Research Management in Higher Education Institutions from Developing Countries: An Analysis for Bolivia and Paraguay

Luis Pacheco, Fernando Oliveira Tavares, Makhabbat Ramazanova, Jorge Fuentes Ávila, Helena Albuquerque, Fátima Matos Silva, Jorge Marques, Mario Guillo, Beatriz Barrera Zuleta and Silvia Marín Guzmán
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Luis Pacheco: Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies, Portucalense University, 4200-027 Porto, Portugal
Fernando Oliveira Tavares: Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies, Portucalense University, 4200-027 Porto, Portugal
Makhabbat Ramazanova: Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies, Portucalense University, 4200-027 Porto, Portugal
Jorge Fuentes Ávila: Department of Planning and Institutional Evaluation, Universidad Mayor Real y Pontifica de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca, Sucre 0001, Bolivia
Helena Albuquerque: Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies, Portucalense University, 4200-027 Porto, Portugal
Fátima Matos Silva: Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies, Portucalense University, 4200-027 Porto, Portugal
Jorge Marques: Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies, Portucalense University, 4200-027 Porto, Portugal
Mario Guillo: OGPI—Institutional Projects Management Office, FUTURLAB—The Foresight Laboratory, Department of Sociology II, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
Beatriz Barrera Zuleta: Direction of Research, Science, and Technology, Universidad Mayor Real y Pontifica de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca, Sucre 0001, Bolivia
Silvia Marín Guzmán: EDUCACIÓN en Fundación Pasos, Universidad Mayor Real y Pontifica de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca, Sucre 0001, Bolivia

Administrative Sciences, 2025, vol. 15, issue 4, 1-18

Abstract: Research outputs in higher education institutions (HEIs) are crucially dependent on the research management process. Departing from a SWOT analysis, the main objective of this paper is to analyze the perceptions of stakeholders (researchers, teachers, and senior research managers) regarding the main strengths and weaknesses of HEIs, as well as assess the potential opportunities and threats present in the external environment. It analyzed a total of 462 responses from seven HEIs and two ministries participating in the INNOVA project in Bolivia and Paraguay. The results from the statistical analysis indicate that the respondents tend to identify the traditional obstacles and facilitators to research development, namely, the scarcity and instability of public policies, which permeate the institutions, diminishing the consistency of internal research policies and creating difficulties in access to funding and career development opportunities. Building on the substantial progress made in recent years, the unvirtuous cycle may be halted with political stability and committed action between all the concerned parties.

Keywords: higher education institutions; research management; SWOT analysis; Bolivia; Paraguay; INNOVA project (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L M M0 M1 M10 M11 M12 M14 M15 M16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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