Innovation and Productivity across Mexican Manufacturing Firms

Following the Crépon-Duguet-Mairesse Model (1998), using a database with 2,078 Mexican manufacturing establishments from 2004 to 2006, adapting available proxy variables and proposing a different productivity estimation, this article sets out: Which is their innovation propensity? Which factors push...

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Autores principales: Brown,Flor, Guzmán,Alenka
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Publicado: Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios 2014
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-272420140004000032015-11-12Innovation and Productivity across Mexican Manufacturing FirmsBrown,FlorGuzmán,Alenka technological efforts innovation productivity, cdm model manufacturing industry mexican firms Following the Crépon-Duguet-Mairesse Model (1998), using a database with 2,078 Mexican manufacturing establishments from 2004 to 2006, adapting available proxy variables and proposing a different productivity estimation, this article sets out: Which is their innovation propensity? Which factors push on their innovation efforts? Are these efforts and the innovation favoring labor productivity? The main findings are: Mexican manufacturing establishments with a higher innovation propensity are the largest, with high technological intensity and market share. Advertising, knowledge appropriability, FDI, TT and access to credit have a positive effect on innovation efforts. Moreover, the innovation effort, together with export levels, FDI and access to technology have influenced the innovation of new processes and/or designs, particularly in local firms as compared to foreign firms. Finally, the variables: innovation, labour remunerations and capital intensity have a substantial effect on labor productivity and at a lower level market share, FDI and total quality control.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y NegociosJournal of technology management & innovation v.9 n.4 20142014-11-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-27242014000400003en10.4067/S0718-27242014000400003
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topic technological efforts
innovation
productivity, cdm model
manufacturing industry
mexican firms
spellingShingle technological efforts
innovation
productivity, cdm model
manufacturing industry
mexican firms
Brown,Flor
Guzmán,Alenka
Innovation and Productivity across Mexican Manufacturing Firms
description Following the Crépon-Duguet-Mairesse Model (1998), using a database with 2,078 Mexican manufacturing establishments from 2004 to 2006, adapting available proxy variables and proposing a different productivity estimation, this article sets out: Which is their innovation propensity? Which factors push on their innovation efforts? Are these efforts and the innovation favoring labor productivity? The main findings are: Mexican manufacturing establishments with a higher innovation propensity are the largest, with high technological intensity and market share. Advertising, knowledge appropriability, FDI, TT and access to credit have a positive effect on innovation efforts. Moreover, the innovation effort, together with export levels, FDI and access to technology have influenced the innovation of new processes and/or designs, particularly in local firms as compared to foreign firms. Finally, the variables: innovation, labour remunerations and capital intensity have a substantial effect on labor productivity and at a lower level market share, FDI and total quality control.
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Guzmán,Alenka
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Guzmán,Alenka
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title Innovation and Productivity across Mexican Manufacturing Firms
title_short Innovation and Productivity across Mexican Manufacturing Firms
title_full Innovation and Productivity across Mexican Manufacturing Firms
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title_full_unstemmed Innovation and Productivity across Mexican Manufacturing Firms
title_sort innovation and productivity across mexican manufacturing firms
publisher Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios
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