Dispatches from #GNW2017: Costa Rica at a Crossroads
Victor Umaña, director of the the Latin American Center for Competitiveness and Sustainable Development at INCAE Business School, discussed the "two Costa Ricas."
Dispatches from GNW2017: Meet Jane Sun
A student at Global Network for Advanced Management member UBC Sauder School of Business, Sun is in Costa Rica this week for INCAE Business School's module, “Doing Business in Latin America: The Competitiveness and Sustainability Challenge.”
Dispatches from GNW2017: Using the Social Progress Index to Track Development
Jaime García, researcher and methodology expert at INCAE's Latin American Center for Competitiveness and Sustainable Development, argues the index is valuable to not only in the public sector, but also in the private.
Dispatches from #GNW2017: A Visit to the Doka Coffee Estate
Students taking INCAE Business School's Global Network Week module, “Doing Business in Latin America: The Competitiveness and Sustainability Challenge,” see firsthand how a coffee farm works.
Dispatches from #GNW2017: What’s Behind a Label?
INCAE Professor Bernard Kilian argues that, just because coffee is labeled as fair trade or organic, it doesn't mean that the production process has been economically beneficial or sustainable for the coffee producers.
Dispatches from #GNW2017: Strong Countries Set Their Own Paths
Lawrence Pratt, a senior lecturer at INCAE Business School, discusses what has attributed to Costa Rica's economic success.
Dispatches from #GNW2017: Understanding Costa Rica’s Approach to Sustainable Investment
In a session led by Lawrence Pratt, a senior lecturer at INCAE Business School, students learned more about the broad-scope approach that Costa Rican policymakers have used for decades to evaluate their country’s growth.