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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Main Author: Lederman, Daniel
Other Authors: Messina, Julian, Pienknagura, Samuel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : World Bank Publications, 2014.
Series:Latin America and Caribbean Studies.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:2.5 Share of firms with no employees in selected country groups, countries, and economies, 2011.
Physical Description:1 online resource (171 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781464800139
1464800138
9781464800122
146480012X
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.