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

This article analyzes the occupational conditions and professional performance of economists from the University of Nariño, Colombia in accordance with the university policy of self-evaluation and permanent improvement of academic quality. This study employs a mixed observational prospective, cross-sectional and descriptive approach, which considers primary information collected through surveys and interviews with a representative number of alumni who graduated between 1979-I and 2020-II. The use of statistical and econometric methods, as well as the rigorous analysis of qualitative data, demonstrate the professional success of economists in their labor insertion, reduced search period before obtaining their first job, a moderate unemployment rate, the advances in postgraduate training and non-discrimination in employment. In addition, the research shows gender wage balance and the equitable distribution of income between women and men.

There is no doubt that the disclosure on sustainability issues is a contribution to the global environmental problem. In this sense, this work presents an analysis of the disclosure of information related to the SDGs on the websites of 107 Chilean companies using different variables using different variables dichotomously from corporate websites from a checklist to determine an index  to determine the disclosure of information related to the environment under a framework of sustainability, based on five indices proposed. In some results, we observe that companies disclose more about corporate governance and less about workers. Likewise, we observe that the mining sector presents a better average disclosure, however, the agricultural and forestry industry still has much to improve in this matter and the larger companies and better EBIT are directly related to the greater disclosure of information on the internet evaluated.

The design of public policies requires recognizing and involving actors who can cooperate in the execution of public action to solve different social problems. Therefore, the objective of this article is to know the appraisals of the main agents that can contribute to the construction of a public policy of cultural tourism in the city of Pasto, for this purpose, was selected, through the technique of sampling for convenience, to people representative of the different interest groups that by their knowledge, contributions, influence and experience have contributed to the development of this sector. Consequently, semi-structured interviews were applied and using the network approach, a method widely used in the social sciences, the degree of articulation and hierarchy between them was identified. Finally, the main results include the disbandment between the authorities responsible for the development of culture and tourism, the lack of a Tourism Information and Measurement System, the loss of recognition of the inhabitants of Pasto for their cultural heritage and the absence of a public policy to bring together these actors and enhance the initiatives they carry out around tourism and culture.

Entrepreneurship is recognized as an activity capable of generating employment, innovation and economic growth. There are multiple and diverse factors that affect it, among which both formal and informal institutions stand out. Its study is particularly relevant in Latin America, given the strong presence of micro, small and medium enterprises; however, the territorial breadth and heterogeneity of the region makes it difficult to make representative generalizations. For this reason, the effect of institutions on entrepreneurship (by opportunity and necessity) was analyzed in a group of countries of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), one of the most important integration processes in Latin America, through the estimation of a random effects panel data model. It was found that, during the period 2002-2017, informal institutions had a greater effect on entrepreneurship than formal ones. This situation poses an additional challenge for the region, since the promotion of entrepreneurship as a means of economic growth requires structural changes in cultural and social aspects, the achievement of which is neither simple nor immediate.

The study aims to strengthen the innovation capacities of the food and beverage production sector of the municipality of Pasto to achieve the economic reactivation of the region; hence the need to characterize the innovation of the food and beverage production sector in the municipality of Pasto. The research is part of the positivist paradigm, with a quantitative approach, descriptive-analytical type of research, to obtain the results, the SPSS statistical software was applied. The population is made up of 17 companies in the food and beverage production sector registered in the Pasto Chamber of Commerce in 2021, to whom a survey aimed at managers was applied. Among the results, it was found that the majority of the companies present economic activity 1081 that corresponds to the production of bakery products, the vast majority of companies limited by shares and micro-enterprises, they do not have an area of ​​innovation. As conclusions, it was obtained that organizations do not specialize in innovation processes, there is no allocation of resources, nor expert personnel in this area, therefore, the culture of innovation is deficient and they even consider that innovating constitutes an expense and not a investment.

Environmental impacts generated through the linear economy model highlight the need for transcending a circulatory model. However, beyond the transformation of the productive sector that implies the circular economy, it is necessary to change the consumer's behaviour. Consumer’s decision to participate or not in the circular economy initiatives can represent success or an absolute failure. This key point proves a worrying fact that if we take into account the gap between the consumer’s attitude and behaviour which entails a lack of alignment between a positive environmental attitude and unsustainable behaviour. Thereby, this work searches for the main variables that take part in the gaps within the framework of the circular economy, applying the review literature methodology. The results indicate that there are many factors that converge around the gaps. The individual part intervenes in the attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, and awareness. From the situational perspective converges the price, cost, knowledge, and information. From the contextual perspective converges the socio-demographic factors, culture, and incentives. The identification of these factors constitutes the key to reducing the gap and facilitating the circulatory model.

The following research article shows the design of a strategy for the adoption of good practices of Information Technology Governance (GTI) in the SMEs of the city of Neiva, affiliated with COMFAMILIAR. The research is carried out based on a descriptive qualitative method, in a population of 1,550 SMEs, analyzing a sample of 309 companies, which are characterized according to the GTI principles. The reference framework that best responds to the study is the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), with an operational approach, which allows improving the value delivery of services in companies. After the socialization of the strategy, it is found that 96% of SMEs show interest in starting processes of adoption of good GTI practices to correctly strengthen the strategic alignment of information technologies with business objectives and generate value in the operational and organizational management of companies through strategic alliances that make it possible to publicize and optimize the positioning of SMEs among interest groups.

The crisis of the development model in Colombia has been reflected in the crisis of civilization and the impact has been particularly in the rural sector. This article seeks to analyze rural development alternatives in order to generate proposals for the post-pandemic in the rural sector in Colombia through a qualitative methodology based on a literature review method. Initially, some theoretical elements about the rural development models implemented in Colombia are presented. Finally, alternatives are proposed around the solidarity economy and particularly for the cooperative sector, which is gaining strength in the current debate as a potential development model for new civilizational horizons in the post-pandemic framework. Four strategies that solidarity organizations could develop are presented: the formation of second-tier organizations that will have weight in the participatory governance of their territories, be leaders in the provision of technical assistance services, generate autonomy of their associates by strengthening the identity and offer distribution and marketing options based on the recovery of the local.

The objective of this article is to contribute to the knowledge of the state of development of research on the incidence of indigenous culture in the mathematics curriculum from a political perspective. This research is of a documentary type developed with qualitative and interpretive methodology, which made use of content analysis with the Atlas.ti software. and the guiding question was in what way does indigenous culture affect the level of normative principles, institutions, and political praxis through the curriculum? The empirical material consisted of articles, undergraduate monographs, master's works, and doctoral theses, published between 2010 and 2020. The results are presented on three levels: at the level of ethical principles, recognition and respect for difference are proposed; At the institutional level, the flexibility of the curriculum is proposed to link other knowledge and practices, including the community, as well as reflect on values, beliefs and knowledge; and at the level of political praxis creative insubordination is proposed.

The research carried out in the Business Administration program of the University of the Amazonia had the objective of analyzing student perspectives from the narrative construction aimed at diagnosing and proposing the skills that would improve the work of the administration teacher. The qualitative research and sociocultural paradigm proposed the elaboration of texts that recreate the formative experience of one hundred students and their validation through focus groups. The results bet on the need to train in administration from the real experience of businessmen rather than in theories marked by contexts different from those of the regional economic sphere, in addition to training in didactics by teachers as a student proposal to modify the schemes of master classes, and, finally, the curricular articulation with the social projection, in order to strengthen the practical component of the training exercise, moving learning beyond traditional teaching methods in classrooms.