 Does training explain innovation in transition economies?Chiara Burlina, Antonella Biscione and Raul Caruso () Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2025, vol. 73, issue C, 486-501 Abstract: This study investigates the impact of training programs on innovation for firms in transition economies. We exploit data from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys across 27 countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Results, emerging from several specifications of bivariate probit models, show that: (i) communication training significantly enhances product and process innovation and (ii) on-the-job training proves to be more effective than in-class training to foster innovation. The key role of on-the-job training is even more pronounced focusing on manufacturing sector and at geographical level. These results may favour the attention of policymakers and firms in transition countries to invest in specific training programs to catch-up the innovation standards of developed economies. Keywords: Transition economies; Innovation; Training programs (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:streco:v:73:y:2025:i:c:p:486-501 DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2024.12.005 Access Statistics for this article Structural Change and Economic Dynamics is currently edited by F. Duchin, H. Hagemann, M. Landesmann, R. Scazzieri, A. Steenge and B. Verspagen More articles in Structural Change and Economic Dynamics from Elsevier |
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