| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 247 pages) : illustrations |
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WBI development studies |
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WBI development studies.
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| Contents |
1. Brazil's Growth and Performance in a Global Context -- 2. Behind Brazil's Slow Growth -- 3. Defining Innovation -- 4. Assessing Innovation at the National Level -- 5. Firm-level Innovation -- 6. Human Capital for Innovation and Growth -- 7. How Brazil Can Foster Innovation -- 8. From Analysis to Action -- Appendix A. Findings from the PINTEC Database -- Appendix B. Econometric Analysis of the Relationship among R & D, Innovation, and Productivity Using ICS Data for Firm-level Analysis -- Appendix C. Assessing Partial Effects of Firm Size Associated with Partial Effects in Explanatory Variables -- Appendix D. The Primary and Secondary Education Systems -- Appendix E. The Tertiary Education System and Advanced Out-of-School Training -- Appendix F. The Demographic Window of Opportunity |
| Summary |
The research presented in this volume explains how well-educated workers can interact with physical capital inputs to innovate and add value to processes, products and services, ultimately creating a multiplier-effect on macroeconomic growth. It fills a significant gap in the existing literature by providing a detailed map of the relationship between microeconomic inputs such as health and education services and macroeconomic outputs such as growth. Grounded in economic theory and backed by economic analysis, Knowledge and Innovation for Competitiveness makes a compelling argument that human c |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-238) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Technological innovations -- Brazil
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Labor supply -- Effect of technological innovations on -- Brazil
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Human capital -- Brazil
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Industrial Technology.
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Economic policy
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Human capital
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Labor supply -- Effect of technological innovations on
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Technological innovations
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| SUBJECT |
Brazil -- Economic policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008000207
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| Subject |
Brazil
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dahlman, Carl J., 1950-
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Salmi, Jamil
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| ISBN |
9780821374399 |
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0821374397 |
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0821374389 |
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9780821374382 |
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