It is well known that, despite improvements in recent years, a number of LAC countries' exports still remain below their potential and what would be expected judging from their levels of development. The same holds for their degrees of export diversification (Blyde et al., 2014). In addition,...

It is well known that, despite improvements in recent years, a number of LAC countries' exports still remain below their potential and what would be expected judging from their levels of development. The same holds for their degrees of export diversification (Blyde et al., 2014). In addition,...

Holds an MBA from the University of the Pacific (UP), he currently serves as Director of Export Promotion at PROMPERU and at Peru's National Port Authority. He is also a professor at the University of Lima and the UP. He has held other positions, including National Director for the Development...

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,...