En el contexto actual de ajustes presupuestarios por parte de numerosos donantes, existe una creciente presión pública a favor de la rendición de cuentas por el uso de los recursos destinados a la ayuda oficial al desarrollo. De ahí, la necesidad de medir y evaluar los resultados de los...

Este trabajo estudia el alcance y los potenciales efectos de los Acuerdos de Asociación impulsados por la Unión Europea para institucionalizar sus relaciones con países o grupos de países africanos y latinoamericanos. El contenido de los acuerdos va más allá de los tradicionales aspectos...

Purpose The purpose of this article is to summarize the basic literature and concepts of innovation and entrepreneurship, emphasizing the relevant studies for Latin America. The authors aim to assess the role of Latin America in the world innovative activity utilizing the production of USPTO...

Purpose The aim of this paper is to examine the factors that influeunce the ability of Mexican public universities to generate patents. Academic patents are deserving of increasing interest as channels for the transfer of knowledge from universities to firms. Design/methodology/approach A review...

Purpose Institutional voids – the lack of institutions that can facilitate the functioning of markets – are ubiquitous in emerging markets. Because of their newness, entrepreneurial ventures are especially susceptible to institutional vacuums. This research seeks to shed light on the role...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically evaluate the effect of heterogeneity in inter‐organizational collaboration networks on international high‐quality scientific performance of the most reputed business management schools in Latin America according to AméricaEconomía...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present eight papers selected from ALTEC 2015 that provide an overview of innovation in Latin America. Design/methodology/approach This editorial seeks to define innovation by examining its conceptual foundations. It considers innovation beyond firms and...