04691nam a22006495i 4500 978-3-031-68423-4 DE-He213 20251030113124.0 cr nn 008mamaa 241003s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031684234 978-3-031-68423-4 10.1007/978-3-031-68423-4 doi HD45 KJD bicssc BUS041000 bisacsh KJD thema Papa, Javier. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 85532 The Other Latecomers [electronic resource] : How Latin American Firms are Changing the Playbook on Innovation? / by Javier Papa. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XX, 129 p. 12 illus., 4 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Management for Professionals, 2192-810X Introduction -- Theoretical and Contextual Frameworks -- Statistical Analysis of Latecomers’ Innovations in Time of Crisis -- Case Studies of Two Latecomer Firms: Methodology -- Case Study of TENARIS -- Case Study of IMPSA -- Conclusions. In recent years, developing countries have seen the emergence of successful and innovative firms, albeit often with state support. Argentina, which faces challenges including industrial decline and macroeconomic turbulence, offers an intriguing context for studying latecomer firms, as few have managed to innovate and compete globally without significant state backing. This book examines why and how latecomer firms facing adverse policies and hostile macroeconomic conditions can nevertheless survive, grow, and catch up with global competitors, while many other firms lag or fall further behind. It presents, on one hand, a theoretical framework that builds on contributions made by Gerschenkron (1962) and Hobday (1995) on latecomer catch-up in economic development theory, and on those by Nelson (1991, 2008) on firm-level differences in evolutionary theory; on the other, it provides a contextual framework for the catching-up experiences of firms from East Asia and Latin America, which ends with a description of Argentina’s main detrimental policy regimes over the past 50 years. Further, the book presents an statistical analysis of manufacturing firms’ performance, along with the corporate characteristics that underlie it, within the context of Argentina’s worst economic crisis to determine which firm characteristics stood out during times of crisis (e.g. innovation and organizational capabilities). To supplement the quantitative analysis and offer additional insights, it introduces two in-depth case studies on iconic latecomer firms, TENARIS and IMPSA, which, bolstered by the examination of over nearly half a million newspaper articles, illustrate their global success amidst numerous challenges. It emphasizes the importance of long-term corporate strategy, a flexible organizational structure, and a coherent set of technological and organizational capabilities, while also addressing policy implications, making it a valuable asset for researchers, policymakers, and corporate managers alike. Technological innovations. 59244 Family-owned business enterprises. 71363 Latin America Economic conditions. 72546 Industries. 67490 Evolutionary economics. 70780 Institutional economics. 70781 Economics. 58354 Power resources. 62154 Innovation and Technology Management. 66187 Family Business. 71364 Latin American/Caribbean Economics. 72547 Industries. 67490 Institutional and Evolutionary Economics. 70782 Political Economy of Energy. 69175 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031684227 Printed edition: 9783031684241 Printed edition: 9783031684258 Management for Professionals, 2192-810X 68226 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-68423-4 ZDB-2-BUM ZDB-2-SXBM 63965 63965