Iacovone, LeonardoZahler, AndrésMattoo, Aaditya2013-09-262013-09-262013-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15879Studies on innovation and international trade have traditionally focused on manufacturing because neither was seen as important for services. Moreover, the few existing studies on services focus only on industrial countries, although in many developing countries services are already the largest sector in the economy and an important determinant of overall productivity growth. Using a recent firm-level innovation survey for Chile to compare the manufacturing and "tradable" services sector, this paper reveals some novel patterns. First, although services firms have on average a much lower propensity to export than manufacturing firms, services exports are less dominated by large firms and tend to be more skill intensive than manufacturing exports. Second, services firms appear to be as innovative as -- and in some cases more innovative than -- manufacturing firms, in terms of both inputs and outputs of "technological" innovative activity, although services innovations more often take a "non-technological" form. Third, services exporters (like manufacturing exporters) tend to be significantly more innovative than non-exporters, with a wider gap for innovations close to the global technological frontier. These findings suggest that the growing faith in services as a source of both trade and innovative dynamism may not be misplaced.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOADOPTION OF TECHNOLOGIESBACK-OFFICEBALANCE OF PAYMENTSBUSINESS ACTIVITIESBUSINESS PROCESSESBUSINESS SERVICESCOLLABORATIONCOMMODITIESCOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYCOMPETITIVENESSCONFIDENCECONFIDENTIALITYCUSTOMER SERVICESCUSTOMIZATIONCUSTOMSDATA COLLECTIONDATA LIMITATIONSDESCRIPTIONECONOMIC ACTIVITYELECTRICITYELECTRONIC DELIVERYENGINEERSEQUIPMENTEXCHANGE RATEEXPORT MARKETSFINANCIAL INVESTMENTFINANCIAL SERVICESFINANCIAL TRANSACTIONSFIXED COSTSFOREIGN INVESTMENTFRONT-OFFICEGOVERNMENT SERVICESHUMAN CAPITALINDUSTRY PRODUCTIVITYINITIATIVEINNOVATIONINTERNATIONAL STANDARDSINTERNATIONAL TRADEINTERNATIONALIZATIONJUSTICELICENSELICENSE FEESLICENSESMANUFACTURINGMANUFACTURING INDUSTRIESMARKET ECONOMIESMARKETINGMULTINATIONALOPEN ACCESSORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATIONOUTSOURCINGPDFPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENTPRODUCT DESIGNPRODUCT INNOVATIONPRODUCTIVITYQUALITY OF INNOVATIONR&DREGIONAL DEVELOPMENTRENTINGRESULTRESULTSSERVICES INNOVATIONSERVICES INNOVATIONSTECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTSTECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONTECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONSTRANSACTIONWEBtradable servicesWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-6520