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The first time a mother in our study heard her daughter say “Mami,” it wasn’t through speech. It came through a communication tablet at school. Sofía, a 6 year old with autism… View Publication
Today, Jose turns 5 months old. His mother, an immigrant from El Salvador living in Durham, rocks him gently while scrolling through her phone, searching in Spanish for “programas para bebés en Carolina del Norte.”… View Publication
Women entrepreneurs in rural Ecuador face significant obstacles, including limited access to education, financial services, and business networks. Despite their vital role in the economy… View Publication
Families, Equity & Community Well-Being
The first time a mother in our study heard her daughter say “Mami,” it wasn’t through speech. It came through a communication tablet at school. Sofía, a 6 year old with autism… View Publication
Today, Jose turns 5 months old. His mother, an immigrant from El Salvador living in Durham, rocks him gently while scrolling through her phone, searching in Spanish for “programas para bebés en Carolina del Norte.”… View Publication
Women are underrepresented globally in the field of data analytics, particularly in underdeveloped countries. We present a protocol to assess the impact of the New Dimensions program, a data analytics… View Publication
Women entrepreneurs in rural Ecuador face significant obstacles, including limited access to education, financial services, and business networks. Despite their vital role in the economy… View Publication
From the learning community, the creation of spaces for genuine coexistence is fostered. Therefore, within the framework of teaching, research, and university outreach, a CRA… View Publication
Worldwide, Ecuador is one of the countries with the most entrepreneurial activity from micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). However, the effect of adopting the US dollar (dollarization), over which the central bank has no control… View Publication
Empathy, diversity, inclusion, and soft skills are key building blocks of an innovative workforce challenged to respond to the ever-growing needs of the COVID-19 era. Organizations that value diversity and inclusion are looking for ways to manage… View Publication
The COVID-19 pandemic represents an unprecedented situation, impacting all productive sectors. Human resources departments have been instrumental in migrating from a functional to a strategic…. View Publication
Given that the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in an unprecedented scenario, there were no previous lessons learned about the organizational responses to social problems. As a result of the above this chapter describes…. View Publication
Economic Development & Entrepreneurship
The main objective of this article is to conduct a theoretical review of the obstacles faced by micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Latin America. For the development of this study, a qualitative… View Publication
Business success is generally measured by sustained growth in financial ratios. However, in this study, success will be considered as the long-term continuity of firms. The objective of this research is to identify those characteristics… View Publication
The objective of this research is to determine the factors that influence the process of successful succession in family businesses within the agricultural sector in the coastal region of Ecuador. This study will allow us to understand… View Publication
In July 2017, Jorge Salcedo-Benitez was reflecting on his first decade as president of Solubles Instantaneos C.A. (SICA). Under his leadership, SICA had retained ownership of two leading brands of instant coffee in Ecuador: Don Café and Café Oro… View Publication
Pacari was the flagship brand of SKS Farms, a small agricultural products company in Ecuador that specialized in high quality chocolate. Carla Barbotó and Santiago Peralta… View Publication
Pacari Chocolate is the flagship brand of SKS Farms CIA Ltda., located in Quito, Ecuador. The company specializes in organic chocolate production which it sells in Ecuador and exports to other Latin American, European and North American… View Publication
Prior research has found that firms’ adoption of digital technologies (i.e. digitalization) enhances transaction efficiency and improves firm performance. However, this finding is based on the assumption that firms respond to consumers’ adoption… View Publication
Digital Transformation, AI & Future of Work
In this paper, we present the first comprehensive bibliometric analysis of digital business research, mapping its development from its origins to the post-pandemic era… View Publication
This paper’s main objective is to propose a framework of recommendations for the most up-to-date digital skills needed in digital financial professionals in developing countries to catch up with financial specialists in the developed… View Publication
This paper presents a comparative analysis between e-business and traditional business, highlighting the advantages of the e-business model. The objective of this study is to describe the main characteristics of this business model… View Publication
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Corporate Strategy & Business Systems
The purpose of this paper is to explore the literature related to this subject, in order to find developing theoretical contributions and present day research tendencies… View Publication
Research Methods & Scientific Contribution
This study investigates researcher variability in computational reproduction, an activity for which it is least expected. Eighty-five independent teams attempted numerical replication of results from an original study of policy preferences… View Publication