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Expand science at IELSM with international research networks
We will soon publish the next calls for journals
and international scientific projects

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Our publications in the
IELSM International Ecosystem and Research
with 24 Universities

Agyapong, D., & Boohene, R. (2024). "Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development in Africa". In Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development in Africa. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. Retrieved Sep 4, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803925417.00008

 

Arroyo, P. E., Cárcamo-Solís, M. de L.., Cuevas-Vargas, H., & Estrada-Rodríguez, S.. (2021). A framework explaining the entrepreneurial intentions of engineering students in public universities. Cuadernos De Administración, 37(71), e2210736. https://doi.org/10.25100/cdea.v37i71.10736. Print ISSN: 0120-4645. e-ISSN: 2256-5078.

 

Bustamante, R.P., Pérez, X.M.C. & del Pilar Escott-Mota, M. Radical Change and Dominant Character of Digital Transformation in Artificial Intelligence Entrepreneurship in Less Innovative Economies. J Knowl Econ 15, 19490–19516 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-024-01807-1

 

Carrera, D. R., López García, A. M., Durán-Romero, G., & Dones Tacero, M. (2025, April). Sustainability certifications and SDGs: Pathways to sustainable coffee production. Paper presented at the XIV International Conference on Economic Development and Social Sustainability (EDaSS 2025).

Durán-Romero, G., López, A. M., Beliaeva, T., Ferasso, M., Garonne, C., & Jones, P. (2020). Bridging the gap between circular economy and climate change mitigation policies through eco-innovations and Quintuple Helix Model. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 160, 120246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120246

Escott, M-P; Pérez, X; Palacios, R. (2022): „Digital Transformation and New Dynamics of the Triple Helix Model“. In: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation andDevelopment https://doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2021.1988418 , 2022.

 

Estrada, S., Cabrera-Flores, M., León-Pozo, A., Cota-Cota, C. (2025) Reflecting on Challenges and Opportunities: Examining the Colour Economy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. SHS Web of Conferences, 211 (2), 07001, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202521107001.

Estrada, S.,Montalván-Burbano, N., Cabrera-Flores, M, León-Pozo, A., Rueda-Prieto, JA. Innovation and Entrepreneurship: A Colour Economy Glance. SHS Web of Conferences 211 (2), 01001, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202521101001

 

Estrada, S., Nino, J.A., and Palacios, R., (2023) El Aula Expandida: Multiculturalidad, Multidisciplina, Internacionalización y Vinculación en tiempos del COVID-19. VIII Foro Internacional Multidisciplinario de Cuerpos Académicos. Celaya, Gto. 20 de Noviembre del 2023. Sala Audiovisual 1, sede Celaya. Universidad de Guanajuato.

 

Estrada, S. y Flores-Novelo, A. (2023) “El International Entrepreneurship Lab Smart Money (IELSM): un proyecto de colaboración académico-empresarial para la educación en negocios y emprendimiento internacional”. En Niño-Peñalosa, J.A. (ed.) Dimensiones y enfoques ágiles sobre emprendimiento. Editorial Fundación EXINFU, Boyacá, pp. 2-47.

 

Estrada, S., Flores, N. (2023). El International Entrepreneurship Lab Smart Money (IELSM): un proyecto de colaboración académico-empresarial para la educación en negocios y emprendimiento internacional. En J. A. Niño Peñalosa (Comp.), Dimensiones y enfoques ágiles sobre emprendimiento (pp. 2–47). Editorial EXINFU.

 

Estrada, S., Gutiérrez Rodríguez, J., Morúa Ramírez, J. y Palacios-Bustamante, R. (2021) Desarrollo interactivo de competencias de emprendimiento internacional, en Actas del XIX Congreso ALTEC 2021, pp. 988-1000 en https://www.altecasociacion.org/memorias-altec-2021 ISSN: 2789-9764

 

Estrada, S., Gutiérrez Rodríguez, J., Morúa Ramírez, J. y Palacios-Bustamante, R. (2021) Desarrollo interactivo de competencias de emprendimiento internacional, en Actas del XIX Congreso ALTEC 2021, pp. 988-1000 en https://www.altecasociacion.org/memorias-altec-2021 ISSN: 2789-9764

 

Flores-Novelo, A. (2022). Family business in Latin America: A contextual approach based on three cases from the Puuc Biocultural Region. En Family Business Debates (pp. 243–263). Emerald Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80117-666-820221013

 

Flores-Novelo, A., Arroyo Solís, S. A., & Camacho Gómez, M. S. (2021). Éxito y satisfacción laboral en mujeres dueñas de PYMES en la ciudad de Mérida, Yucatán. Hitos de Ciencias Económico Administrativas, 27(78), 188–205. https://doi.org/10.19136/hitos.a27n78.4487

 

Flores-Novelo, A., Bojórquez Carrillo, A. L., & Mata Castro, M. C. (2021). Intención emprendedora de estudiantes del área de negocios y el contexto emprendedor universitario. mktDESCUBRE, 1(Especial), 41–49.

Joseph, K., & Nixon, O. O. (2023). Determinants of financial inclusion of working women in Uganda. African Journal of Business and Management, 8(4), 1–13.

Kampumure, J., Omoro, N. O., & Odhiambo, L. O. (2023). Self-efficacy as a mediator of financial literacy and financial inclusion among working women in Uganda. African Development Finance Journal, 5(5), 118–131.
 

Lokuge, S., Sedera, D., Ahuja, S., Kathuria, A., & Agyapong, D. (2025). A global perspective of rural innovation and entrepreneurship in the digital era: A panel report. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 56, 1191–1224. https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.05644

Lopez, G. (2023). Entrenamiento de competencias profesionales para alumnos universitarios en el nuevo entorno digital: un par de casos. En J. A. Niño Peñalosa (Comp.), Dimensiones y enfoques ágiles sobre emprendimiento (pp. 302–319). Editorial EXINFU.


Niño Peñalosa, J. A. (Comp.). (2023). Dimensiones y enfoques ágiles sobre emprendimiento. Editorial EXINFU.

 

Niño, J., & Gallón, L. (2024). Sociotechnical systems as determinants of incremental technological change. In R. Zimmermann, J. C. Rodrigues, A. Simoes, & G. Dalmarco (Eds.), Human-centred technology management for a sustainable future: IAMOT 2024 (pp. 179–188). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-72486-2_19

 

Palacios, R., Nino, J.A., and Estrada, S. (2023) The culture of the future in higher education and international digital collaboration: A view from the international digital platform IELSM. Virtual Mobility for All - Teaching and Learning in a Connected World, 1st International Conference Cologne/Bonn Region. Saturday, 13 May 2023 Campus Sankt A. Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences. Molina, R., Morua, J. Estrada, S. (2016) La necesidad del desarrollo de las competencias de emprendimiento e innovación social en los alumnos de las Universidades: Perspectivas de un estudio inicial. Actas del 1er Congreso Iberoamericano de Recursos Humanos y Responsabilidad Social Corporativa. Celaya, Guanajuato, México, 3-4 de marzo, pp. 99 ISBN: 978-958-56994-7-2.

Palacios, R., & Perez, X. (2023). Digital platform management complexity to support the international entrepreneurship. En J. A. Niño Peñalosa (Comp.), Dimensiones y enfoques ágiles sobre emprendimiento (pp. 49–75). Editorial EXINFU.

Palacios, R; Pérez, X; Escott, M-P. (2021): “ Knowledge Domain Capabilities as a Business Mindset in the Context of Digital Tranasformation”. In: MOT For the World of Future. International Association for Management of Technology´Conference-IAMOT. DOI: 10.52202/060557-0022

 

Palacios, R and Escott, M-P. (2021): “The Dominant Character of Digital Transformation in Universities: New Challenges in Innovation Management”. In: MOT For the World of Future. International Association for Management of Technology´Conference-IAMOT. DOI: 10.52202/060557-0020.

 

Ramírez, D., Negrín, J., Duran, G., López, A. (2023). La mejora de la empleabilidad en los estudios universitarios de economía y empresa en España: un enfoque desde la experiencia de la plataforma digital IELSM. En J. A. Niño Peñalosa (Comp.), Dimensiones y enfoques ágiles sobre emprendimiento (pp. 106–144).

Reyes Bautista, I.I., Valencia Pérez, L.R. & Palacios Bustamante, R. Managing social capital networks in digital international innovation ecosystems. Ann Reg Sci 74, 53 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-025-01369-3.

Sarmiento, J., Bejarano, J., López, D., Martínez, P. (2023). Herramientas para la transformación digital: laboratorio smart money. En J. A. Niño Peñalosa (Comp.), Dimensiones y enfoques ágiles sobre emprendimiento (pp. 146–169). Editorial EXINFU.

 

Talavera, M. (2023). Exploración de herramientas y plataformas digitales que pueden facilitar los procesos de co-creación para la mejora de modelos de negocio con alcance internacional. En J. A. Niño Peñalosa (Comp.), Dimensiones y enfoques ágiles sobre emprendimiento (pp. 266–300). Editorial EXINFU.

Zambrano, O., Pérez, S., Maldonado, M. (2023). El aula extendida en plataforma digital: una herramienta para el emprendimiento en derecho. En J. A. Niño Peñalosa (Comp.), Dimensiones y enfoques ágiles sobre emprendimiento (pp. 77–104). Editorial EXINFU.
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Participation in a research network

We facilitate and support the creation of research networks among the participating universities in the digital platform. Additionally, this network is promoted to engage in various activities that foster knowledge transfer among participating professors.

Integration into a learning and entrepreneurship ecosystem.

We facilitate the integration of professors into a learning network that fosters multicultural-collective intelligence and the exchange of international know-how. This network promotes interaction with entrepreneurs, renewing the skills and competencies of the professors.

International
academic stays

We support the management of our teachers' processes so that they can carry out research stays at member universities in the IELSM.

UNIVERSITIES AND ACADEMICS

UNIVERSIDADES
ESTUDIANTES

Services

STUDENTS

Professional Internships 

Internship programs for students in fields such as International Business, Administration, Economics, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Digital Transformation, and related disciplines. These programs are designed to provide active digital learning experiences and multicultural environments, tailored to the regulations of universities and the real needs of participating companies in the IELSM.

International 
Certification

Student participation in the IELSM platform is accredited by an international certificate endorsed by leading universities such as Business & Law School Berlin, Universidad Técnicas de Querétaro, and Universidad de Guanajuato. This certification is awarded based on the student's performance and is categorized accordingly. Additionally, students may receive internationally recognized recognition if they are among the top 15 talents in the IELSM for social entrepreneurship.

Partnership with
International
Universities

International Co-Creation and Ideation Lab for Business Models involving students from different universities, as well as entrepreneurs, academics, and experts. Additionally, international student mobility opportunities are offered.

Access to continuous information and scholarship programs.

Scholarships and continuing education courses on topics related to digitalization, entrepreneurship, environmental sustainability in business, innovation ecosystems, agile and networked leadership, and other related subjects within the digital platform.

Services

EXPERTS

EXPERTOS

Participation in the Executive Training Program.

We involve experts in the design of our Executive Education Program. Experts contribute their knowledge to all participants, including companies, universities, and other stakeholders in the digital platform.

Business
Consulting

With the active participation of the expert in business models, the opportunity arises to carry out personalized consulting activities with the participating companies.

Services

COMPANIES

Networking

We facilitate the establishment of a network of contacts with various stakeholders such as universities, companies, experts, financiers, which allows for the exchange of information and value creation in order to establish productive professional relationships that lead to international partnerships or integration into an entrepreneurship ecosystem.

Business
Innovation

We identify business models with early-stage innovation potential, accelerating their processes and facilitating their internationalization.

Personalized
Consulting

We provide solutions to all companies in the face of challenges, needs, threats, and opportunities, creating value in business models and with the firm purpose of achieving sustained and scalable transformation.

New knowledge alongside experts

Virtual knowledge transfer activities scheduled and assisted by a facilitator or tutor. You acquire skills and capabilities for the implementation or optimization of business models. Additionally, IELSM provides you with an Executive Education Program that aims to address your needs.

EMPRSAS
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