Miguel Angel Montoya Bayardo

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• Ph.D. in Applied Economics
• Professor (Full) at Tecnológico de Monterrey

The objective of the study was to validate the construction of a financial literacy measurement instrument aligned with complex thinking competencies in Mexican women entrepreneurs. By means of the construct validation method, the content was validated by expert judgment, validation by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, as well as intern...

Purpose This study aims to challenge the generic interpretation of Multilatinas as Latin American firms that have been able to internationalize because of highly competitive strategic capabilities. The authors test whether capabilities that international business researchers commonly associate with internationalization are necessary at different st...

Purpose This paper aims to determine whether policy uncertainty caused by institutional decay in countries with populist rulers influences the internationalization decision of emerging market firms (EMFs). Design/methodology/approach The study used binary logit analysis on firms from Latin American countries undertaking cross-border greenfield inv...

Purpose This paper aims to study the internationalization path of emerging market multinational enterprises (EMNEs) in their international expansion through the global cities (GCs) phenomenon. Design/methodology/approach The authors used a quantitative approach to identify the most used ownership and entry modes, the preferred economic sectors and...

China has become one of the engines of the world economy and the principal global player in trade as a supplier and as a market. This fast growth of China is radically changing the global geopolitical ecology of investment, production, and trade (Palat, R. A., Futures 40:721–734, 2008). In this context, this chapter presents some reflections on the...

We seek to understand the drivers of the internationalization of emerging-market social firms. To accomplish this, we conducted a case study analysis of the Mexican multinational Farmacias Similares. The firm created a chain of pharmacies that sold generic medicines to poor consumers and included a low-cost doctor next to the pharmacy to address th...

This book brings together the work of more than 25 scholars from different parts of the world who analyze the challenges posed by the new coronavirus and how it can transform the lives of the cities. Through 19 chapters organized into three sections - experiences, responses and uncertainties - the authors offer a novel perspective about the resilie...

Cuando la industria automotriz china decidió expandirse al mercado occidental tuvo que evaluar la mejor alternativa para comercializar sus marcas en los mercados segmentados y elegidos, entre ellos los países que conforman la Alianza del Pacífico. El presente artículo, basado principalmente en fuentes secundarias, desarrolla, por un lado, desde un...

COVID-19 forced billions of people to restructure their daily lives and social habits. Several research projects have focused on social impacts, approaching the phenomenon on the basis of different issues and scales. This work studies the changes in social relations within the well-defined urban-territorial elements of co-housing communities. The p...

A specific challenge related to infrastructure creation that is faced by several countries has to do with the lack of participation to an optimal level of subnational governments in the development of Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects which, in turn, could offset the existing infrastructure limitations. In this article, we analyze the Mexic...

The emergence of the Sars-Cov-2 virus in December 2019 affected the various regions, countries, and communities around the world unequally. Addressing the current pandemic should be understood as a step toward more resilient cities, rather than only focusing on the emergency response and managing a particular crisis. More resilient systems should b...

This chapter evaluates the significance of architectural interventions as a driving force for rebuilding the image of urban areas with an esthetic endowment. We provide four projects as examples of how cultural tourism may impact the recovery of cities: Confucius Temple, Dongtan Low Carbon Agricultural Park, Ruralation Shenaoli Library, and Jianama...

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed many of the structural weaknesses of the contemporary world and accentuated already existing risks. Images of paralyzed cities, empty squares, closed schools and universities, canceled religious services, stationary public transport, closed airports, and suspended non-essential economic activities displayed the vulnera...

Building on Resource-Based View (RBV) and Institutional Theory (IT), we decided to study the internal and external factors that affect the choice between different growth strategies in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in an emerging economy. We started identifying that there is a direct relationship between technological resources and an organic...

Organizations that efficiently complete a demand planning process gain a competitive advantage. The current demand planning literature mostly studies relatively large organizations. However, SMEs invest a significant amount of resources into improving demand planning practices. Moreover, the context of SMEs in Latin America, and specifically Mexico...

The consolidation of the People’s Republic of China as a new world power can be considered an unquestionable fact (Shambaugh, 2013, p. 4). Also, the growing presence of China in the whole world is evident; in the case of Latin America, China is now a critical commercial partner and an investor in the region (Economic Commission for Latin America an...

As the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), or the New Silk Road, as commonly known in Western countries, continues to grow in size and scope, some questions remain unanswered. Most skepticism arises about the primary purpose of the project, the contribution of members countries to the overall initiative, or the involvement of those territories that are...

In the context of Chinese growing influence in Latin America, the purpose of this paper is to analyze how geopolitical factors impact the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) implementation within the region. Specifically, this paper illuminates how Brazil and Mexico, the two largest economies in Latin America, have different predispositions towards thei...

In the context of Chinese growing influence in Latin America, the purpose of this paper is to analyze how geopolitical factors impact the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) implementation within the region. Specifically, this paper illuminates how Brazil and Mexico, the two largest economies in Latin America, have different predispositions towards thei...

Mobilities of Labour and Capital in Asia - edited by Preet S. Aulakh January 2020

This paper analyzes the relationship between networking capabilities and the motives behind SMEs taking part in collaborative relationships with firms within the same sector. Specifically, we analyzed inter-firm collaborations for new product development and the decision(s) to outsource. The main contribution of this paper is focused on identifying...

MultiMexicans have increased their participation in foreign markets in recent decades. International changes and new conditions have motivated this growth. Among these conditions can be named the markets liberalization, relaxation of rules, and the expansion of the global economy. Despite of the growing trends, in academic terms, there is an import...

Purpose This paper aims to analyze how emerging market firms upgrade their capabilities by focusing on “uncommoditizing strategies” that enable them to achieve levels of international competitiveness beyond the comparative advantages of their home countries and serve markets with premium pricing, quality and reputation of products. Design/methodol...

In 2013, two entrepreneurs launched the Virtual Market in Mexico City with a mission to transform small traditional retailers (the so-called “mom-and-pop” shops) into competitive market players. The family-owned shops were strongly embedded in the society, culture, and economy of Mexico and Latin America, producing 50 per cent of the region’s retai...

Este artículo analiza el desarrollo de innovaciones para la Base de la Pirámide (BP) en el sector salud en México. A partir de un estudio de caso en la industria de la salud en México, se analiza la manera en que las innovaciones para los pobres se originan y evolucionan con el tiempo tanto en su contenido como su mercado objetivo. A partir del cas...

This article analyzes the innovations at the base of the pyramid (BOP) in Mexico’s health sector. From the perspective of this sector, it analyzes how innovations for poor people are created and transformed over time in terms of both their content and their commercial objectives. For the case of the medical-pharmacy model, we describe its evolution...

This study analyzes the impact of microcredit on women’s life. Until now, microfinance literature has described the benefits microcredits and how it helps women to improve their micro-firms. In this study we found that there is a contrast side of microcredit that needs to be addressed. This is, there is a negative side that includes women to be for...

The main objective of this research is to analyze whether the business cycle has an effect on investment strategies. In order to ascertain this, we use as methodology, a multifactorial time series analysis. Specifically, we test whether short-term cycle investment strategies and long-term cycle investment strategies can be observed. We use data fro...

This article analyzes the relationship between Science and Technology Parks (STPS) and the adoption of an innovative culture in the case of Guadalajara's Software Center. It focuses on determining how STPS contribute to innovation on the premise that a STP is a physical space and an atmosphere. Those elements allow people to interact positively in...

Ricardo Salinas Pliego was the CEO of Grupo Salinas, one of the largest business groups in Mexico, and in 2009 he faced a challenge. Two years before, he had negotiated with the Chinese car company FAW to import Chinese cars to Mexico as an initial step towards their manufacturing. However, the global crisis of 2008 made him question the viability...

Ricardo Salinas Pliego was the CEO of Grupo Salinas, one of the largest business groups in Mexico, and in 2009 he faced a challenge. Two years earlier, he had negotiated with the Chinese car company FAW to import Chinese cars into Mexico as an initial step towards their manufacturing. However, the global crisis of 2008 made him question the viabili...

I study the determinants of the success of international joint ventures (IJVs) among developing country multinational companies. From the analysis of the case of the IJV between the Mexican conglomerate Salinas Group and the Chinese automobile producer FAW I conclude two points. First, IJVs among developing country firms reveal an implicit assumpti...

The diffusion of innovations in business created to help solve the needs of poor people in developing countries was the subject of the analysis. The phenomenon of Trickle-up innovation was observed, whereby innovations created to serve the needs of poor people at the base of the pyramid (BoP) were subsequently utilized to serve middle or high-incom...

This study analyzes the impact of microcredit on the life of women. Most of the literature has described the bright side of microfinance and how it helps women to improve their micro-firms. We argue that there is a dark side of microcredit that needs to be addressed. This dark side includes women being forced to take credit by their family, issues...

We present case studies of the evolution of regulatory independence in practice in the telecommunications industry for 23 Latin American and Caribbean countries. Based on these studies, we construct two realistic indices of regulatory independence, which improve upon the measures of independence that have been used so far in the empirical regulatio...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss literature and empirical evidence on regulatory independence especially in telecommunications and to suggest reforms of this institution. Design/methodology/approach: The paper comprises a survey of the literature plus new empirical evidence on de facto independence. Findings: The study finds that in...

Spanish Abstract: A diferencia de los estudios que han analizado la amplitud, en esta investigación estudiamos la profundidad del alcance del programa de microfinanzas. Utilizamos una encuesta primaria de 351 mujeres en México para evaluar cuál categoría de los pobres está siendo atendida por las instituciones de microfinanzas: ¿Son los más pobres,...

The purpose of this research is to determine whether there is a gap between higher education in tourism training, and real labour market needs in the tourism sector, specifically applied to the city of Guadalajara, Mexico. After reviewing some literature on the subject in consideration, a primary exploratory and qualitative research was conducted....

We present an analysis of the evolution of regulatory independence in practice for 23 Latin American and Caribbean countries in the telecommunications industry. Based on this analysis, we construct indices of regulatory independence, which improve upon the measures that have been used so far in the empirical regulation literature. Our measures are...

We present an analysis of the evolution of regulatory independence in practice for 23 Latin American and Caribbean countries in the telecommunications industry. Based on this analysis, we construct indices of regulatory independence, which improve upon the measures that have been used so far in the empirical regulation literature. Our measures are...

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We present case studies of the evolution of regulatory independence in practice in the telecommunications industry for 23 Latin American and Caribbean countries. Based on these studies, we construct two realistic indices of regulatory independence, which improve upon the measures of independence that have been used so far in the empirical regulatio...

Independencia y Compromiso en la Regulación de las Telecomunicaciones: Una aproximación desde la economía al compromiso de los gobiernos con la independencia de las agencias de regulación en América Latina y el Caribe.

This study computes measures of the degree of independence in practice of telecommunications regulators for Latin American and Caribbean countries in a new data set for 23 countries between 1990 and 2004. We focus on the degree to which governments are able to commit to preserve regulator independence. We combine this information with data on legal...

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In this paper, we apply several alternative methods previously used in the literature to measure the degree of regulatory independence for telecommunications regulators. These alternative methods are applied to a new homogeneous data set for 23 Latin American countries over a 15-year period. We provide a metric to quantify the degree to which each...