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Academic Conference
The academic stream of the conference will follow the themes “Human Capital, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, in Latin America's Competitiveness.”
Human Capital: managing people across cultures; leadership behavior; impact of culture on business; management of expatriates; team management; ethics and values; work systems; knowledge creation, management, and spillover; training and development; outsourcing/offshoring; organizational behavior; negotiations.
Innovation: innovation in corporate functions--marketing, financing, production, product development, production systems; technology development; knowledge transfer and dissemination in firms; innovation and diffusion; R&D, networks, and value chains; customer-driven innovation; distribution and other innovations to reach the “bottom of the pyramid;” innovation and creativity; national innovation systems.
Entrepreneurship: new venture creation and growth; social entrepreneurship; family-owned entrepreneurial firms; opportunity identification processes and strategies; environmental influences on venture creation and growth; obstacles to entrepreneurial activity; emerging industries, corporate venturing; venture capital, venture teams; entrepreneurship and economic development; entrepreneurial finance.
Administrative Conference
In addition to the academic sessions, the organizers have arranged for a number of panel or discussion sessions on themes of interest to deans, associate deans and other business school administrators.
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