Technological Strategy and Work Organization: Specificities of the Argentine Manufacturing Industry by Erbes, Analía, Roitter, Sonia

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Trade and Technology Progress: An Analysis for Uruguay by Peluffo, Adriana

“…We examine technology spillovers to Uruguayan manufacturing firms through imports, foreign direct investment (FDI) and learning by exporting, for the period 1997-2001. …”
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Latin America’s Response to China and India: Overview of Research Findings and Policy Implications by Lederman, Daniel, Olarreaga, Marcelo, Perry, Guillermo

“…The economic success of China and India is looked upon with admiration but also concern about the effects that the growth of these Asian economies may have on the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region’s manufacturing and services sectors. The evidence summarized here indicates that certain manufacturing and service industries in some countries, particularly in Mexico and to a lesser extent in Central America and the Caribbean, have been negatively affected by Chinese and Indian competition in third markets. …”
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Structural Real Exchange Rate and Unemployment Interdependencies in Argentina by Pentecost, Eric J., Zarzosa Valdivia, Fernando

“…The empirical results suggest a significant, negative relationship between the structural real exchange rate and the rate of unemployment, suggesting that an appreciating real exchange rate may lead to Dutch disease effects – which effectively contract the size of the manufacturing sector – and damage long-term growth and employment opportunities.…”
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Analysis of municipal economic inequality in the state of Mexico by Puebla Maldonado, Armando

“…To analyze these disparities, we approach it from the perspective of regional development using some of the techniques of regional economic analysis such as the regionalization index, the manufacturing development index, specialization and economic diversification. …”
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Exports and Productivity: Does Destination Matter? by Barboni, Juan, Ferrari, Nicolas, Melgarejo, Hanna, Peluffo, Adriana

“…In this work, we analyze the effect of export destinations on Total Factor Productivity (TFP) of manufacturing Uruguayan firms for the period 1997-2006. …”
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Interaction in agrarian educational environments in the province of Buenos Aires by Mouteira, María Cecilia, Lupano, Cecilia, Basso, Marilina, Kebat, Claudia, Peterson, Graciela, Rodriguez, Virginia

“…The project made it possible to provide knowledge on food safety, contributing with guidelines to follow in manufacturing practices. Additionally, the process favored the interaction between institutions together with the achievement of a common goal and local dissemination of knowledge.…”
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Fiscal Transfers, Public Sector Wage Premium and the Effects on Private Wages by Capello, Marcelo, Figueras, Alberto José, Freille, Sebastián, Moncarz, Pedro E.

“…There is no evidence of an overall positive effect on wages in the private manufacturing sector. However, we find a significant positive relationship between federal transfers and wages paid to workers with less formal education; for jobs requiring a technical or profesional qualification the relationship is negative. …”
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Evaluation of different construction materials in the shield sunflower harvester head (Helianthus annuus L.) for the reduction of capitulum shelling by Mavolo, Luca, Rivero, David, Botta, Guido

“…The objectives of this work were to test the different manufacturing materials of the shield of the sunflower head at different speeds to reduce losses due to impact and to propose different recommended speeds for each material. …”
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Providencia Festival: Popular Economy extension experience by Albrecht, Claudia, Sanchez Salamanca, Ana Laura

“…At present, the project organizes activities at "La Costa" communal vegetable garden (Providencia-Córdoba), where food is produced for the participating families, and promotes the manufacturing of products that are later sold in fairs. …”
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Regional employment and wages. The effects of transport costs and market potential. An application for Argentina by Moncarz, Pedro E.

“…When looking at the manufacturing sector the concentration is still higher. …”
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The Wrath of God: knowledge, technology and social control in two contemporary TV series by Roca, Alejandra, del Piero, Gina

“…The fragile success of these artificial worlds depends on the fact that their manufacturing footprints are erased: the beings that inhabit these places are forced to forget their previous identities. …”
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Recorrer Memorias, an extensionsita project with Refugio Libertad by Solis , Ana Carol

“…Refugio Libertad is a community space that operates on the grounds of the former 141st Artillery Group of the Army, which belongs to the Military Manufacturing Department (specifically the Río Tercero Military Factory) of the Ministry of Defense. …”
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Regional Integration: economic growth through export diversification? by Mordecki Pupko, Gabriela, Piaggio Talice, Matías

“…This paper analyses the determinants of Uruguayan manufactured exports without agricultural inputs to Argentina and Brazil (where they are principally destined). …”
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Free hardware in the classroom: an experience of training in the use of open educational resources in technical schools in Tucumán, Argentina by Basel, Valentín

“…To give an account of this, in this paper we will analyze some experiences related to the workshop "Designing your own robot", held between 2014-2015 by CIIDEPT (Center for Innovation and Research for Educational Development, Productive and Technological) and designed to train teachers and students in the design and home manufacture of robots for teaching programming, using open specifications hardware and free software as an open educational resource developed by the project ICARO.…”
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Development of didactic material for the blind and visually impaired by González, Claudia N., Talay, Carlos A.

“…For this, the Industrial School Nº4 was integrated as an institution that collaborated in the execution of the project, which thus enabled the training of students of advanced years in the development of skills in the design of this type of material and its manufacture through 3D printing.…”
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