Por Belén Sánchez La Innovación Abierta es un paradigma que asume que las empresas pueden y deben apalancarse de ideas provenientes de fuentes externas e internas mientras buscan desarrollar un mayor avance tecnológico1 Grandes corporaciones alrededor del mundo han adoptado el concepto de Innovación Abierta para enfrentar los problemas o retos que les impedían innovar…Leer más Grandes Empresas Impulsando Innovación en Ecuador

By Belén Sánchez In 2016, the World Economic Forum predicted that it will take 118 years before women have the same career prospects as men[1].  Some of the characteristics of the gender gap that persist within our economies are wage inequality and the low participation of women on governing boards of organizations.[2]  In 2015, Deloitte…Leer más Getting better deals! Women and Negotiations.

By Belén Sánchez When we think about the role of diaspora in their countries of origin, we normally refer to the impact of their economic remittances or their role of bringing attention to political issues in their home countries through lobbying efforts.   However, the role of the diaspora contributions to economics and politics in their…Leer más Political Power of Diasporas in the Digital Era and their Role in the Arab Spring

By Belén Sánchez When I told my Uncle that I was going to Grad School and that I was going to take a class called “Running for Office”, he took a pause in order to first translate those three words in Spanish in order to see if that could mean something at all.  After some…Leer más Lessons from the US Digital Electoral Campaigns

By Belén Sánchez The digital era has brought innovation and is allowing collaboration without precedents in the media industry. For example, the publication of the Panama Papers, the biggest financial information leak we have witnessed in decades, was feasible because digital technologies allowed collaboration of approximately 400 journalists around the world.  Inevitably, innovation is also…Leer más Four Things News Organizations Can Do To Survive the Digital Era.