TEC Empresarial

2017 - 2025

Current editor(s): Juan Carlos Leiva

From School of Business, Costa Rica Institute of Technology (ITCR)
Cartago; Costa Rica, TEC Empresarial ISSN: 1659-3359.
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Volume 19, issue 1, 2025

The role of international experience on SMEs’ internationalization pp. 1-21

Carlos Sandoval-Álvarez

Location of entrepreneurial zones in Latin America: a spatial analysis pp. 22-35

María de los Ángeles Frende-Vega, Alejandro Almeida, Juan Manuel Martín-Álvarez and Antonio Golpe

Burnout resilience in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic pp. 36-50

Yvette Mucharraz y Cano, Diana Dávila-Ruiz and Karla Cuilty-Esquivel

Advantages and barriers of university-business linkages: Analysis from an academic perspective pp. 51-67

Adilson Mueller, Geannina Moraga López, Jane Lucia Silva Santos, Carla de la Cerna Hernández, Gerardo Villalobos Rodríguez, Eduardo Giugliani and Eysel Adolfo Chong Guardia

Ethical leadership and organizational commitment in the Colombian electricity sector: the importance of work self-efficacy pp. 68-90

Carlos Santiago-Torner

The effect of online platform management and online interactions on donors' engagement pp. 91-105

Ma del Mar Gálvez-Rodríguez, Sara Herrada-Lores, Arturo Haro-de-Rosario and Laura Saraite-Sariene

Perceived value of second-hand clothing in centennials: Analysis of antecedents and effects pp. 106-123

Judith Cavazos-Arroyo and José Luis Zapata-Sánchez

Volume 18, issue 3, 2024

Enhancing Management Research through Qualitative Methods pp. 1-11

Francisco Balbastre-Benavent, Edison Jair Duque-Oliva and María Teresa Canet-Giner

Nurturing seeds of innovation: the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and socio-emotional wealth and its implications for family business innovation pp. 12-34

Ana Lucia Caicedo-Leitón, Nuria Villanueva and Lucía Garcés-Galdeano

Breaking Barriers: Unleashing the Power of Feminist Action Research to Transform Organisational Inequalities—A Case Study of XEAS País Valencià pp. 35-54

Marta Maicas-Pérez and Francisco Javier Ortega-Colomer

Co-creation with customers to innovate in a service SME: insights from an action research approach pp. 55-79

Ramiro Bonaque-Rodríguez, María Luisa Flor-Peris and Teresa Vallet-Bellmunt

Organizational routines and sustainability strategizing in the port sector pp. 80-102

Eduardo Aquino-Hübler, Rosalia Aldraci Barbosa-Lavarda and Felipe Kopp-Leite

Firms’ digital transformation and e-human resource management. A qualitative approach pp. 103-128

Naiara Escribá-Carda, Ana Redondo-Cano and María Ángeles Escribá-Moreno

Volume 18, issue 2, 2024

Green Business Strategy and its effect on Financial Performance: The mediating role of Corporate Social Responsibility pp. 1-17

Ma. Mónica Gloria Clara Castillo-Esparza, Gonzalo Maldonado-Guzmán and Juan Mejía-Trejo

Regional endogenous development in Chile: a simulation analysis of two models of allocation of public funds pp. 18-35

Oswaldo Terán, Danko Ravlic-Torres, Gianni Romaní and Karla Soria-Barreto

Crisis communication strategies: A qualitative study about a natural medicine controversy in Colombia pp. 36-50

Orlando E. Contreras-Pacheco, Juan Camilo Álvarez-Arciniegas and María Fernanda Garnica-Rugeles

Industries, frameworks, and key drivers of lean startup: a systematic literature review pp. 51-80

Alejandro Gamón-Sanz, Joaquín Alegre and Ricardo Chiva

Board leadership in global ventures: A bibliometric analysis pp. 81-86

Roberto Andres Herrera-Barriga and Diana Marcela Escandon-Barbosa

Brand equity and purchase decision of fast-moving consumer goods pp. 97-114

Washington Macias, Gabriela Barquet-Arenas and Jazmín Yambay-Aucancela

Volume 18, issue 1, 2024

Perceived behavioral traits as key determinants of entrepreneurial intention in higher education institutions pp. 1-22

Carlos Sandoval-Álvarez

Categorizing the effects of knowledge management practices on SMES: a literature review pp. 23-42

Adalberto Escobar-Castillo and Gabriel Velandia-Pacheco

The internationalization of Colombian Multilatinas: a composite indicator analysis pp. 43-64

Juan Camilo López-Caicedo, Jose Jaime Baena-Rojas, Ana Maria Gomez-Trujillo and Daniel Bonilla-Calle

Influence of skills and knowledge on the financial attitude of university students pp. 65-83

Renzi Loza, Gianni Romaní, Winston Castañeda and Gerardo Arias

Internal and external determinants of the use of supplementary pension plans in manager compensation pp. 84-100

Lorenzo Revuelto-Taboada and Marcelo Duques-Ospina

Second opportunities for clothing products: motivations to purchase second-hand clothes pp. 101-117

Ana M. Pereira, Lina M. Ceballos and María Claudia Mejía-Gil

Volume 17, issue 3, 2023

Lean manufacturing is the financial performance and sustainable finances problems solution? pp. 1-19

Gonzalo Maldonado-Guzmán, Sandra Yesenia Pinzón-Castro and Raymundo Juárez-del Toro

The relationship between work accident rates and economic activity: Evidence from Peru (2016-2021) pp. 20-32

Johanna Cabrera-Flores

Institutional trust and entrepreneurs' export behavior: An international analysis pp. 33-45

Felipe De Anda, Juan Carlos Baker and Edgar Demetrio Tovar-García

Assessment of urban development: A composite indicator analysis of the safe city index through the ‘benefit of the doubt’ model pp. 46-62

Nadine Burgoa and Andre Rosado

Conceptualizing digital transformation using semantic decomposition pp. 63-75

Javier Rojas-Segura, Margie Faith-Vargas and Jose Martinez-Villavicencio

Volume 17, issue 2, 2023

The role of intellectual capital on innovation: Evidence from Hungarian SMEs pp. 1-19

András Rideg, László Szerb and Anna Róza Varga

Internal organizational characteristics and their impact on sales: the case of Paraguayan MSMEs during the covid-19 pandemic pp. 20-32

Edgar Antonio Sánchez-Báez, Diego Daniel Sanabria and Raúl Marcelo Ferrer Dávalos

Topics and feelings of entrepreneurs during a crisis period: Analysis of business Twitter hashtags pp. 33-47

Orly Carvache-Franco, Ana Gabriela Víquez-Paniagua, Mauricio Carvache-Franco, Wilmer Carvache-Franco and Allan Pérez-Orozco

Marketing strategy and competitiveness: Evidence from Colombian SMEs pp. 48-64

Jorge Moreno-Gómez, Juan Carlos Londoño and Luis Felipe Zapata-Upegui

Key factors of competitive tourist destinations: A study in San Carlos, Antioquia, Colombia pp. 65-77

Diego Armando Marín-Idárraga, Juan Carlos Cuartas-Marín, Pedro Emilio Sanabria-Rangel and Juan de Jesús Sánchez-Torres

Volume 17, issue 1, 2023

The relationship between the economic cycle and work accidents in the United States: A time series analysis pp. 1-17

Manfred Murrell

Evolution of occupational illness in Spain during 2009-2020: Territorial and industrial trends pp. 18-33

Dayana Delgado-Sánchez

Prospective of the circular economy in a banana agri-food chain pp. 34-52

Pola Mary Silva-Alvarado, Erik Orozco-Crespo, Douglas Andrés Verduga-Alcívar, Karel Diéguez-Santana, Sebastiana del Monserrate Ruiz-Cedeño and Neyfe Sablón-Cossío

VUCA environments before the recession caused by covid-19: a systematic literature review pp. 53-69

Vicente Woltés and Anabel Fernández-Mesa

Collaboration between startups and large firms: a new way to engage in open innovation pp. 70-93

Hugo Kantis, Cecilia Menendez, Paola Álvarez-Martínez and Juan Federico

Volume 16, issue 3, 2022

Allocation of entrepreneurial and innovative talent: An economic model based on institutionally-driven relative rewards pp. 1-15

Yancy Vaillant

Overconfidence, fear of failure, risk-taking and entrepreneurial intention: The behavior of undergraduate students pp. 16-33

Eduart Villanueva and Izaias Martins

Location, market orientation, and firm performance: An analysis of the Colombian healthcare industry pp. 34-54

Juan C. Amézquita, Francisco Puig and Marcelo Royo-Vela

Innovation capabilities and export performance in manufacturing SMEs pp. 55-71

Joaquin Alegre, José Luis Ferreras-Méndez, Anabel Fernández-Mesa and Roger Strange

Risk perception and crisis communication during the Covid-19 pandemic: Analysis based on Twitter hashtags pp. 72-91

Orly Carvache-Franco, Ana Gabriela Víquez-Paniagua, Mauricio Carvache-Franco, Allan Pérez-Orozco and Wilmer Carvache-Franco

Volume 16, issue 2, 2022

Disentangling the relationship between prior knowledge and entrepreneurial orientation: a bibliometric study pp. 1-17

Diana Espinoza-Torres and Marival Segarra-Oña

Knowledge management and intellectual capital in the business model innovation of Costa Rican manufacturing firms pp. 18-33

Alfredo Elías Alfaro-Ramos and José Luis Ferreras-Méndez

Financial resources, eco-innovation and sustainability performance in automotive industry pp. 34-54

Gonzalo Maldonado-Guzmán and Sandra Yesenia Pinzón-Castro

What drives project management success in developing countries? The case of Ghana pp. 55-78

Armstrong Amoah, Jasmina Berbegal-Mirabent and Frederic Marimon

Measuring the credibility of consumer-generated media (CGM): a scale to test credibility in the field of tourism pp. 79-93

Ricardo Castano and Diana Escandon-Barbosa

Volume 16, issue 1, 2022

A note on the configuration of the digital ecosystem in Latin America pp. 1-19

Zoltan Acs, Esteban Lafuente and László Szerb

Perceived new venture creation speed: The relevance of the university’s context and entrepreneurial experience pp. 20-43

Paola Lafuente-González and Juan Carlos Leiva

Transitioning towards sustainability: The ‘what’, ‘why’ and ‘how’ of the integration of sustainable practices into business models pp. 44-86

Ines Diez-Martinez and Angel Peiro-Signes

Strategic Futures Studies and Entrepreneurial Resiliency: A Focus on Digital Technology Trends and Emerging Markets pp. 87-100

Leo Dana, Aidin Salamzadeh, Samira Mortazavi, Morteza Hadizadeh and Mahnaz Zolfaghari

Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development Goals: a bibliometric analysis pp. 101-122

Elba Patricia Benavides-Sánchez, Ismael Moya-Clemente and Gabriela Ribes-Giner