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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 gathers scholars from all over Latin America to present their research exploring the dual aspects of technology and innovation and their interrelatedness. On the technology side, chapters delve deep into the debate on R&D, Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Corporate Venturing and Digital Entrepreneurship; Intrapreneurship strategy and processes and more. Technology and Innovation in Latin America offers deep learning about key questions: What are the empirical and theoretical opportunities that emerge in innovation based on territorial capital? How does the context influence the development of innovation policies? How have the dynamics of financing and involvement of financial institutions impacted the support of innovation?
Readers will benefit from this being the wide-angle exploration of the region with its varying economies from emerging to transitional, highlighting the role that this unique region can play on the world stage.
Contents
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
