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    • Álvarez Espinoza, Roberto; González Tissinetti, Aldo (Oxford University Press, 2020)
      Competition is considered as a key driver of productivity growth. However, the empirical evidence on its impact is scant in developing countries. Using information from manufacturing plants for the period 1995–2007, we ...
    • Álvarez Espinoza, Roberto (Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Economía, 2001-06)
      There are several arguments in the literature regarding that more open economies would grow faster in the long term. Nevertheless, the channels through which openness increases growth have not been clearly identified in ...
    • Álvarez Espinoza, Roberto (Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 2001-06)
      There are several arguments in the literature regarding that more open economies would grow faster in the long term. Nevertheless, the channels through which openness increases growth have not been clearly identified in ...
    • Parada, María José; Müller Valenzuela, Claudio; Gimeno, Alberto (Emerald, 2016)
      Purpose - This paper highlights the importance of understanding family firms in different contexts. The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the characteristics and behavior of family firms in Ibero-America, and their ...
    • Iizuka, Michiko; Katz Sliapnic, Jorge (Wiley-Blackwell, 2015)
      The importance of aquaculture in the fishery sector is increasing. The growth of aquaculture complements the stagnant growth of extractive fisheries. Many countries are now entering this emerging economic activity. This ...
    • Álvarez Espinoza, Roberto; Crespi, Gustavo (Oxford University Press, 2015)
      In this paper we study the effect of financial constraints on innovation using data from a 2007 survey of more than 10,000 Chilean firms. In contrast with other surveys, this dataset allows for the construction of a direct ...
    • Olavarrieta Soto, Sergio; Villena, Mauricio G. (Elsevier, 2014)
      Innovation in LatinAmerica is a challenge for achieving development. Several Latin American countries and businesses are attempting to increase innov ation and entrepreneurship but they face substantial challenges and ...
    • Álvarez Espinoza, Roberto; Grazzi, Matteo (Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 2018)
      The long-run economic performance of Latin America has been unsatisfactory especially in comparison with other emerging economies, which have been able to “catch up” with developed countries. The historically low innovation ...
    • Álvarez Espinoza, Roberto; Bravo Ortega, Claudio; Zahler, Andrés (Taylor & Francis, 2015)
      We analyze empirically the firm-level relationship between innovation and productivity in the Chilean service sector using the manufacturing sector as a benchmark. We find that manufacturing and service industries have ...
    • Salazar-Elena, Juan Carlos; López, Asunción; Guimon de Ros, Jose; Cancino del Castillo, Christian (IOS, 2020)
      Since the pioneeringwork of David J. Teece ("Profiting from technological innovation: Implications for integration, collaboration, licensing and public policy", Research Policy 15, 1986), the concept of "appropriability ...