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Innovation in the tourism sector: a case study from the Commonwealth of Dominica
(ECLAC, 2011-12)
This study presents an analysis of innovation in the tourism sector of the Commonwealth of Dominica. The implementation of a questionnaire survey across a range of tourism sub-sectors yielded information on the scale of ...
Science and technology policy and the National Innovation System in Argentina
(1999-04)
This article looks at the strengths and weaknesses of the policies proposed in the Argentine National Multi-year Science and Technology Plan, 1998-2000, within the conceptual framework of the approach taken by the National ...
Innovation and technology policy (ITP) for catching up: a three phase life cycle framework for industrializing economies
(ECLAC, 2007-02)
This paper outlines a dynamic, medium/long term Innovation and Technology Policy framework for industrializing economies directed to simulate innovation and to contribute to the eventual creation of high impact innovative ...
Productivity differences in Brazilian manufacturing firms, by industrial sector: school bullying and academic achievement
(2011-08)
This article attempts to explain how the innovation process is determined by factors external to the firm, whose productivity is calculated and analysed in terms of systemic innovation factors. To that end, it describes ...
Technological evaluation of biotechnology capability in Amazon institutions
(ECLAC, 2004-03)
The innovation cycle in Amazon countries is considered regarding the exploration of biodiversity biotechnological products, a system of technological evaluation and prospecting as initial activities in the innovation cycle ...
The Singapore success story: public-private alliance for investment attraction, innovation and export development
(ECLAC, 2010-04)
Singapore has been touted as a success story in the development literature.1 Various theories (Haggard and Kaufman, eds., 1992)2 have been offered to explain how and why the city-state has succeeded, but none of them has ...
Building long term strategies and public-private alliances for export development: the Finnish case
(ECLAC, 2010-07)
The Finish case of industrial renewal from essentially natural-resource- based industries toward machinery, engineering, electronics, and ICT is of particular relevance for Latin-American countries. The study explains the ...
Food systems and COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean N° 15: Towards inclusive, responsible and sustainable fisheries and aquaculture
(FAOECLAC, 2020-10-09)
In Latin America and the Caribbean, fishing and aquaculture are fundamental in social, economic and nutritional terms: 85 percent of fish and seafood products that reach the tables of the region's households come from ...
Barbados: public-private sector partnership
(ECLAC, 2010-03)
Many successful countries, especially latecomers, in terms of export diversification and enhancement have not relied entirely on spontaneous market forces. Rather they have developed public-private alliances to build ...