Human Capital and University-Industry Linkages' Role in Fostering Firm Innovation : An Empirical Study of Chile and Colombia

Human Capital and University-Industry Linkages' Role in Fostering Firm Innovation : An Empirical Study of Chile and Colombia

A firm's absorptive capacity, human capital and linkages with knowledge institutions have been shown to increase the firm's probability of innovating in OECD economies. Despite its importance for national- and firm-level competitiveness,...

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Main Authors:	Marotta, Daniela, Mark, Michael, Blom, Andreas, Thorn, Kristian
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY ACCOUNTING APPROACH TO INNOVATION CAPABILITIES CAPABILITY CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE COLLABORATION COMPETENCIES COMPETITIVENESS COMPUTERS CONCEPT OF KNOWLEDGE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT CURRENT KNOWLEDGE DATA QUALITY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DISCUSSION DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE DOMAIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS ECONOMICS OF INNOVATION EMAIL ADDRESS EQUIPMENT EXISTING KNOWLEDGE EXTENSION EXTERNAL KNOWLEDGE EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS EXTERNALITIES FIRM PERFORMANCE FIRM-SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE FOOD PROCESSING GEOGRAPHY OF INNOVATION GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS GOVERNMENT POLICY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES IDEA IDEAS INCOME INDIVIDUAL FIRMS INDUSTRIAL POLICY INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INNOVATION CAPACITY INNOVATION INDICATORS INNOVATION INPUTS INNOVATION OUTCOME INNOVATION OUTCOMES INNOVATION OUTPUTS INNOVATION PERFORMANCE INNOVATION POLICY INNOVATION PROCESS INNOVATION PROCESSES INNOVATION PROGRAM INNOVATION SURVEYS INNOVATION SYSTEM INNOVATION SYSTEMS INNOVATION THEORY INNOVATIVE ACTIVITIES INNOVATIVE ACTIVITY INNOVATIVE CAPACITY INNOVATIVE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE INNOVATIVE FIRMS INNOVATIVE OUTPUT INNOVATIVE PERFORMANCE INNOVATIVE PROCESSES INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTANGIBLE ASSETS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTERACTIVE LEARNING INTERNATIONALISATION INTERRELATIONSHIPS KNOWLEDGE CENTERS KNOWLEDGE DIFFUSION KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION KNOWLEDGE FLOW KNOWLEDGE FRONTIER KNOWLEDGE INFRASTRUCTURE KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER LABOR FORCE LATIN AMERICAN LEARNING LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE LICENSES LOCALIZATION MANUFACTURING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY MARKET SHARE MARKETING MISSING VALUE MISSING VALUES NATURAL RESOURCES NETWORKS NEW MARKET NEW PRODUCT NEW PRODUCTS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTORS PROCESS INNOVATION PROCESS INNOVATIONS PRODUCT DESIGN PRODUCT INNOVATION PRODUCT INNOVATIONS PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS R&D RADIO REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL INNOVATION RESULT RESULTS SAFETY SKILLED LABOR SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL KNOWLEDGE SOURCES OF INFORMATION SUCCESSFUL INNOVATION SUPPLIERS SYSTEM OF INNOVATION TACIT KNOWLEDGE TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TELEVISION THINKING TIME PERIOD TOP MANAGEMENT TRANSACTION TYPE OF KNOWLEDGE UNIVERSITIES UTILITY MODELS VALUE CHAIN WEB WOOD WORK EXPERIENCE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/12/8880613/human-capital-university-industry-linkages-role-fostering-firm-innovation-empirical-study-chile-colombia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7558

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7558