The Central American Competitiveness Initiative

Competitiveness Review

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 555-570

  Ketelhöhn, Niels ^a   Artavia, Roberto ^b   Arce, Ronald ^c   Umaña, Victor ^a  

^a University of New York   (Nicaragua)

^b Fundacion AVINA   (Costa Rica)

^c The INCAE Business School   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Central America; Competitiveness; Regional competitiveness strategy; Regional coordination; Regional economic cooperation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988264936     PISSN: 10595422     EISSN: 20513143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/CR-07-2015-0065     Document Type: Article

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