... create policies to build skills to increase ICT adoption, and improve business and labor market dynamism. A theoretical implication is that the authors propose two structural models based on the GCI that best explains competitiveness in Europe and Latin America. Originality/value Using GCI data...

... and industrial districts are not compact and homogeneous entities, as neither do all firms contribute equally to the formation of networks, nor do they benefit equally from them (Giuliani and Bell, 2005 ; Hervas-Oliver et al., 2018). Social network analysis Latin America Cluster Community...

... The relationship between the variables e-government and corruption has been extensively studied in previous articles. However, in Latin America, studies on the impact of e-government on corruption are scarce, and at the Mexican national level are almost nonexistent. To contrast these hypotheses, we have used...

... and income levels, innovation may precede exports, so we propose our first hypothesis: Innovation Latin America Exports Developing economies D22 O31 O54 F14 It is well accepted that innovation and internationalization are key drivers for competitiveness and economic development. New...

... Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Location Latin America Firm performance Sources of competitiveness Subsistence small business In poorest areas of developing countries, most of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have been created only as a way...

...Gilberto Cardenas Cardenas; Sofía García Gamez; Alvaro Salas Suarez Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop an overview of the phenomenon of corruption in Latin America and to propose a synthetic aggregate indicator to compress most of the statistical information available on corruption...