Management in Latin America : Threats and Opportunities in the Globalized World

1 Introduction -- 2 Culture, Geography, Wealth in National Resources and Technology -- 3 The Latin American Economy and Its Most Important Countries from the Point of View of Economic Representativeness -- 4 The Business Environment in the 8 Most Economically Important Countries -- 5 Management in Latin America: Where Are the Problems? -- 6 The Sectors that Concentrate the Largest Companies of Latin America and Their Respective Business Environments -- 7 The Importance of Large Companies for the Rise of Innovation in the Continent -- 8 Technological Panorama of Latin America -- 9 How Latin American Companies Could Become Innovators -- 10 Biotechnology: Latin America's Big Chance -- 11 Conclusion -- References -- Appendix.