National innovation surveys in Latin America: empirical evidence and policy implications

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The performance of transnational corporations: Evidence for the manufacturing industry in Chile

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Summary of Caribbean economic performance, 1996

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

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Mexico: economic growth, exports and industrial performance after NAFTA

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Summary of Caribbean economic performance, 1997

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A comparative analysis of productivity in Brazilian and Mexican manufacturing industries

This article analyses productivity trends in Brazilian and Mexican manufacturing industries between 1995 and 2009, a period in which international competition intensified sharply. A total of 14 manufacturing industries are considered, using two methods based on: (i) the Leontief (1951) model to measure the consumption of intermediate goods used in production; and (ii) the analysis of total factor productivity (TFP). The studies performed show that manufacturing trends have diverged in the two countries. In Mexico, an increased need for imported goods and services was offset by a reduction in domestic goods and service requirements, and an increase in the TFP of production. In the case of Brazil, the fact that manufactured goods markets are more isolated from foreign trade seems to have contributed to a weak productivity performance.