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Innovation in Emerging Markets: The Case of Latin America

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With economies the world over realizing that scarcity of resources will be the reality of the future, with green growth becoming a necessity instead of a choice, and social development assuming an importance equal to economic growth — with all these challenges and more, policy makers worldwide have realized the importance of innovation in their rendition of good governance. For a long time, innovation has been largely associated with the developed world. However, in the past three decades, developing economies have realized its importance and are embracing it as a critical mission.

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  1. Lourdes Casanova
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Florida International University, USA

    Jerry Haar (Professor of Management and International Business, senior research fellow, Global Fellow) (Professor of Management and International Business, senior research fellow, Global Fellow)

  2. McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, USA

    Jerry Haar (Professor of Management and International Business, senior research fellow, Global Fellow) & Ricardo Ernst (Professor of Operations and Global Logistics, Managing Director of the Global Business Initiative, Managing Director of the Latin American Board, and former Deputy Dean) (Professor of Management and International Business, senior research fellow, Global Fellow) &  (Professor of Operations and Global Logistics, Managing Director of the Global Business Initiative, Managing Director of the Latin American Board, and former Deputy Dean)

  3. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, USA

    Jerry Haar (Professor of Management and International Business, senior research fellow, Global Fellow) (Professor of Management and International Business, senior research fellow, Global Fellow)

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© 2016 Lourdes Casanova, Jeff Dayton-Johnson, Nils Olaya Fonstad, and Sukriti Jain

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Casanova, L., Dayton-Johnson, J., Fonstad, N.O., Jain, S. (2016). Innovation in Emerging Markets: The Case of Latin America. In: Haar, J., Ernst, R. (eds) Innovation in Emerging Markets. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137480293_4

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