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<journal-id>1665-5346</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de economía y finanzas]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. econ. finanz]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1665-5346</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos de Finanzas A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1665-53462020000500523</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.21919/remef.v15i0.544</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Evaluación integral del ecosistema emprendedor de Costa Rica y propuestas para su mejora]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Integral Assessment of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem of Costa Rica and Improvement Proposals]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Núñez-Álvarez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Catalina]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Leiva]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan Carlos]]></given-names>
</name>
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<institution><![CDATA[,aff1  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>15</volume>
<numero>spe</numero>
<fpage>523</fpage>
<lpage>536</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1665-53462020000500523&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1665-53462020000500523&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1665-53462020000500523&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen El objetivo de este artículo es evaluar el ecosistema emprendedor en Costa Rica al segundo semestre de 2018. La metodología se basa en un análisis integrado de cinco modelos diferentes de valoración y clasificación de ecosistemas emprendedores. Esos cinco modelos juntos contienen sesenta y seis variables, las cuales son armonizadas mediante ocho grandes categorías. Los resultados muestran algunos aspectos negativos del ecosistema emprendedor como el financiamiento y la investigación y desarrollo, así como otros medianamente positivos como la infraestructura. En los resultados se aporta además una serie de oportunidades de mejora en lo referente a la coordinación de sus actores y la generación de acciones para fortalecer los componentes más débiles. El trabajo aporta originalidad al evaluar de forma integrada cinco modelos diferentes, aunque posee como limitación que los datos disponibles en cada modelo son de diferentes momentos en el tiempo. Se concluye que el ecosistema emprendedor costarricense posee en términos generales un estado regular (2.03 en escala de 1 a5).]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The objective of this article is to evaluate the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Costa Rica during the second semester of 2018. The methodology is based on a integrated analysis of five different valuation and classification models of entrepreneurial ecosystems. These five models together contain sixty-six variables, which are harmonized through eight major categories. The results show some negative aspects of the entrepreneurial ecosystem such as financing and research and development, as well as other moderately positive aspects such as infrastructure. The results also provide a series of opportunities for improvement regarding the coordination of its actors and the generation of actions to strengthen the weakest components. The work provides originality by evaluating five different models in an integrated way, although it has the limitation that the data available in each model are from different moments in time. It is concluded that the Costa Rican entrepreneurial.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Ecosistema Emprendedor]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Emprendimiento Dinámico]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Entrepreneurial Ecosystem]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Dynamic Entrepreneurship]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Costa Rican Entrepreneurship]]></kwd>
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