He is a law graduate, specialized in European and International competition law. He gained work experience in the private and public sector, inter alia, as President of a US-subsidiary of a European industrial company and as Counselor to the European Parliament. In the context of his activities...

Current ICEX CEO. She holds Bachelor's Degrees in Law, and in Economics and Business Studies from Pontificia Comillas University (Madrid), and a Master's Degree in Public Administration from Harvard University; she belongs to the Senior Corps of Commercial Technicians and State Economists. She...

Holds a degree in Commercial Engineering from Finis Terræ University (Chile) and an MBA from Babson College, USA. In 2010, he took over as International Assistant Director of ProChile, where he headed up the creation of the program to support the internationalization of Chilean innovation,...

Given the high concentration of Argentine exports in the hands of a few large companies, the internationalization of SMEs now represents a major challenge to the Argentine economy in order to increase competitiveness and social inclusion -a challenge also facing Latin American economies as a...

Over 70 per cent of GDP in Latin America is produced by large firms, while in developed OECD economies the share of large firms in GDP is just 40 per cent. In terms of internationalization of Latin-American SMEs the situation is even less favourable. SMEs in Latin America have very little direct...

In 2009, he obtained his Academic Master's Degree in Economics from the University of Costa Rica. He is the Trade Intelligence Manager at the Export Promotion Agency of Costa Rica (PROCOMER), a position from which he has led and supervised the departments of Information and Business Consulting,...

This paper analyzes the international insertion of Argentine SMEs geared to nonmass market segments in medium and low technology sectors in developed countries. This type of insertion involves products characterized by a high degree of quality and/or customization. Based on studies carried out...

She earned a Master's Degree in Political Science from the University of Salamanca. She specializes in the formulation, design, implementation, and evaluation of public policies on Foreign Trade and Export Promotion. She is currently Head of Unit for Export Promotion at ProMéxico.

She holds an MBA from New York's Pace University, a Masters in International Relations from Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and a BA (Hons) in French, Spanish and German from the University of the West Indies (UWI). She is a member of the UK Institute of Directors, a Trustee for the...

This article sets forth empirical evidence on the participation of Colombian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in international markets between 2000 and 2012, and discusses the elements that have facilitated these businesses' process of international insertion and the barriers that still need...