Table of contents - Special Issue: Innovation in Latin America, Guest Editors Niels Ketelhöhn and Enrique Ogliastri
Editorial: innovation in Latin America
Enrique OgliastriThis issue sees the Emerald Group join the journal as a partner and includes five papers about innovation and two general pieces. The introduction to the theme of innovation…
Introduction: innovation in Latin America
Niels Ketelhöhn, Enrique OgliastriThe 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…
Knowledge transfer and university patents in Mexico
María Guadalupe Calderón-Martínez, José García-QuevedoThe 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…
Entrepreneurial ventures, institutional voids, and business group affiliation: the case of two Brazilian start-ups, 2002-2009
Santiago MingoInstitutional voids – the lack of institutions that can facilitate the functioning of markets – are ubiquitous in emerging markets. Because of their newness, entrepreneurial…
The diffusion of new products in Latin America: a new comparative approach
Javier Palacios FenechThe 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…
Marketing innovations in the agribusiness sector
Cristian Geldes, Christian FelzenszteinThe purpose of this article is to analyse the characteristics and determinants of marketing innovation in companies, using the agribusiness sector as a case study due its economic…
The effect of mandatory IFRS adoption on accounting conservatism of reported earnings: Evidence from Chilean firms
Mauricio Jara Bertin, José Tomás Arias MoyaThe authors aim to analyze whether the adoption of IFRS accounting standards in Chilean capital markets affects the earnings conservatism of the firms that adopt them.
The mirror trap: Do managerial perceptions influence organizational responses to crises?
María Andrea De Villa, Tazeeb RajwaniThis study aims to examine the influence of managerial perceptions on the strategic responses adopted by four Colombian organizations when facing a political crisis.
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1012-8255Online date, start – end:
2013Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Mr Carlos Pombo