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  1. El motor invisible en las nuevas empresas: el papel de la identidad social, el bienestar emprendedor y la conexión familiar en el desempeño empresarial

    Article • Investiga TEC, September 2026, Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  2. Empleo, formación del personal y participación femenina en Pymes exportadoras y no exportadoras en Costa Rica

    Article • Investiga TEC, September 2026, Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  3. ¿IMPULSA LA GERENCIA VERDE LA INNOVACIÓN EN PYMES LATINOAMERICANAS?: EL ROL DEL CONTEXTO Y DE LAS BARRERAS PERCIBIDAS

    Article • Investiga TEC, September 2026, Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  4. Note from the Editors: TEC Empresarial at twenty

    Article • TEC Empresarial, September 2026, Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  5. Digital orientation and performance in manufacturing SMEs: the mediating role of innovation

    Article • Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración, September 2026, Emerald

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  6. Repensando el emprendimiento femenino universitario

    Article • Cuadernos Latinoamericanos de Administración, June 2026, Universidad el Bosque

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  7. Empresas académicas o spin-off académicas: estudio exploratorio en países emergentes

    Article • Revista Nacional de Administración, December 2025, Universidad Estatal a Distancia

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  8. Emprendimiento y empleo: miradas desde el entorno latinoamericano

    Article • FACES, December 2025, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  9. Innovation, green management and SME performance: evidence from Latin American manufacturing firms

    Article • Journal of Economics Finance and Administrative Science, November 2025, Emerald

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  10. The role of business intelligence and digital capabilities in driving SME innovation in Latin America

    Article • Revista de Gestão, October 2025, Emerald

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  11. The role of digital service innovation strategy on SME performance: an international study

    Article • Journal of Enterprise Information Management, April 2025, Emerald

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  12. The influence of institutional context in the relationship between green management, perceived barriers to sustainability and innovation performance in SMEs

    Article • Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración, November 2024, Emerald

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  13. The Effect of Vigor and Affective Commitment on the Performance of Women Student Entrepreneurs: the Moderating Role of the Social and University Environment

    Article • Cuadernos de Gestión, September 2024, Instituto de Economia Aplicada a la Empresa (IEAE)

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  14. The mediating role of marketing management in the relationship between online presence and product innovation among SMEs

    Article • Journal of Economics Finance and Administrative Science, April 2024, Emerald

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  15. Affective commitment in entrepreneurial students: person-oriented factors and subjective firm performance

    Article • Management Research The Journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management, March 2024, Emerald

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  16. Learning from success and failure: implications for entrepreneurs, SMEs, and policy

    Article • Small Business Economics, February 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  17. ¿Qué influencia tienen aspectos relacionados con la personalidad y el entorno en la actitud y el desempeño emprendedor de mujeres universitarias latinoamericanas?

    Article • Investiga TEC, January 2024, Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  18. FIRM STRATEGY AND PRODUCT INNOVATION IN SMEs: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF BUSINESS NETWORKS

    Article • RAE Revista de Administracao de Empresas, January 2024, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  19. ESTRATÉGIA EMPRESARIAL E INOVAÇÃO DE PRODUTOS NAS PMES: O PAPEL MEDIADOR DAS REDES EMPRESARIAIS

    Article • RAE Revista de Administracao de Empresas, January 2024, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  20. Green management, perceived barriers to sustainability, and innovation performance in Latin American SMEs

    Article • International Journal of Business Environment, January 2024, Inderscience Publishers

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  21. Nascent entrepreneurship in university students: the role of the context

    Article • Venture Capital, June 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  22. Entrepreneurial self-efficacy in female Latin American university students

    Article • International Journal of Intellectual Property Management, January 2023, Inderscience Publishers

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  23. Entrepreneurial attitude in female Latin American university students: internal and external influences

    Article • Management Research The Journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management, December 2022, Emerald

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  24. One step back, two steps forward: internationalization strategies and the resilient growth of entrepreneurial ecosystems

    Article • Small Enterprise Research, September 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Katherina Kuschel, Juan Carlos Leiva

  25. Assessment of local competitiveness: A composite indicator analysis of Costa Rican counties using the ‘Benefit of the Doubt’ model

    Article • Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, June 2022, Elsevier

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  26. Orientación emprendedora y desempeño innovador en mipymes. El rol moderador de la orientación estratégica

    Article • Estudios Gerenciales, March 2022, Universidad Icesi

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  27. The entrepreneurial activity of university students in Costa Rica: the role of the university ecosystem

    Article • International Journal of Intellectual Property Management, January 2022, Inderscience Publishers

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  28. Guest editorial: the entrepreneurship challenges in Latin America

    Article • European Business Review, December 2021, Emerald

    Dr José Ernesto Amorós, Juan Carlos Leiva

  29. Entrepreneurial intention among Latin American university students

    Article • Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración, May 2021, Emerald

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  30. Strategic priorities and competitiveness of businesses operating in different entrepreneurial ecosystems: a benefit of the doubt (BOD) analysis

    Article • International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, May 2021, Emerald

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  31. The competitive efficiency of Costa Rican small and medium-sized businesses: a data envelopment analysis approach

    Article • Competitiveness Review An International Business Journal, August 2020, Emerald

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  32. Evaluación integral del ecosistema emprendedor de Costa Rica y propuestas para su mejora

    Article • Revista Mexicana de Economía y Finanzas, August 2020, Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos de Finanzas, A.C. (IMEF)

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  33. The role of county competitiveness and manufacturing activity on the development of business service sectors: A precursor to territorial servitization

    Article • Investigaciones Regionales - Journal of Regional Research, July 2020, Asociacion Espanola de Ciencia Regional

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  34. A nonparametric analysis of competitiveness efficiency: The relevance of firm size and the configuration of competitive pillars

    Article • BRQ Business Research Quarterly, July 2020, SAGE Publications

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  35. Ecosistema emprendedor universitario costarricense y su vínculo con la intención emprendedora: un estudio exploratorio

    Article • TEC Empresarial, April 2020, Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  36. Guest editorial

    Article • Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración, March 2020, Emerald

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  37. Desafíos para América Latina en materia de capital humano y plataformas tecnológicas para implementar una política de clústeres: Costa Rica como caso de estudio.

    Article • The Anáhuac Journal, November 2019, Universidad Anahuac Mexico

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  38. Determinants of innovation performance

    Article • Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración, March 2019, Emerald

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  39. A non-parametric analysis of competitiveness efficiency: The relevance of firm size and the configuration of competitive pillars

    Article • BRQ Business Research Quarterly, March 2019, Elsevier

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  40. SME innovation process: comparison of service and manufacturing firms

    Article • AD-minister, December 2018, Universidad EAFIT

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  41. The impact on wages, employment and exports of backward linkages between multinational companies and SMEs

    Article • CEPAL Review, September 2018, United Nations Publications

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  42. The knowledge related and the business innovation performance

    Article • Journal of Economics Finance and Administrative Science, May 2018, Emerald

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  43. Product innovation in high-performance businesses.

    Article • Sustainability, April 2018, MDPI AG

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  44. Human and social capital as drivers of entrepreneurship

    Article • Small Business International Review, January 2018, Asociacion Espanola de Contabilidad y Administracion de Empresas (AECA)

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  45. Can entrepreneurial role models alleviate the fear of entrepreneurial failure?

    Article • International Journal of Business Environment, January 2018, Inderscience Publishers

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  46. Empresas de crecimiento acelerado en Costa Rica

    Article • TEC Empresarial, November 2017, Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  47. Mujeres emprendedoras en Costa Rica

    Article • Revista CEA, June 2017, Instituto Tecnologico Metropolitano (ITM)

    Juan Carlos Leiva, Carmen Castrejón Mata

  48. Efectos de la presencia de ex empleados de multinacionales como empleados de Pymes

    Article • Contaduría y Administración, April 2017, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  49. The effect of the presence of former employees of multinational corporations as employees SMEs

    Article • Contaduría y Administración, April 2017, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  50. An impact evaluation of a fund to finance innovation in SMEs

    Article • Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración, March 2016, Emerald

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  51. El conocimiento relacionado entre empresas y su influencia en los resultados de las pymes

    Article • Revista CEA, July 2015, Instituto Tecnologico Metropolitano (ITM)

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  52. Un índice para medir la capacidad de absorción de conocimiento en las pymes

    Article • TEC Empresarial, April 2015, Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  53. The Influence of Entrepreneurial Learning in New Firms’ Performance: A Study in Costa Rica

    Article • Innovar, December 2014, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    Professor Joaquin Alegre, Juan Carlos Leiva

  54. Emprendimiento femenino en ciencia y tecnología

    Article • Revista Perspectiva Empresarial, August 2014, Fundacion Universitaria Ceipa

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  55. Innovaciones biotecnológicas: una joven emprendedora en ciencia y tecnología

    Article • Revista Perspectiva Empresarial, August 2014, Fundacion Universitaria Ceipa

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  56. Los emprendedores surgidos de las empresas multinacionales de inversión extranjera directa: un estudio exploratorio en Costa Rica

    Article • Estudios Gerenciales, April 2014, Universidad Icesi

    Professor Joaquin Alegre, Juan Carlos Leiva

  57. ¿QUIEN CREA MIPYMES EN COSTA RICA? (¿Who are the SME creators in Costa Rica?)

    Article • TEC Empresarial, September 2013, Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  58. Inversión extranjera directa, movilidad laboral y derrames de conocimiento en Costa Rica

    Article • Revista Tecnología en Marcha, November 2012, Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica

    Juan Carlos Leiva

  59. From the domination by family elites to the presence of multiple players: capitalism in Costa Rica in the twentieth century

    Article • Edward Elgar Publishing

    Juan Carlos Leiva