This paper evaluates the impact of Mexican trade and productive integration processes during the last 20 years. It finds evidence that growing per capita income in Mexico is directly related to its “trade opening”, but is inversely related to the growth of its manufacturing export industry....

Entre 2009 y 2010, el Fondo Monetario Internacional creó, en respuesta a la crisis financiera global, una serie de líneas de préstamo destinadas a la prevención y al aseguramiento frente a crisis. Estas líneas preventivas fueron dirigidas a países con fundamentos y políticas económicas...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to summarize what is known about corporate governance in family firms from Ibero-American countries based on published research. Methodology The authors conducted a literature search to identify the articles that have been published about the corporate...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the diffusion pattern of new products in Latin America, and to compare the results of principal component analysis with other descriptive approaches. Design/methodology/approach The author studies the introduction of eight new products in nine...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to systematize the strategic capabilities of seven surviving industrial Catalan companies which were going through explosive growth in 1999. Design/methodology We use the comparative case studies method to draw on the common features among the seven in‐debt...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on the level of government web portal resource development, impediments to progress in electronic government practices, and areas that require improvement in 19 Latin American countries. Design/methodology/approach A comparative study was carried...