Purpose This paper aims to explore the relationship between entrepreneurship and resilience in an indigenous context. The overarching research questions are: What are the mechanisms that link entrepreneurial thought and action to resilience in a marginalized context? How can entrepreneurial...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to present an integrated methodology for identifying effective economic incentives to enhance quality performance by mango producers in Costa Rica. Design/methodology/approach – The study analyses the relationship between intrinsic product quality...

Purpose Foreign direct investment (FDI) from developing economies has increased sharply since the beginning of the 2000s. While most investment flows correspond to firms from large economies, small developing economies have also witnessed the increase of outward investment flows from their...

Purpose – The present study aims to revalidate a measurement scale for organizational learning capability in the context of university faculty members. This is a particularly relevant context because it deals with knowledge‐intensive services. Following Chiva et al. , organizational learning...

Purpose This study aims to show how hedonic methods can be used to compare the performance of the public and private sector housing markets in Costa Rica. Design/methodology/approach Hedonic price indexes are computed using the adjacent-period method. Average housing quality is measured by...

Software industry development is acknowledged as an important engine of economic growth for many less developed countries. The role of national policy has been identified by various researchers as a catalyst to software industry and software exports development. Software development is a service...

Actualmente en Costa Rica, para delimitar los hogares pobres, el Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC) compara el ingreso per-cápita del hogar contra un valor calculado de la línea de pobreza, que proviene del costo de la canasta básica alimentaria. Este procedimiento asume, al...

El estudio introduce un resumen de la situación actual y futura del mercado mundial de petróleo para posteriormente discutir la necesidad y las posibilidades reales de producir insumos sustitutos del hidrocarburo. Seguidamente y con el fin de medir la sensibilidad de la economía costarricense...