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We present two new county records of Crotalus interemdius in the Hidalgo satate

The dynamic and global competitive environment induces companies that want to remain in the market to seek new ways to maintain a digital presence that favors the generation of new business, provide agile responses and consequently increase revenues. Studies indicate that digitalization helps to strengthen the competitiveness of the company because it strengthens the business model and the management of processes (internal and external) that lead to efficiency and customer satisfaction. This paper presents results of a study with 514 companies (micro 66.3%, small 25.7% and medium 8%) with the objective of validating the assumption that "the higher the degree of adoption of digital technologies, the better competitive position is expected". To respond to this hypothesis, a linear regression model was proposed between the competitive position of the MSME (Y) and the importance of the technologies adopted by the companies. The analyses necessary to validate the hypothesis of the model were carried out in the SPSS statistical package. The results showed that the variable Information technologies (X1) presented significance, which did not occur with the Operational technologies (X2), this can be associated with the high percentage of microenterprises that responded, because they possibly have a low level of specialization and do not have the financial/technological conditions to accelerate the pace of digitization that allows them to meet market demands, improve performance and consequently their competitiveness. Public policies focused on raising awareness and strengthening their digital skills are needed to enable them to face the current competitive context in a sustainable manner.

This research proposal aims to analyze the "Proyectos de Tecnologías para la Inclusión Social" (PTIS) program, a science and technology policy instrument implemented by the National Program of Social Technologies and Innovation of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MINCYT) in Argentina. The study will begin with a description of the initial conditions that led to the program's creation, and then analyze the management and linkage processes that were necessary to achieve access to and/or production of technologies by actors involved in the social economy. The research is expected to generate a corpus of information that will allow for a comprehensive assessment of the benefits of applying social innovation strategies. Additionally, it aims to serve as an input for policymakers who wish to include this perspective in their work dynamics. It is essential that institutions assume an active role and contribute to the construction of a citizenry that is committed to solving common problems.

One of the substantial reasons for technology policy has been to promote innovation activities, in particular, Research and Development (R&D) as a way to increase the productivity of companies. In this way, innovation is considered fundamental for economic growth and the need to invest in a set of complementary assets, in addition to R&D, is inferred, including software and human capital. The actions undertaken by the State to promote the innovation process are based on the assumption that the R&D carried out within the company will directly or indirectly stimulate the production of new/improved marketable products, new/improved processes or services. List (1841) warns that laws and public institutions, although they do not produce immediate values, can create productive energy. Therefore, the objective of this work is to carry out a descriptive analysis on the results obtained from the promotion instruments implemented by the Mexican government, based on the National Survey on Productivity and Competitiveness of micro, small and medium-sized companies (ENAPROCE, 2015, 2018), which allow us to distinguish the situation of the companies. The main problems they face to innovate and grow, both financial and human resource skills and the use of computer equipment and the Internet to carry out their activities.

University spin-offs (SOUs) are a knowledge transfer mechanism to the productive sector that has gained visibility in recent decades due to the success of numerous companies that emerged from public institution research. There are several determining factors that influence the development, growth, and performance of SOUs, which are classified into three groups: (i) those related to the inventor and the entrepreneurial team, (ii) those related to the firm itself, and (iii) those inherent to the technology to be exploited. The National University of the Litoral (UNL) is a public institution that carries out teaching, research, and knowledge transfer activities. Since 1985, it has developed various mechanisms to stimulate technological linkage. These mechanisms, together with political guidelines to support the creation of SOUs embodied in successive strategic plans, have allowed the UNL to currently have six active SOUs. This work analyzes, with an exploratory approach, the contribution of the UNL to the factors that determine the development, growth, and performance of SOUs, based on the description of the actions that promote their creation. It is concluded that the UNL contributes to generating the conditions for the creation of SOUs in the determining factors that have to do with both the inventor and the team, as well as with the firm and the technology.

During the last decade, a new set of information and communication technologies applied to the industrial sector has emerged: Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technological system. In this article, we study the Argentina´s case, focusing on I4.0 goods and services´ supply. We aim to contribute to the literature from the angle of an economy characterized by its heterogeneous productive structure. Developing I4.0 supply is of major importance to increase the technological adoption to catch up. We found that although the Argentina´s I4.0 technological system has a reduced number of firms, it has competences in several technological areas (e,g. software, AI, IoT). Moreover, the productive diversification trajectories are similar to those observed in the global technological system. After studying some of them, we discover that the Argentina´s I4.0 supply is heterogeneous and has different characteristics. In effect, we propose different classifications that can help the public policy. Last, we consider that policy makers have to take into account 3 key dimensions: the structural small/medium size of the firms, the market segmentation and the solutions´ scalability.

In the last decades, the digitalization has advanced in both the economy and society. Different waves of technological advances (computers, the Internet, the development of ICT) have expanded to what is currently called “4.0 technologies” into firms, their production and organizational processes. However, the literature that has studied the extent to which these “4.0 technologies” are present in manufacturing in Argentina is scattered. This is a review paper that aims to review recent empirical advances that seek, in an academic and systematic manner, to account for the importance of the digitalization of production in the Argentine industry in recent years.

Con motivo de cumplirse al cerrarse 2023 ya diez años ininterrumpidos de la publicación de nuestra Revista Pymes, Innovación y Desarrollo, desde la Red Pymes intentamos como parte de las celebraciones invitar a nuestra comunidad a publicar un dossier especial, en alguna temática de actualidad en el ámbito de la producción y las pymes. Así, a iniciativa de nuestro editor Rubén Ascúa y quien fuera presidente de la Red, convocamos a este dossier en lo que es la preocupación por el grado de difusión de la digitalización en empresas manufactureras. Hoy publicamos, con mucho agrado, los resultados de este llamado, aquí reunidos.

El propósito de este Dossier temático es presentar tópicos relacionados con enfoques y perspectivas acerca de la Gestión de la Ciencia, la Tecnología e Innovación en América Latina.