Drivers of R&D investment, innovation, and productivity in Chilean firms: the role of competition and international trade

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dc.contributor.advisorPertuzé Salas, Julio
dc.contributor.authorMontégu, José Pablo
dc.contributor.otherPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Escuela de Ingeniería
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-05T17:01:36Z
dc.date.available2022-10-05T17:01:36Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionTesis (Master of Science in Engineering)--Pontificia Universidad Católica, 2022
dc.description.abstractIn the Chilean business sector, research and development (R&D), innovation and productivity indicators lag far behind the figures reported in the most advanced economies. However, there is scarce empirical evidence on what is driving and hindering improvement in such areas. This work contributes to clarify the relationship between R&D investment, innovation, and labor productivity in Chilean firms by analyzing in depth the role of competition and international trade in this process. Our ability to explore these topics is made possible by merging two recent economic surveys and applying a microeconometric model that allows us to correct for selection bias and endogeneity. On the one hand, the results show that competition and R&D intensity are linked by an inverse U-shaped curve, but the estimated effects of competition on innovation output and labor productivity turn out to be rather ambiguous. This suggests that market structure has an impact on the incentives to innovate, but not necessarily on the firms’ innovative success. On the other hand, the results indicate that international trade can promote innovation and productivity. More specifically, we show that being a two-way trader (i.e., a firm that both imports and exports) enhances product innovation and labor productivity. We advance the argument that such an advantage is based on different complementarities between importing and exporting activities.
dc.format.extentxiii, 173 páginas
dc.fuente.origenSRIA
dc.identifier.doi10.7764/tesisUC/ING/64978
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.7764/tesisUC/ING/64978
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/64978
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Ingeniería ; Pertuzé Salas, Julio ; 0000-0002-3565-3672 ; 13906497
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Ingeniería ; Montégu, José Pablo ; S/I ; 213659
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesoContenido completo
dc.rightsacceso abierto
dc.subjectR&Des_ES
dc.subjectInnovationes_ES
dc.subjectProductivityes_ES
dc.subjectCompetitiones_ES
dc.subjectMarket Concentrationes_ES
dc.subjectInternational Tradees_ES
dc.subjectExportses_ES
dc.subjectImportses_ES
dc.subjectCDM Modeles_ES
dc.subjectChilees_ES
dc.subject.ddc620
dc.subject.deweyIngenieríaes_ES
dc.titleDrivers of R&D investment, innovation, and productivity in Chilean firms: the role of competition and international tradees_ES
dc.typetesis de maestría
sipa.codpersvinculados13906497
sipa.codpersvinculados213659
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