The importance of the manufacturing sector for Brazilian economic development

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Definición de la pequeña industria = The definition of small-scale industry

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Servicios de extensión industrial para la pequeña industria = Industrial extension services for small-scale industries

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Un centro para el desarrollo de la pequeña industria en América Latina = A Latin American development centre for small-scale industry

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Technical co-operation for the development of small-scale industries

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Short term indicators for Jamaica: a leading indicator for the manufacturing sector

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Agroindustry and small-scale agriculture: a comparative synthesis of different experiences

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Agroindustry and small-scale agriculture: conceptual guidelines for a policy to encourage linkage between them

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SMEs in the environmental goods and services market: identifying areas of opportunity, policies and instruments: case studies: Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Mexico

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The current situation of small and medium-sized industrial enterprises in Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados and St. Lucia

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Technological capacity-building in unstable settings: Manufacturing firms in Argentina and Brazil

From the 1970s onward, the macroeconomic context in Argentina and Brazil was characterized by drastic economic changes and instability. Numerous studies have documented the generally negative effect of this environment on the innovation capacities of the manufacturing sector. This paper, however, analyses the possible emergence of new innovation capacities in the period, bringing two important phenomena to light. First, a quite substantial number of firms, even in unstable settings, redoubled their innovation efforts. Second, these firms are mainly found in a small group of sectors associated with the countries’ static advantages or in sectors favoured by specific sectoral regimes. The findings, although exploratory, are a contribution to the debate on the development of innovative capacities in unstable macroeconomic contexts and the ability of sectors associated with the two countries’ static advantages to generate spaces of innovation and value creation.

Productivity growth in Latin American manufacturing: what role for international trade intensities?

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Macroeconomic policies, sector performance and firm response: the case of Chile's textile goods market

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Development of technological capabilities in an extremely volatile economy. The industrial sector in Argentina

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Transnational corporations and structural changes in industry in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico

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