Confraria, Hugo & Fernando Vargas (eds.), 2017, Scientific systems in Latin America: performance, networks, and collaborations with industry, The Journal of Technology Transfer, DOI: 10.1007/s10961-017-9631-7, More information

Crespi, Gustavo A., Elena Arias Ortiz, Ezequiel Tacsir, Fernando Vargas & Pluvia Zuniga, 2014, Innovation for economic performance: the case of Latin American firms, Eurasian Business Review, 4(1): 31-50, More information

Iizuka, Michiko, Carlo Pietrobelli & Fernando Vargas, 2022, Innovation in Mining Global Value Chains: Implications for Emerging Economies, in: Daly, A., Humphreys, D., Raffo, J., & Valacchi, G. (Eds.), Global Challenges for Innovation in Mining Industries, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, DOI: 10.1017/9781108904209.005, More information

Grazzi, Matteo & Fernando Vargas, 2020, Desafíos para la Medición de la Innovación y el Cambio Tecnológico en América Latina y el Caribe, in: RICYT, El Estado de la Ciencia. Principales Indicadores de Ciencia y Tecnología Iberoamericanos/Interamericanos 2020, RICYT, Buenos Aires, More information

Anta, Rafael, Gustavo A. Crespi, Juan Carlos Navarro & Fernando Vargas, 2020, The Time Has Come for Science. Will Latin America and the Caribbean Listen?, in: Responding to COVID-19 with Science, Innovation, and Productive Development, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington D.C, More information

Crespi, Gustavo A., Jocelyn Olivari Narea & Fernando Vargas, 2016, Productividad e innovación y la nueva economía de servicios en América Latina y el Caribe: Retos e implicaciones de política, in: J. C. Navarro and J. Olivari (eds.), La política de innovación en América Latina y el Caribe: Nuevos caminos, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C, More information

Crespi, Gustavo A., Ezequiel Tacsir & Fernando Vargas, 2016, Innovation Dynamics and Productivity: Evidence for Latin America, in: M. Grazzi and C. Pietrobelli (eds.), Firm Innovation and Productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean The Engine of Economic Development, Palgrave Macmillan US, New York, USA, More information

Arias Ortiz, Elena, Gustavo A. Crespi, Alejandro Rasteletti & Fernando Vargas, 2015, La productividad en el sector servicios en América Latina y el Caribe, in: D. Aboal, G. Crespi and L. Rubalcaba (eds.), La innovación y la nueva economía de servicios en América Latina y el Caribe. Retos e implicaciones de política, Manosanta Desarrollo Editorial, Montevideo, Uruguay

Crespi, Gustavo A. & Fernando Vargas, 2015, Innovación y productividad en las empresas de servicios en ALC. Evidencia a partir de encuestas de innovación, in: D. Aboal, G. Crespi and L. Rubalcaba (eds.), La innovación y la nueva economía de servicios en América Latina y el Caribe. Retos e implicaciones de política, Manosanta Desarrollo Editorial, Montevideo, Uruguay

Vargas, Fernando, Charlotte Guillard, Monica Salazar & Gustavo A. Crespi, 2022, Harmonized Latin American innovation Surveys Database (LAIS): Firm-level microdata for the study of innovation, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2022-020

Vargas, Fernando, 2022, How do firms innovate in Latin America? Identification of innovation strategies and their main adoption determinants, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2022-018

Iizuka, Michiko, Carlo Pietrobelli & Fernando Vargas, 2019, The Potential for innovation in mining value chains. Evidence from Latin America, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2019-033

Iizuka, Michiko, Fernando Vargas & Jakob Baumann, 2017, Financial mechanism to invest in knowledge from natural resource revenues: Experiences from Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Peru, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2017-042

Crespi, Gustavo A., Ezequiel Tacsir & Fernando Vargas, 2014, Innovation dynamics and productivity: Evidence for Latin America, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2014-092

Crespi, Gustavo A., Ezequiel Tacsir & Fernando Vargas, 2014, Innovation and productivity in services: Empirical evidence from Latin America, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2014-069

Arias Ortiz, Elena, Gustavo A. Crespi, Alejandro Rasteletti & Fernando Vargas, 2014, Productivity in services in Latin America and the Caribbean, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2014-056

Wintjes, R & Fernando Vargas, 2023, Digital Innovation Hubs: Insights from European Experience in Supporting Business Digitalization, More information

Crespi, Gustavo A., Charlotte Guillard, Monica Salazar & Fernando Vargas, 2022, Harmonized Latin American Innovation Surveys Database (LAIS): Firm-Level Microdata for the Study of Innovation, More information

Iizuka, Michiko, Fernando Vargas, Jakob Baumann, Osvaldo Urzua & Alejandra Wood, 2016, Discovering new Public-Private Partnerships for productive and technological development in emerging mining countries, This is the output from IDRC/REDSUR project on 'Future of Extractive Industries in Latin America and Caribbean: Challenges and Opportunities in Science, Technology and Innovation'

Angelelli, Pablo, Facundo Luna & Fernando Vargas, 2016, Características, determinantes e impacto de la innovación en las empresas paraguayas, This document (In Spanish) presents the results of the first National Innovation Survey of Paraguay (2013). Using several indicators, we describe the innovation inputs and outputs of Paraguayan firms in the 2010-2012 period. We also run a simplified version of the CDM model to estimate the main determinants and impacts of innovation in Paraguay. In line with similar exercises in other countries, larger and export-oriented firms are more likely to invest in innovation. These investments positively affect the innovation outputs. However, there is weak evidence that the innovation output of Paraguayan firms is increasing their productivity levels. These results suggest the presence of high levels of heterogeneity in innovation outcomes, More information

Vargas, Fernando, 2016, Programas públicos de apoyo a la innovación en servicios. Lecciones desde Finlandia, This paper (in Spanish) describes the Serve programme, designed and implemented by TEKES, a pioneer experience in supporting innovation in services. Main results and lessons learned are discussed., More information

Crespi, Gustavo A., Ezequiel Tacsir & Fernando Vargas, 2014, Innovation and Productivity in Services: Empirical Evidence from Latin America, This paper analyzes and compares the determinants of innovation in the service industry and its impact on labor productivity at the firm level in three countries of Latin America (Chile, Colombia, and Uruguay). The main findings show that, similar to what is observed in manufacturing industry, service firms that invest the most in innovation activities are more likely to introduce changes or improvements in their production process and/or product mix, and those firms that innovate have higher labor productivity than non-innovative firms. Size was found to be a less relevant determinant of innovation in services than in manufacturing, suggesting that the need for infrastructure and associated sunk costs are lower in services. Conversely, cooperation was found to be far more important for innovation in services than in manufacturing, in line with the more interactive nature of innovation in services. Yet, large differences in statistical significance and size of the coefficients of explanatory variables among the countries studied suggest that the framework conditions where a firm operates have an important role in innovation decisions., More information

Tacsir, Ezequiel, Elena Arias Ortiz, Gustavo A. Crespi, Fernando Vargas & Pluvia Zuniga, 2013, Innovación para el desempeño económico El caso de las empresas en América Latina y el Caribe, En esta nota técnica se analiza una amplia gama de indicadores de innovación con el fin de describir el comportamiento de las empresas manufactureras en la región de América Latina y el Caribe, a partir de los Enterprise Surveys 2010, recientemente public, More information

Tacsir, Ezequiel, Gustavo A. Crespi, Pluvia Zuniga, Fernando Vargas & Elena Arias Ortiz, 2012, Innovation for Economic Performance: The Case of Latin American and Caribbean Firms, In this note, a wide range of innovation indicators are analyzed in order to describe the innovation behavior of manufacturing firms in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region using the recently released Enterprise Surveys 2010. The Enterprise Surve, More information

Wintjes, René & Fernando Vargas, 2023, Digital Innovation Hubs: Insights from European Experience in Supporting Business Digitalization, This study analyzes data from over 300 DIHs in Europe, revealing that university-affiliated DIHs offer sophisticated services, such as collaborative research and testing facilities, while industry-affiliated DIHs focus on activities closer to the market, including mentoring and ecosystem building. Three case studies show that establishing a DIH is not achieved overnight but is instead a learning and improvement process; that a DIH evolves in response to regional needs and assets; and that DIHs require reliable funding for their development, particularly public financing, in their early stages, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0004995, More information

Corrocher, Nicoletta, Roberto Mavilia, Fernando Vargas & Bart Verspagen, 2016, D2.2 Report about the state of the art, SmartEIZ – H2020-TWINN-2015 Strengthening scientific and research capacity of the Institute of Economics, Zagreb as a cornerstone for Croatian socioeconomic growth through the implementation of Smart Specialisation Strategy

Vargas, Fernando, 2018, Determinants and effects of ‘green’ innovation investments, Red Latinoamericana de de Economía de la Innovación y el Emprendimiento. Buenos Aires, Argentina

Iizuka, Michiko, Fernando Vargas & Jakob Baumann, 2016, Sustainable management of natural resources via enhanced knowledge bases: Experiences from four Latin American countries, TIPS ANNUAL FORUM: INDUSTRIALIZATION AND THE MINING ECONOMY Johannesburg, South Africa

Iizuka, Michiko, Jakob Baumann & Fernando Vargas, 2016, Sustainable management of natural resources via enhancing knowledge base: experiences from Latin American countries, SPRU 50th Anniversary Conference, Brighton, UK

Vargas, Fernando, 2016, Innovation strategies in Latin American firms, OECD Blue Sky 2016 Forum. Ghent, Belgium

Baumann, Jakob, Michiko Iizuka & Fernando Vargas, 2016, Sustainable management of natural resources via enhancing knowledge base: Experiences from four Latin American countries, SPRU 50th Anniversary Conference. Brighton, UK.

Confraria, Hugo & Fernando Vargas, 2015, Scientific networks and collaborations with industry in Latin America, Globelics 2015, Havana, September 2015

Vargas, Fernando, 2016, Blessings in Disguise? From Mining to Knowledge in Emerging Economies , UNU-MERIT Blog , More information

Vargas, Fernando, 2015, Servicios al rescate de la productividad, Puntos sobre la i - The innovation Blog of the Inter-American Development Bank, This post (in Spanish) summarizes empirical evidence on the importance of innovation in Latin American service firms and discuss the main innovation policy challenges to accelerate productivity growth in the service sector, More information

Anlló, Guillermo, Gustavo A. Crespi, Gustavo Lugones, Diana Suárez, Ezequiel Tacsir & Fernando Vargas, 2014, Manual para la implementacion de encuestas de innovacion, El presente manual se ha elaborado con el objetivo de aumentar la disponibilidad y el grado de comparación de las estadísticas e indicadores de innovación en las empresas, en los países de la región, 80, More information