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Latin American Entrepreneurs : Many Firms but Little Innovation.

Entrepreneurship -- 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. This report argues that entr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lederman, Daniel
Otros Autores: Messina, Julian, Pienknagura, Samuel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : World Bank Publications, 2014.
Colección:Latin America and Caribbean Studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Entrepreneurship -- 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. This report argues that entrepreneurship is also a source of employment generation, export growth, and resilience during economic downturns. Although the conventional wisdom suggests that Latin American and Caribbean countries underperform relative to China and other emerging markets in terms of its entrepreneurial dynamism, t.
Notas:2.5 Share of firms with no employees in selected country groups, countries, and economies, 2011.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (171 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781464800139
1464800138
9781464800122
146480012X