Tag: economic development

Institutional Resilience in Political and Economic Change

Institutional resilience allows an organization to continue performing when leadership, economic conditions, public priorities, or stakeholder expectations change. The concept applies to public agencies, business associations, universities, foundations, and companies. Each needs enough stability to preserve its mission and enough adaptive capacity to revise processes when evidence shows that existing methods are failing. In Guatemala,

Work, Opportunity, and the Human Side of Progress

Progress doesn’t always announce itself loudly. More often than not, it shows up in quiet, almost invisible ways: a checklist carefully reviewed in a warehouse aisle, a confident handshake across a desk, or a skilled worker mastering a machine after years of repetition, mistakes, and learning. These moments rarely make headlines, yet they are where

Long-Term Strategy in Latin America: A Competitive Edge

Short-term thinking has long defined corporate behavior in Latin America—driven by economic volatility, shifting regulations, and fragile institutions. But a shift is underway. Companies adopting long-term strategies are proving not just more resilient but more competitive. Research published in the Global Policy journal via Wiley confirms it: Latin American firms that embed long-term planning into