Los temas de este artículo se hallan en la intersección de la
literatura sobre cambio tecnológico y aquella sobre dinámica
industrial. El análisis se centra en la vinculación entre la forma
de acumulación de conocimientos técnicos en una industria y
la probabilidad de que la innovación pueda constituirse en el
vehículo para el ingreso de nuevas empresas al sector. Los
estudios de los países desarrollados abordan este tema a través
de dos enfoques: el de los regímenes tecnológicos y el del ciclo
de vida de la industria, conceptos ambos de raigambre
evolucionista; en el artículo se dedica la sec…
The subject-matter of this article lies at the crossroads between the literature on technological change and that on industrial dynamics. The analysis centers on the links between the form of accumulation of technical know-how in an industry and the likelihood that the innovation in question can become a vehicle for the entry of new enterprises into the sector. The studies on the developed countries tackle this matter through two approaches: that of technological regimes and that based on the life-cycle of industry. Both these concepts are of an evolutionary nature and are set forth in section…
Export Growth in Latin America: Policies and Performance by Carla Macario with Regis Bonelli, Adriaan ten Kate and Gunnar Niels. Latin American and Caribbean countries have substantially transformed their economies over the past decades by adopting policies that set aside import substitution development strategies and foster a greater outward orientation of their economies, assigning a high priority to increasing exports. Nevertheless, in most cases export performance is still deficient, and many countries in the region have not fully taken advantage of the opportunities arising from …