Innovation and R&amp;D in Latin America and the Caribbean countries: a systematic literature review

Viglioni, Marco Túlio Dinali; Brito, Mozar José de; Calegário, Cristina Lélis Leal

doi:10.1007/s11192-020-03714-z

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“…Thus, this study's evidence encourages the debate as to whether the acquisition of machinery or any technology is sufficient to improve firm performance in the short term (e.g. Viglioni et al , 2020).…”

Section: Conclusion Limitations and Future Researchmentioning

confidence: 55%

The effect of technological innovation on low-tech Peruvian manufacturing firms' performance: the role of external sources of knowledge

Gallegos

Luna

2022

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PurposeThis paper aims to evaluate the relationship between external sources of knowledge and technological innovation and then analyze how technological innovation improves firm performance.Design/methodology/approachThis study presents evidence based on a sample of 708 low-tech firms that participated in the National Survey of Innovation in the Manufacturing Industry and Knowledge-Intensive Service Firms (ENIIMSEC). A structural equation model approach was applied in this study.FindingsThere is a positive relationship between external sources of knowledge and technological innovation; technological innovation improves firm performance.Originality/valueThese results provide a deeper knowledge about how manufacturing firms in an emerging economy can apply open innovation practices to develop technological innovation, thus improving the firms' performance.

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Section: Conclusion Limitations and Future Researchmentioning

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The effect of technological innovation on low-tech Peruvian manufacturing firms' performance: the role of external sources of knowledge

Gallegos

Luna

2022

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“…Thus, this study advances considering the relationship between corruption and R&D investments on more innovative firms' performance. Such analysis is appropriate since Latin American countries started to invest more significantly in R&D only a couple of decades ago (Viglioni et al, 2020). Finally, this study has implications for public policy formulation and we advance with evidence for policymakers and managers who keep trying to give a step toward understanding and fighting against corruption issues in hope of bringing new solutions for old problems.…”

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confidence: 73%

“…There is a high standard deviation (SD) of R&D, which is a reflection of the sample including firms from low technology industries – such as, for instance, the Chilean wine manufacturers, textiles from Brazil, mining of metal ores, basic metals and other non-metallic mineral products from Brazil and Peru and large Mexican conglomerates in food industries – and also firms from more R&D-intensive industries – from the chemical, pharmaceutical, petrochemical and electronics industries, representing 15.7% of the sample. It is also worth noting that to a large extent it is the large Latin American firms that carry more R&D activities (Viglioni et al. , 2020).…”

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Corruption, R&D and performance: firm-level evidence from Latin America

Viglioni

Ferreira

Aveline

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PurposeThis study aims to investigate how firms' perceived level of corruption moderates the relationship between Research and Development (R&D) investments and firms' financial performance.Design/methodology/approachThe study has used dynamic panel data for local private and public firms from Latin American countries (Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Peru) during 2012–2019. The unbalanced panel was estimated using generalized method of moments (GMM) and instrumental variables (IVs) to account for endogeneity issues.FindingsThe results showed that corruption has a direct and positive effect on firms' financial performance. Moreover, while firms' financial performance increases in the presence of corruption, the authors' findings suggest that corruption negatively moderates the relationship between R&D investments and firms' financial performance. This finding exposes the debate “grease the wheels” once corruption appears to work much more like sand than grease on more innovative firms. Finally, the authors observed a negative effect of long-term R&D investments on firms' performance, indicating that high levels of corruption harm even more long-term innovative activities.Research limitations/implicationsThe authors have delimited the scope to firms from four Latin American countries, and thus, the generalization to other countries, from Latin America or other emerging countries, needs to be made with caution. Furthermore, the authors used the corruption perception index (CPI) to assess the extent of corruption and, apparently, using a single measure may limit the understanding. Future research may deepen the authors' comprehension by exploring the effects of the different practices or types of corruption.Practical implicationsThe authors' findings have challenging policy implications denoting policymakers need to prioritize the institutional quality to reduce corruption and foster firms' R&D investments.Originality/valueThe paper has adopted a unique firm-level dataset from an underresearched region. This enriches a long-standing debate by providing new insights of corruption effects in Latin America. Therefore, the authors provided new evidence of the moderating relationship between corruption and R&D investments on more innovative firms' performance.

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“…Although originally devised for use in business management literature, it also works well for economic texts -especially ones dealing with innovation. Examples of that are the works of Viglioni et al (2020), which review innovation and R&D in Latin America; Calabrò et al (2019), which assess innovation in family firms; and Vrontis and Christofi (2019), which deal with R&D internationalization and innovation.…”

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Cooperation in Innovative Efforts: a Systematic Literature Review

Freire

Gonçalves

2021

J Knowl Econ

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The importance of cooperation in innovation has been widely studied. Cooperative settings are potential platforms for the indirect and direct transmission of knowledge. This article aims to present the results of a systematic literature review on innovation cooperation. It covers topics such as the effects of cooperation according to different governance structures, cooperation drivers, partner's attributes, firm size, regional factors, and the host country's current stage of economic development. In general, cooperation is an organizational setting that determines knowledge sharing and diffusion. A significant part of the empirical evidence analyzed here reveals that cooperation has a positive effect on innovation performance. Such a positive correlation is highly likely to be found in case studies of technology-intensive sectors in small regions. However, large datasets, mainly from Europe and China, also yield positive results. Results may also vary according to firms' attributes and the type of cooperation agreement adopted.

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Innovation and R&D in Latin America and the Caribbean countries: a systematic literature review

Cited by 14 publications

References 95 publications

The effect of technological innovation on low-tech Peruvian manufacturing firms' performance: the role of external sources of knowledge

The effect of technological innovation on low-tech Peruvian manufacturing firms' performance: the role of external sources of knowledge

Corruption, R&D and performance: firm-level evidence from Latin America

Cooperation in Innovative Efforts: a Systematic Literature Review

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