Sistema Regional de Información
en línea para Revistas Científicas de América Latina,
el Caribe, España y Portugal

This work describes the main changes in Ecuador in the 2007-2017 period, related to the strengthening of local clusters (CL) and local value chains (CV) analyzing their impact on the country's level of competitiveness. The objective is to relate the institutional reforms with the economic indicators achieved in terms of competitiveness, taking as reference the evolution in the competitive position reached in the global competitiveness index. A descriptive and applied research methodology with a mixed approach has been used, which starts from the theory to arrive at causalities and conclusions about the study phenomenon. The work introduces a theoretical model called, structural economic policy scheme, which is oriented to the promotion of productive development through structural economic policies, as the basis (cause) that generates increases in income and expenditure (effects) in the economy. The results show that the institutional changes affected positive the competitive improvement of 31 positions in the ranking 2013-2014 with respect to the 2007-2008 period. From the 2015-2016 period to the 2017-2018 period, a significant setback of 26 positions can be evidenced, which exposes the vulnerability and dependence of the Ecuadorian productive structure.  

This work aims to present the financial analysis of the company COLINEAL CORPORATION CIA LTDA through the application of financial indicators of liquidity, profitability, indebtedness and value generation, which allows to improve decision-making in the management of operation, investment and financing. Likewise, in order to comply with the proposal, a methodology with a mixed approach was used, argued with theories of authors on financial issues, the research is explanatory-longitudinal type due to the comparative analysis of the financial statements obtained from the superintendence of the company's securities and insurance, contrasting with the behavior of the changing macroeconomic environment to which Ecuador's manufacturing sector is exposed, affecting the financial performance of companies. As a result of the financial behavior is to evaluate the generation of value that allows the creation of competitive advantages for an efficient financial administration, which impacts the future growth of the company.

Dynamic capabilities allow companies to be prepared for the constant change of their environment. In the case of exporting companies, the monitoring of market transformations is a key activity to raise alerts about the changes that must be made to provide answers according to the new demands of the demand. The purpose of this work is to analyze the dynamic capacities that several exporting companies in Latin America have developed, based on the review of the work of other authors that have deepened the reality of each organization. A qualitative approach and theoretical historical, synthetic analytical and deductive inductive theoretical methods are applied. The main findings of dynamic capabilities reflect the evolution of the strategic analysis of the company and the factors that contribute to strengthening sustainable competitive advantages and the ability to absorb external good practices, guidance resulting innovations in process improvements, cost reduction, expansion of business insight and knowledge that strengthen the brainpower for decision-making.

Due to the scandals of corruption related to the offshore accounts of different people linked to the public and private sphere, which have been discovered in recent years, this research aims to verify the predictive capacity of an alternative methodology to the classification that divides jurisdictions into tax havens or not, that notoriously has not been effective. Specifically, it has been analyzed whether the Financial Secrecy Index (FSI), which is calculated every two years, turns out to be a determinant factor on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) of positive net inflows. The method with which it has worked has been a multiple linear regression at global level, and from developed and emerging jurisdictions (separately), in the period after the global economic crisis (2011-2015). The main conclusion obtained from the study is that there is a positive and significant relationship between the value of the FSI and the positive net inflows FDI, only on a global scale.

The present work used a qualitative method to analyze the behavior pattern of Ecuadorian influencers in order to understand their personal brand positioning in the country, which has been considered as a case study. The objective was to identify how Ecuadorian influencers have used social networks as a means of communication to position their personal brand. The results indicate that the majority of influencers that were taken into account for this study use (comic) entertainment as a method of capturing the attention of their followers and increasing their local reach nationwide. It concludes with a panoramic perspective of the tool that influencers use to place themselves in a place where their personal brand can be seen and also their behavior pattern, more information about this is provided, in the development of the detailed article with a classification of object of study and the results found.

The main objective of this research is to propose a childcare service in the Spa & Hairdressing salon in northern Guayaquil - Ecuador, since it was able to observe the Hairdressers & Spa lately they have suffered a decrease in the influx of customers, due to the competition that is increasingly strong and because people have less and less time to attend these places. A study was carried out to know the acceptance of a nursery in a hairdressing salon or Spa, through a descriptive investigation, among the results obtained was the demand for home beauty work because the mothers took care of time to attend the Spa, So the proposal of the marketing strategies to implement a nursery, will help the mothers to assist the companions of their sons or daughters, which ensures the permanence in the place.

This research work seeks to analyze which factors are those that have a greater impact on the growth of shoe mypes in the city of Trujillo, where the entrepreneur is an important element to create value for the company. The study has considered as reference the theoretical framework by Okpara and Wynn (2007), who have proposed some categories to maintain a successful business, located in: operational, strategic, administrative and external. The methodology applied in this work was developed through a qualitative case development study, where twelve companies from the footwear sector were delimited, which had seven criteria to choose the interviewees. The data collected were obtained through an interview guide with their respective categories, subcategories and respective indicators for their reliability. The data was examined using the package to triangulate information called Atlas Ti eight. The results of the present investigation show the significance of the Category: Administrative factors, where it is observed that the General Administration Sub category for the entrepreneur, has a strong impact on the development of footwear mypes, while the category: strategic factors, where the Infrastructure subcategory is not a significant factor for its growth.

This study aims to determine the baseline to develop the linking program of the Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, Guayaquil 2019 - 2022. As a first stage, the program aims to boost business of CAMI Chongón entrepreneurs to achieve improvements in the families and community through the increase in the economic return of their businesses. The methodology applied in the study was quantitative and was carried out by taking 37 surveys of various businesses in the sector by students and professors of the university. The study had a non-inferential descriptive character. The questions were directed to inquire about the type of business, form of legal constitution, accounting management, presence in social networks, collection methods and differentiation of money management between the business and the owner. This data exploration was performed on a non-representative sample for the commercial population of the sector. The results show a wide diversity of businesses and their needs, among which the authors mention: lack of formality, lack of image, lack of strategic partners, lack of accounting, financial and statistical data; among others. In conclusion, the baseline that is used to prepare the UIDE linking project was determined.

Globalization and the dynamism of markets pressure companies to implement different strategies to defend their position. Innovation stands out as a strategic response from companies to adapt to change. This work is guided by the objective of identifying the types of innovation that companies are using as adaptation strategies to the dynamism of the markets. A qualitative approach is used by applying theoretical historical-logical and analytical-synthetic methods for the interpretation of the relevant literature. Twenty scientific publications are used as sources of information covering case studies of exporting companies that have applied organizational practices, from which a type of innovation is associated. In the case of Ecuador, the analysis focuses on three productive sectors, taking as a reference the representativeness of export products. Among the main findings is that companies apply open innovation associated with certification processes that require external reference of good practices, cooperation and information transfer. Finally, it is concluded that the majority of firms employ incremental innovation, followed by open innovation and radical innovation to respond to changes in the environment, improve learning and take advantage of global market opportunities.

Import rates affect Ecuadorian consumers. The present study seeks to analyze the tariffs that importers pay to the institutions that issue permits for imports. The information obtained was derived from the analysis and description of the information of the control agencies and interviews with importers from Ecuador. The results show that the rates to be canceled to obtain the prior control documents have variable values ​​according to the type of requirement and the institution that issues it. The study also makes visible the values ​​of the rates of the control institutions and details the amount to cancel the Ecuadorian Institute of Standardization INEN for Certificate of Recognition, which stands at an average of $ 247.00. The rates that are paid to the ARCSA Health Regulation, Control and Surveillance Agency for foreign products vary from $ 542.12 to $ 2,258.41; AGROCALIDAD Operating Permits and the Register of Fertilizer Products are $ 1048.58 and $ 560.95 respectively. It is concluded that the rates limit new and small importers in their commercial activities and increase the prices of imported products