Knowledge and innovation for competitiveness in Brazil /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rodriguez, Alberto, 1965-
Other Authors: Dahlman, Carl J., 1950-, Salmi, Jamil
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : World Bank, ©2008.
Series:WBI development studies.
Subjects:
Technological innovations > Brazil.
Labor supply > Effect of technological innovations on > Brazil.
Human capital > Brazil.
Innovations > Brésil.
Marché du travail > Effets des innovations sur > Brésil.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Industrial Technology.
Economic policy
Human capital
Labor supply > Effect of technological innovations on
Technological innovations
Brazil > Economic policy.
Brésil > Politique économique.
Brazil
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Brazil's Growth and Performance in a Global Context
  • 2. Behind Brazil's Slow Growth
  • 3. Defining Innovation
  • 4. Assessing Innovation at the National Level
  • 5. Firm-level Innovation
  • 6. Human Capital for Innovation and Growth
  • 7. How Brazil Can Foster Innovation
  • 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 Advanced Out-of-School Training
  • Appendix F. The Demographic Window of Opportunity.

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