Índice de emprendimiento e innovación, el impacto de la educación en Ecuador, y su comparación a nivel latinoamericano

Abstract

This research analyzes the impact of education and industry in the innovation and entrepreneurship generation in Latin America for the year 2013 through index calculation. For this, we use the European Commission methodology for the study of The European Innovation Scoreboard (European Innovation Scoreboard, 2014), which categorizes the variables for the score construction in relation to the four parameters considered. The main data sources are the database of the World Bank and the RICYT, which collect the quantitative and qualitative variables used in this analysis of the innovation in Latin America. The lack of data makes the inclusion of some countries this research imposible. However it could get enough information for most countries in the region. Among the main results is the impact of the major economies in Latin-American like Chile, Argentina or Mexico that accumulate much of the innovation and entrepreneurship in the area. In addition, it was evident the deficiency of innovation management mainly in Central American countries. Finally, it shows an economic growth model that relates the studies made by Romer (1990) and Spolaore & Wacziarg (2013) focused on the impact of education system, culture and geographical variables in the generation of R&D through by creation technology.