Strong Sector Composition of the Use of Industry 4.0 Technologies -- Box 3.2 The Closeness of Pharmaceutical Firms to the Technology Frontier -- Box 6.1 Specific Barriers to the Use of Digital Platforms -- Box 7.1 Digital Platforms Are Prone to Market Concentration and Dominance -- Box 7.2 The Firm-Level Technology Diagnostic Tool -- Box 7.3 Agriculture Extension: The Case of Embrapa -- Box 7.4 Credit Guarantees for Technology through the Korea Technology Finance Corporation (KOTEC) -- Box 7.5 The Difference between Vouchers and Grants -- Box 7.6 Fraunhofer Institutes -- Figures -- Figure 1.1 While Countries Are Converging in Their Adoption of Technology, They Are Diverging in the Intensity of Use -- Figure 1.2 Conceptual Framework for the Firm-level Adoption of Technology (FAT) Survey -- Figure 1.3 General Business Functions and Their Associated Technologies -- Figure 1.4 Share of Firms Using Technologies Applied to Various General Business Functions, All Countries. Figure 1.5 Sector-Specific Business Functions and Technologies -- Figure 1.6 An Example of the Technology Index -- Figure B1.1.1 Comparing Technology Sophistication of a Large and a Small Firm in the Food-Processing Sector -- Figure 1.7 Firms Vary Widely in the Status of Their Adoption of General-Purpose Technologies -- Figure 1.8 Among Firms with Access to Computers and the Internet, a Large Share Relies Mostly on Less Sophisticated Methods to Conduct Business Functions -- Figure 2.1 Estimated Technology Sophistication, by Country: Manufacturing -- Figure 2.2 Estimated Technology Sophistication, by Country: Agriculture and Services -- Figure 2.3 There Is a Strong Correlation between the Technology Sophistication of a Region and Regional Productivity -- Figure 2.4 Cross-Country Differences in Technology Are Also Explained by the Number of Firms Using Sophisticated Technology -- Figure B2.1.1 Technology Sophistication Is Significantly Greater among Formal Firms in Senegal -- Figure 2.5 The Level of Technology Sophistication for General Business Functions Varies Greatly -- Figure 2.6 Technology Sophistication Varies across Firm Size -- Figure 2.7 The Likelihood of Adopting Frontier Technologies for General Business Functions Varies across Firm Size -- Figure 2.8 The Likelihood of Adopting Frontier Technologies for Sector-Specific Business Functions Varies across Firm Size -- Figure 2.9 Rank Orderings of the Distribution of Technology Sophistication Are Consistent across Select Countries -- Figure 2.10 Most Productive Countries and Regions Have Firms That Use More Sophisticated Technologies on Average -- Figure 2.11 Within-Firm Variance of Technology Sophistication Is Positively Associated with Regional Productivity -- Figure 2.12 Technology Disruption in Telecommunications -- Figure 2.13 Diffusion Curves, by Firm Size (Early versus Late Adopters). Figure 2.14 Firms with Lower Levels of Technological Capabilities Tend to Overestimate Their Technological Sophistication -- Figure 3.1 Firms in Agriculture Tend to Use More Sophisticated Technologies in Sector-Specific Business Functions -- Figure 3.2 The Technology Gaps Are Larger in General Business Functions in Agriculture Compared to Sector-Specific Business Functions -- Figure 3.3 Technology Sophistication for Fabrication in Manufacturing Is Low in Developing Countries -- Figure B3.1.1 The Likelihood of Adopting Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Varies Widely across Sectors -- Figure B3.1.2 More Capital-Intensive Agricultural Firms Are More Likely to Adopt Advanced Technologies -- Figure 3.4 Differences in Technology across Countries Roughly Follow Income Differences in the Food-Processing Sector -- Figure 3.5 Cross-Country Comparisons in Wearing Apparel Are Not So Large among Exporter Countries -- Figure B3.2.1 Pharmaceutical Firms Are Relatively Close to the Technology Frontier, but There Is Significant Room for Improvement in Developing Countries -- Figure 3.6 Digitalization of Sector-Specific Business Functions Is at an Early Stage in Retail Services -- Figure 3.7 The Diffusion Curves of Newer Sector-Specific Technologies Do Not Suggest Leapfrogging -- Figure 3.8 Tractor Ownership, Renting, and Digital Renting Do Not Suggest Leapfrogging through Digital Platforms -- Figure 3.9 Across Sectors, There Is Large Heterogeneity in Outsourcing Sector-Specific Business Functions -- Figure 3.10 Within Sectors, There Is Heterogeneity in the Degree of Outsourcing within Sector-Specific Business Functions -- Figure 3.11 The Significant Correlation between Outsourcing Tasks and Technology Sophistication (All Business Functions) Is Restricted to Some Business Functions. Figure 3.12 There Are No Significant Differences between Traders and Nontraders in Outsourcing Business Functions -- Figure 4.1 Several Drivers Affect the Margins of Productivity Growth -- Figure 4.2 Technology Sophistication Is Correlated with Labor Productivity -- Figure 4.3 The Level of Technology Sophistication Varies Considerably across Agriculture, Manufacturing, and Services Sectors -- Figure 4.4 Differences in Technology Sophistication between the Republic of Korea and Senegal Are Larger in the Agricultural Sector than in Nonagricultural Sectors and Are Driven Mainly by the Low Sophistication of Informal Firms -- Figure 4.5 Firms Generally Keep the Same Number of Jobs When They Adopt New Technologies -- Figure 4.6 Firms That Have Adopted Better Technology Have Increased Employment -- Figure 4.7 More Sophisticated Technologies in Some Business Functions Are More Associated with Employment Growth -- Figure 4.8 Firms with a Higher Level of Technology Are Creating More Jobs but Not Changing Their Share of Low-Skilled Workers -- Figure 4.9 Firms Using More Sophisticated Technologies Pay Higher Wages -- Figure 4.10 Technology Sophistication Contributes to Wage Inequality within Firms -- Figure 5.1 Use of Internet and Adoption of Applications of Digital Technologies Vary by Sophistication and Firm Size -- Figure 5.2 Digital Technology Intensity Varies across Sectors and Business Functions -- Figure 5.3 Some Technologies Diffuse More Rapidly than Others -- Figure 5.4 Market Concentration Poses a Challenge for the Supply of Digital Business Solutions -- Figure 5.5 The Large Drop in Sales at the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic Persisted for Many Firms, and the Loss Was Greater for Microenterprises and Small Firms -- Figure 5.6 Demand for Digital Solutions Increased Greatly in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Figure 5.7 A Large Share of Businesses Digitalized during the COVID-19 Pandemic. |
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The Innovation Imperative for Developing East Asia / / Xavier Cirera, Andrew D. Mason, Francesca de Nicola, Smita Kuriakose, Davide Mare, Trang Tran
| The Innovation Imperative for Developing East Asia / / Xavier Cirera, Andrew D. Mason, Francesca de Nicola, Smita Kuriakose, Davide Mare, Trang Tran |
| Autore | Cirera Xavier |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (pages cm) |
| Disciplina | 330.95 |
| Collana | World bank east asia and pacific regional report |
| Soggetto topico | Technological innovations - East Asia |
| ISBN | 1-4648-1656-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794654603321 |
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The innovation paradox : developing country capabilities and the unrealized promise of technological catch-up / / Xavier Cirera and William F. Maloney
| The innovation paradox : developing country capabilities and the unrealized promise of technological catch-up / / Xavier Cirera and William F. Maloney |
| Autore | Cirera Xavier |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : World Bank Group, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 pages) : illustrations, tables |
| Disciplina | 338.9/26091724 |
| Soggetto topico |
Technological innovations - Developing countries
Information technology - Developing countries - Management Organizational change - Developing countries |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910480097803321 |
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| Washington, District of Columbia : , : World Bank Group, , 2017 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The innovation paradox : developing country capabilities and the unrealized promise of technological catch-up / / Xavier Cirera and William F. Maloney
| The innovation paradox : developing country capabilities and the unrealized promise of technological catch-up / / Xavier Cirera and William F. Maloney |
| Autore | Cirera Xavier |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxv, 186 pages) ; ; 26 cm |
| Disciplina | 338.9/26091724 |
| Soggetto topico |
Technological innovations - Developing countries
Information technology - Developing countries - Management Organizational change - Developing countries |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796501903321 |
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Cirera Xavier
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| Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , [2017] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The innovation paradox : developing country capabilities and the unrealized promise of technological catch-up / / Xavier Cirera and William F. Maloney
| The innovation paradox : developing country capabilities and the unrealized promise of technological catch-up / / Xavier Cirera and William F. Maloney |
| Autore | Cirera Xavier |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxv, 186 pages) ; ; 26 cm |
| Disciplina | 338.9/26091724 |
| Soggetto topico |
Technological innovations - Developing countries
Information technology - Developing countries - Management Organizational change - Developing countries |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- 1. The Innovation Paradox -- Introduction: The Innovation Imperative -- The Innovation Paradox -- The Still-Bound Prometheus -- The Plan of the Report -- Notes -- References -- PART I: Understanding Innovation in Developing Countries -- 2. The Nature of Innovation in Developing Countries -- Introduction -- What Is Innovation? -- Characterizing Innovation in Developing Countries: Some Stylized Facts -- Concluding Remarks -- Annex 2A The World Bank Enterprise Survey Innovation Data -- Annex 2B Improving Innovation Measurement in Developing Countries -- Notes -- References -- 3. The Innovation Paradox and the National Innovation System -- Introduction -- The Innovation Paradox -- Innovation Complementarities -- Benchmarking Innovation Performance: How Do We Know Whether a Society Is Investing Enough in Innovation? -- Innovation Benchmarking in the Presence of Complementarities: Simulating Innovation Shortfalls -- Complementarities and the NIS -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- References -- 4. Managerial Practices as Key Firm Capabilities for Innovation -- Introduction -- Firm Capabilities for Innovation -- Measuring Capabilities -- New Empirical Evidence on Managerial Practices and Innovation -- Concluding Remarks -- Annex 4A A Review of Firm Capabilities for Innovation -- Notes -- References -- 5. Building and Accumulating Managerial Capabilities -- Introduction -- What Determines Managerial Practices -- External Sources of Learning -- Concluding Remarks -- Annex 5A Capabilities at Different Stages of Connection in GVCs -- Notes -- References -- PART II: Government Capabilities and Policy -- 6. Supporting Innovation: Agencies and Government Capability -- Introduction: The Innovation Policy Dilemma in Developing Countries.
Core Elements of Good Innovation Policy Making -- Agencies and Institutions to Support Innovation -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- References -- 7. Instruments to Support Firm Capabilities for Innovation -- Introduction -- The Instruments of the Innovation Policy Space -- Supporting the Capabilities Escalator: Innovation Policy Mixes and Convergence to the Technological Frontier -- Building Managerial and Organizational Practices for Innovation -- Subsequent Steps on the Capabilities Escalator -- Concluding Remarks -- Annex 7A The Capabilities Escalator in Singapore: The Menu of Instruments -- Notes -- References -- 8. The Continuing Challenge of Innovation and Capability Building in Developing Countries -- Note -- References -- Boxes -- 1.1 The Concept of Innovation -- 1.2 Innovation and Development Outcomes -- 2.1 Defining Firm-Level Innovation -- 2.2 Problems in Innovation Measurement -- 3.1 Complementarities: A Basic Neoclassical Intuition -- 3.2 Estimating the Rates of Return to R& -- D -- 4.1 Managerial Practices and Innovation in Vietnam -- 4.2 The New Data on Management Quality -- 4.3 Estimating the Augmented Knowledge Creation Function -- 5.1 Why Do China's Best Firms Lag in Management Quality? -- 5.2 Lessons from China for Apparel Sector Innovation and Upgrading -- 6.1 The Public Expenditure Review of Innovation Policy -- 6.2 Good Innovation Policy Design Checklist -- 6.3 Challenges in Innovation Policy Design in Latin America -- 6.4 The Good Implementation Model of Innovation Policy: A Checklist -- 6.5 Weak Implementation in Latin America: Lessons from the PERs -- 6.6 Innovation and Political Commitment -- 6.7 The Rationale for Public Research Institutes -- 6.8 Matching the Supply and Demand for Knowledge in the Republic of Korea -- 7.1 Innovation Vouchers to Foster Innovation Activities and Collaboration. 7.2 Post-World War II Recovery and Firm Upgrading in Japan -- 7.3 National Quality Infrastructure -- 7.4 The Capabilities Escalator in Singapore -- 7.5 Agriculture Extension: The Case of EMBRAPA -- 7.6 Technology Centers: The Case of ASCAMM -- 7.7 Czech Supplier Development Program -- 7.8 Tax Incentives to R& -- D Projects -- Figures -- 1.1 The Capability to Innovate in 1900 Drives Income Levels Today -- 1.2 The Capabilities Escalator -- 2.1 The Innovation Function -- 2.2 Innovation Levels Vary by Country Income -- 2.3 All Sectors Innovate, but Innovation Rates Vary by Sector -- 2.4 Innovations That Are New to the Market Increase with Income per Capita -- 2.5 Patenting Activity Is Much Higher in the Richest Countries -- 2.6 Patents and R& -- D Expenditures Are Closely Related and Rise with Income -- 2.7 R& -- D Intensity Rises with Convergence to the Productivity Frontier -- 2.8 R& -- D per Worker on Imitation and Radical Innovation Also Rises with Convergence to the Productivity Frontier -- 2.9 R& -- D Intensity Rises with Income per Capita -- 2.10 Technology Licensing Is Lower in Less Developed Countries -- 2.11 Like R& -- D, Expenditures on Equipment and Training Are Higher in Firms Closer to the Frontier -- 2.12 Managerial Practices Are Better in Richer Countries -- 2A.1 Cleaned Data on Product Innovation Differ from Original Data -- 2A.2 Cleaned Data on Process Innovation Differ from Original Data -- 2B.1 UNESCO and Enterprise Survey Data Differ Greatly -- 2B.2 Returns to Innovation and Productivity -- 2B.3 Differences in Innovation Rates Reported between Short and Long Questionnaires Are Large -- 3.1 The Returns to Innovation and R& -- D in Developing Countries Are Not Higher in the Poorest Countries -- 3.2 Returns to R& -- D Trace an Inverted U-Shape across the Development Process. 3.3 Simulated Deviations from Optimal Innovation Investment Are Not Correlated with R& -- D/GDP -- 3.4 The Expanded National Innovation System (NIS) -- 4.1 Firm Capabilities for Innovation -- 4.2 The Quality of R& -- D and of Management Practices Are Highly Correlated -- 4.3 Innovation Outputs Are Associated with Better Management Practices -- 4.4 Better Management Quality Is Associated with Higher Innovation Outputs -- 4.5 U.S. Firms with Higher Management Quality Undertake More R& -- D and Patent More -- 4.6 R& -- D and Management Quality Affect the Probability of Introducing a Process or Product Innovation -- 4.7 Globally, Firms with Higher Management Quality Undertake More R& -- D and Patent More -- 4.8 The Effect of Management Quality on Innovation Index Increases with Management Quality in Mexico -- 4.9 Better Management Increases the Impact of R& -- D on Innovation -- 4.10 Performance Monitoring and Incentives Are Associated with Greater Innovation Index -- 5.1 U.S. Firms' Management Scores Exceed Those in Poor Countries across the Distribution -- 5.2 Improving Management Quality Implies Moving the Entire Distribution of Firms, Not Just the Laggards -- 5.3 Managerial Practices Are Better in Older Firms -- 5.4 Weaker Contracting Environments Lead to a Higher Incidence of Family Management and Weaker Capabilities -- 5.5 Firms Exposed to International Markets Have Better Managerial Practices and Are More Innovative -- 5.6 Foreign-Owned Firms Are More Innovative -- 5.7 Types of Innovation Differ at Different Stages of GVC Engagement -- B6.3.1 Evaluation of the Quality of Innovation Policy Design, Implementation, and Governance -- B6.3.2 Distribution of Mechanism of Intervention in the Policy Mix -- 6.1 Only a Small Share of Innovation Expenditures Support Diversification. B6.6.1 Policy Discontinuity and Percent Change of U.S. GDP per Capita, Selected Latin American Countries, 1950-2010 -- B6.6.2 Correlation between Political Commitment on Innovation and Degree of Innovation Performance, Selected Latin American Countries -- 6.2 Entrepreneurs' Perceived Quality of Scientific Institutions and Degree of Private Sector-University Collaboration Is Higher in Advanced Countries -- 7.1 The Innovation Policy Space -- 7.2 The Capabilities Escalator: Innovation Policy Needs -- 7.3 The Capabilities Escalator: The Policy Mix Evolves from Less to More Sophistication -- 7.4 Management Extension Improved Management Practices in India and Colombia -- 7.5 Managers Tend to Overrate Their Abilities (Measured versus Self-Evaluated Management Practices Score) -- 7.6 Grants for Innovation Projects -- 7.7 Early-Stage Infrastructure and Advisory -- Tables -- 5.1 Parameters Determining Firms' Governance Structures -- 7.1 The Policy Mix in Different Stages of the National Innovation System. |
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