Technology and innovation in Latin America : the need for a turning point

Technology and innovation are often linked with better ways of doing business, societal improvement and economic growth; the region of Latin America has historically imported its business paradigms from other countries, but now is forging its own path. Technology and Innovation in Latin America gath...

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Other Authors Montiel Méndez, Oscar Javier (Editor), Álvarez-Castañón, Lorena del Carmen (Editor), Jasso, Javier (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2025.
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ISBN9781837977499
DOI10.1108/9781837977475
Physical Description1 online resource (360 pages)

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  • Technology and innovation in latin-america towards the hope of transformation / Lorena del Carmen Álvarez-Castañón, Oscar Javier Montiel Méndez, and Javier Jasso
  • Part 1. Conditions, complexities and challenges
  • Chapter 1. Technology and innovation: Priorities and approaches / Lorena del Carmen Álvarez-Castañón, Oscar Javier Montiel Méndez, and Javier Jasso
  • Chapter 2. The embeddedness of latin-america in the international production system: Future threats and potentials / Joost Heijs and Alex Guerrero
  • Chapter 3. Innovation and industrial policies to foster digital transformation of manufacturing / Fernando Santiago and Andrea Heredia
  • Chapter 4. Public policies for inclusive innovation ecosystems / Patricia Graf
  • Chapter 5. Science and technology policy: Towards a framework to address inequality gaps / Diana Suarez and Claudia De Fuentes
  • Chapter 6. Technology innovation activity and environmental sustainability / Pilar Arroyo
  • Chapter 7. Ethical and social issues in research and technology development / Alfonso Ávila-Robinson, Shuto Miyashita, and Shintaro Sengoku
  • Chapter 8. The role of the socially committed latin-american university in knowledge democratization / Rodrigo Arocena
  • Part 2. The hope of the transformation
  • Chapter 9. Transformative innovation for the amazon rainforest in madre de dios, peru / Ursula Harman, Miguel Saravia, and Ana Milena Osorio-García
  • Chapter 10. Social innovation and energy justice: Experiences from low-carbon technologies from Mexico and ecuador / Adolfo Mejía-Montero
  • Chapter 11. Open innovation and patents: Challenges and lessons / Priscila Rezende da Costa, Camila Naves Arantes, Henrique M. Barros, and Luísa Cagica Carvalho
  • Chapter 12. Academic spinoffs: Success stories and challenges / Silvia Teresa Morales-Gualdron and Alejandro Quiñonez-Mosquera
  • Chapter 13. Technological and global solution catch-up based on collaboration in the face of emergencies / Javier Jasso and Arturo Torres
  • Chapter 14. Innovation capabilities in brazilian manufacturing firms / Nathália Pufal, Denise Barbieux, Guilherme Camboim, Ariane Avila, Carlai Netto, and Paulo Zawislak
  • Chapter 15. How can a family firm break institutional barriers, innovate and operate globally? Fabio matuoka-mizumoto and allan discua-cruz
  • Chapter 16. Innovation scenarios in latin-america and prospective networks / Rosa Azalea Canales-García, Yuliana Gabriela Roman-Sanchez, and William Mosquera-Laverde.