Fernando Vargas

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Last Name:	Vargas
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Affiliation

(1%) School of Business and Economics
Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands
http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/sbe
RePEc:edi:femaanl (more details at EDIRC)

(98%) Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
http://www.iadb.org/
RePEc:edi:iadbbus (more details at EDIRC)

(1%) United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)

Maastricht, Netherlands
http://www.merit.unu.edu/
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Citations

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Working papers

1. Iizuka, Michiko & Pietrobelli, Carlo & Vargas, Fernando, 2019. "The Potential for innovation in mining value chains. Evidence from Latin America," MERIT Working Papers 2019-033, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).

   Cited by:

   1. Lebdioui, Amir & Lee, Keun & Pietrobelli, Carlo, 2020. "Local-foreign technology interface, resource-based development, and industrial policy: how Chile and Malaysia are escaping the middle-income trap," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 105056, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
      • Amir Lebdioui & Keun Lee & Carlo Pietrobelli, 2021. "Local-foreign technology interface, resource-based development, and industrial policy: how Chile and Malaysia are escaping the middle-income trap," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 46(3), pages 660-685, June.
   2. Alessandri, Enrico, 2023. "Identifying technological trajectories in the mining sector using patent citation networks," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 80(C).

2. Iizuka, Michiko & Vargas, Fernando & Baumann, Jakob, 2017. "Financial mechanism to invest in knowledge from natural resource revenues: Experiences from Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Peru," MERIT Working Papers 2017-042, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).

   Cited by:

   1. Sergio Peláez, 2018. "Ciclo de recursos naturales y política fiscal bajo preferencias inconsistentes," Coyuntura Económica, Fedesarrollo, vol. 48(1-2), pages 13-78, December.

3. Crespi G.A. & Tacsir E. & Vargas F., 2014. "Innovation dynamics and productivity : evidence for Latin America," MERIT Working Papers 2014-092, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).

   Cited by:

   1. -, 2016. "Exploring cooperation between the Republic of Korea and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in the areas of innovation and SME internationalization strategies," Documentos de Proyectos 40720, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
   2. Edward Lorenz & Jana Schmutzler, 2017. "Tolerance, agglomeration, and enterprise innovation performance: a multilevel analysis of Latin American regions," Post-Print hal-01637675, HAL.
      • Jana Schmutzler & Edward Lorenz, 2018. "Tolerance, agglomeration, and enterprise innovation performance: a multilevel analysis of Latin American regions," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC, vol. 27(2), pages 243-268.
      • Edward Lorenz & Jana Schmutzler, 2015. "Tolerance, Agglomeration and Enterprise Innovation Performance: A Multi-Level Analysis of Latin American Regions," GREDEG Working Papers 2015-43, Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Economie, Gestion (GREDEG CNRS), Université Côte d'Azur, France.
   3. Aboal, Diego & Tacsir, Ezequiel, 2015. "Innovation and Productivity in Services and Manufacturing: The Role of ICT Investment," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 7381, Inter-American Development Bank.
      • Aboal D. & Tacsir E., 2015. "Innovation and productivity in services and manufacturing : The role of ICT investment," MERIT Working Papers 2015-012, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
   4. Montalbano, P. & Nenci, S., 2019. "Energy efficiency, productivity and exporting: Firm-level evidence in Latin America," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 79(C), pages 97-110.
   5. Sandra M. Leitner & Robert Stehrer, 2016. "The Role of Financial Constraints for Different Innovation Strategies: Evidence for CESEE and FSU Countries," wiiw Working Papers 125, The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, wiiw.
   6. Umer Ayub & Abdul Rashid Kausar & Mubashar Majeed Qadri, 2017. "Linking Human Capital and Organisational Innovative Capabilities of Financial Institutions: Evidence from a Developing Country of South Asia," Journal of Information & Knowledge Management (JIKM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 16(04), pages 1-23, December.
   7. Adel Ben Youssef & Leila Peltier-Ben Aoun, 2015. "Information and Communication Technologies: Their Use and Short and Long Run Effects," Post-Print halshs-01244302, HAL.
      • Adel Ben Youssef & Leila Peltier- Ben Aoun, 2015. "nformation and Communication Technologies: Their Use and Short and Long Run Effects," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 35(3), pages 1550-1562.
   8. Perry, Keston K., 2020. "The New ‘Bond-age’, Climate Crisis and the Case for Climate Reparations: Unpicking Old/New Colonialities of Finance for Development within the SDGs," SocArXiv h9s2z, Center for Open Science.
   9. Diego Aboal & Ezequiel Tacsir, 2018. "Innovation and productivity in services and manufacturing: the role of ICT," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC, vol. 27(2), pages 221-241.
   10. Grazzi, Matteo & Pietrobelli, Carlo & Szirmai, Adam, 2015. "The performance of firms in Latin America and the Caribbean: Microeconomic factors and the role of innovation," MERIT Working Papers 2015-041, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
   11. Jianhua Zhang & Mohammad Shahidul Islam, 2020. "The Heterogeneous Impacts of R&D on Innovation in Services Sector: A Firm-Level Study of Developing ASEAN," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-22, February.
   12. Heredia Pérez, Jorge A. & Kunc, Martin H. & Durst, Susanne & Flores, Alejandro & Geldes, Cristian, 2018. "Impact of competition from unregistered firms on R&D investment by industrial sectors in emerging economies," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 133(C), pages 179-189.
   13. Julia Naranjo-Valencia & Ricardo Vidal-Patiño & Gregorio Calderón-Hernández, 2019. "Characterization of Innovation Research Published in Latin American Journals Indexed in WoS," International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 16(07), pages 1-38, November.

4. Arias Ortiz E. & Crespi, G. & Rasteletti, A. & Vargas, F., 2014. "Productivity in services in Latin America and the Caribbean," MERIT Working Papers 2014-056, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).

   Cited by:

   1. Andrés Zahler & Daniel Goya & Matías Caamaño, 2018. "The Role of Obstacles to Innovation on Innovative Activities: an Empirical Analysis," Working Papers 2018-02, Escuela de Negocios y Economía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso.
      • Zahler, Andrés & Goya, Daniel & Caamaño, Matías, 2018. "The Role of Obstacles to Innovation on Innovative Activities: An Empirical Analysis," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 73, Inter-American Development Bank.

5. Crespi, G. & Tacsir, E. & Vargas, F., 2014. "Innovation and productivity in services: Empirical evidence from Latin America," MERIT Working Papers 2014-069, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).

   Cited by:

   1. Clara Inés Pardo Martínez & Alexander Cotte Poveda, 2021. "Science, technology, innovation, theory and evidence: the new institutionality in Colombia," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 55(3), pages 845-876, June.
      • Alexander Cotte Poveda & Clara Inés Pardo, 2020. "Science, technology, innovation, theory and evidence: the new institutionality in Colombia," Serie de Documentos en Economía y Violencia 18352, Centro de Investigaciones en Violencia, Instituciones y Desarrollo Económico (VIDE).
   2. Savona, María, 2016. "Global structural change and value chains in services: a reappraisal," Coediciones, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), number 43200, July.
      • Maria Savona, 2015. "Global Structural Change And Value Chains In Services: A Reappraisal," SPRU Working Paper Series 2015-19, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School.
   3. Gisela Di Meglio & Jorge Gallego & Andrés Maroto & Maria Savona, 2018. "Services in Developing Economies: The Deindustrialization Debate in Perspective," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 49(6), pages 1495-1525, November.
   4. Peters, Bettina & Riley, Rebecca R. & Siedschlag, Iulia & Vahter, Priit & McQuinni, John, 2018. "Internationalisation, innovation and productivity in services: Evidence from Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom," ZEW Discussion Papers 18-009, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
      • Bettina Peters & Rebecca Riley & Iulia Siedschlag & Priit Vahter & John McQuinn, 2018. "Internationalisation, innovation and productivity in services: evidence from Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom," Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer;Institut für Weltwirtschaft (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), vol. 154(3), pages 585-615, August.
      • Bettina Peters & Rebecca Riley & Iulia Siedschlag & Priit Vahter & John McQuinn, 2018. "Internationalisation, Innovation And Productivity In Services:Evidence From Germany, Ireland And The United Kingdom," University of Tartu - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Working Paper Series 108, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Tartu (Estonia).
   5. Gaglio, Cyrielle & Kraemer-Mbula, Erika & Lorenz, Edward, 2022. "The effects of digital transformation on innovation and productivity: Firm-level evidence of South African manufacturing micro and small enterprises," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 182(C).
   6. Roberto Álvarez, 2016. "The Impact of R&D and ICT Investment on Innovation and Productivity in Chilean Firms," Working Papers wp428, University of Chile, Department of Economics.
   7. Aboal, Diego & Perera, Marcelo & Tacsir, Ezequiel & Vairo, Maren, 2018. "A guide for the evaluation of programs of human capital training for science, technology and innovation," MERIT Working Papers 2018-031, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
   8. Javier Lopez Gonzalez & Valentina Meliciani & Maria Savona, 2015. "When Linder Meets Hirschman: Inter-Industry Linkages and Global Value Chains in Business Services," SPRU Working Paper Series 2015-20, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School.
      • Javier López González & Valentina Meliciani & Maria Savona, 2019. "When Linder meets Hirschman: inter-industry linkages and global value chains in business services," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC, vol. 28(6), pages 1555-1586.
   9. Antonio Alleyne & Troy Lorde & Quinn Weekes, 2017. "A Firm-Level Investigation of Innovation in the Caribbean: A Comparison of Manufacturing and Service Firms," Economies, MDPI, vol. 5(3), pages 1-18, September.

6. Arias Ortiz, Elena & Crespi, Gustavo & Tacsir, Ezequiel & Vargas, Fernando & Zuniga, Pluvia, 2013. "Innovation for economic performance: The case of Latin American firms," MERIT Working Papers 2013-028, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
   • Gustavo Crespi & Elena Arias-Ortiz & Ezequiel Tacsir & Fernando Vargas & Pluvia Zuñiga, 2014. "Innovation for economic performance: the case of Latin American firms," Eurasian Business Review, Springer;Eurasia Business and Economics Society, vol. 4(1), pages 31-50, June.
   • Gustavo Crespi & Elena Arias-Ortiz & Ezequiel Tacsir & Fernando Vargas & Pluvia Zuñiga, 2014. "Innovation for economic performance: the case of Latin American firms," Eurasian Business Review, Springer;Eurasia Business and Economics Society, vol. 4(1), pages 31-50, June.

   Cited by:

   1. King Yoong Lim & Diego Morris, 2023. "Firm‐level impact of the global financial crisis: Evidence on innovation from Latin America," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 28(4), pages 3902-3917, October.
      • King Yoong Lim & Diego Morris, 2020. "Learning Before and After the Global Crisis: Firm-level Innovation in Latin America," NBS Discussion Papers in Economics 2020/01, Economics, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University.
   2. Sarela Enriquez-Perales & Conrado Diego García-Gómez & José María Díez-Esteban & Edmundo R. Lizarzaburu Bolaños, 2023. "Formal institutions, ICSID arbitration and firm performance: evidence from Latin America," Eurasian Business Review, Springer;Eurasia Business and Economics Society, vol. 13(2), pages 429-464, June.
   3. Cirera, Xavier & Muzi, Silvia, 2020. "Measuring innovation using firm-level surveys: Evidence from developing countries✰," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 49(3).
   4. Marco Túlio Dinali Viglioni & Mozar José Brito & Cristina Lelis Leal Calegario, 2020. "Innovation and R&D in Latin America and the Caribbean countries: a systematic literature review," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 125(3), pages 2131-2167, December.
   5. Valeria Cirillo, 2014. "Patterns of innovation and wage distribution. Do “innovative firms” pay higher wages? Evidence from Chile," Eurasian Business Review, Springer;Eurasia Business and Economics Society, vol. 4(2), pages 181-206, December.
   6. Shalom Levy & Itzhak Tabatchnik & Sagi Akron, 2019. "Product success implications of distant innovative knowledge," Eurasian Business Review, Springer;Eurasia Business and Economics Society, vol. 9(1), pages 69-88, March.
   7. Swati Agrawal & Poonam Singh & Mainak Mazumdar, 2021. "Innovation, Firm Size and Ownership: A Study of Firm Transition in India," International Journal of Global Business and Competitiveness, Springer, vol. 16(1), pages 15-27, June.
   8. Heredia Pérez, Jorge A. & Kunc, Martin H. & Durst, Susanne & Flores, Alejandro & Geldes, Cristian, 2018. "Impact of competition from unregistered firms on R&D investment by industrial sectors in emerging economies," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 133(C), pages 179-189.
   9. Vargas, F. & Guillard, Charlotte & Salazar, Monica & Crespi, G.A., 2022. "Harmonized Latin American innovation Surveys Database (LAIS)," MERIT Working Papers 2022-020, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).

Articles

1. Hugo Confraria & Fernando Vargas, 2019. "Scientific systems in Latin America: performance, networks, and collaborations with industry," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 44(3), pages 874-915, June.

   Cited by:

   1. Alexandre Dias & Beatriz Selan, 2023. "How does university-industry collaboration relate to research resources and technical-scientific activities? An analysis at the laboratory level," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 48(1), pages 392-415, February.
   2. Iizuka, Michiko & Pietrobelli, Carlo & Vargas, Fernando, 2019. "The Potential for innovation in mining value chains. Evidence from Latin America," MERIT Working Papers 2019-033, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
   3. Enrico Alessandri, 2021. "Innovation and trade patterns in the Latin American mining sector," Working Papers 2103, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Department of Economics, Society & Politics - Scientific Committee - L. Stefanini & G. Travaglini, revised 2021.
   4. Lebdioui, Amir & Lee, Keun & Pietrobelli, Carlo, 2020. "Local-foreign technology interface, resource-based development, and industrial policy: how Chile and Malaysia are escaping the middle-income trap," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 105056, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
      • Amir Lebdioui & Keun Lee & Carlo Pietrobelli, 2021. "Local-foreign technology interface, resource-based development, and industrial policy: how Chile and Malaysia are escaping the middle-income trap," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 46(3), pages 660-685, June.
   5. Carlos Bianchi & Pablo Galaso & Sergio Palomeque, 2023. "Knowledge complexity and brokerage in inter-city networks," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 48(5), pages 1773-1799, October.
   6. Ernesto Galbán-Rodríguez & Deborah Torres-Ponjuán & Ricardo Arencibia-Jorge, 2021. "Multidimensional quantitative analysis of the Cuban scientific output and its regional context," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 126(3), pages 2643-2665, March.
   7. Alexander Sokolov & Sergey Shashnov & Maxim Kotsemir, 2021. "From BRICS to BRICS plus: selecting promising areas of S&T Cooperation with developing countries," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 126(11), pages 8815-8859, November.
   8. Sergio Salles-Filho & Adriana Bin & Kleinsy Bonilla & Fernando Antonio Basile Colugnati, 2021. "Effectiveness by Design: Overcoming Orientation and Transaction Related Barriers in Research-Industry Linkages," RAC - Revista de Administração Contemporânea (Journal of Contemporary Administration), ANPAD - Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração, vol. 25(5), pages 190346-1903.

2. Gustavo Crespi & Elena Arias-Ortiz & Ezequiel Tacsir & Fernando Vargas & Pluvia Zuñiga, 2014. "Innovation for economic performance: the case of Latin American firms," Eurasian Business Review, Springer;Eurasia Business and Economics Society, vol. 4(1), pages 31-50, June.
   • Gustavo Crespi & Elena Arias-Ortiz & Ezequiel Tacsir & Fernando Vargas & Pluvia Zuñiga, 2014. "Innovation for economic performance: the case of Latin American firms," Eurasian Business Review, Springer;Eurasia Business and Economics Society, vol. 4(1), pages 31-50, June.
   • Arias Ortiz, Elena & Crespi, Gustavo & Tacsir, Ezequiel & Vargas, Fernando & Zuniga, Pluvia, 2013. "Innovation for economic performance: The case of Latin American firms," MERIT Working Papers 2013-028, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
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NEP Fields

NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 8 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.

1. NEP-LAM: Central and South America (7) 2013-06-24 2013-11-29 2014-12-19 2014-12-19 2015-03-13 2022-11-14 2022-11-21. Author is listed
2. NEP-SBM: Small Business Management (7) 2013-06-24 2013-11-29 2014-12-19 2015-03-13 2019-10-07 2022-11-14 2022-11-21. Author is listed
3. NEP-INO: Innovation (6) 2013-06-24 2013-11-29 2014-12-19 2015-03-13 2019-10-07 2022-11-14. Author is listed
4. NEP-CSE: Economics of Strategic Management (5) 2013-11-29 2014-12-19 2015-03-13 2019-10-07 2022-11-21. Author is listed
5. NEP-TID: Technology and Industrial Dynamics (5) 2013-06-24 2013-11-29 2014-12-19 2015-03-13 2022-11-21. Author is listed
6. NEP-KNM: Knowledge Management and Knowledge Economy (4) 2013-11-29 2014-12-19 2015-03-13 2017-10-15
7. NEP-EFF: Efficiency and Productivity (3) 2014-12-19 2014-12-19 2015-03-13
8. NEP-ENT: Entrepreneurship (3) 2014-12-19 2015-03-13 2022-11-21
9. NEP-BEC: Business Economics (2) 2014-12-19 2022-11-21
10. NEP-ENV: Environmental Economics (1) 2017-10-15
11. NEP-GRO: Economic Growth (1) 2014-12-19
12. NEP-HME: Heterodox Microeconomics (1) 2013-11-29
13. NEP-ICT: Information and Communication Technologies (1) 2019-10-07
14. NEP-INT: International Trade (1) 2019-10-07
15. NEP-IPR: Intellectual Property Rights (1) 2013-06-24

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