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dc.contributor.advisorEckersley, Michael
dc.contributor.authorGuzman Mercado, Adriana Lucia
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-29T13:30:33Z
dc.date.available2013-09-29T13:30:33Z
dc.date.issued2013-08-31
dc.date.submitted2013
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/ku:12937
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/12163
dc.description.abstractMany Latin American governments have increased the number of programs to support entrepreneurs and encourage the creation and growth of small businesses. However, the results are still not satisfactory and many of these new ventures fail after their first years of operation due to various factors factors that include inadequate training, experience, support, as well as lack of internationalization. By identifying the causes of such failures and developing a system to facilitate collaboration and knowledge exchange among young entrepreneurs, mentors and investors across the world, it may be possible to introduce team-based innovation challenges and grow a grassroots network of sustainable enterprises with unique products and services. A proposed solution is Nexo, a Community for High-impact Entrepreneurs that includes strategies to facilitate face-to-face and virtual collaboration among young people, as a means to encourage entrepreneurship and innovation activity with existing local networks and telecommunications technologies. The implementation of the project is explained in four phases and a rough concept prototype of Nexo geared for the development of new small businesses.
dc.format.extent72 pages
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansas
dc.rightsThis item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author.
dc.subjectManagement
dc.subjectEntrepreneurship
dc.subjectDesign
dc.subjectBusiness
dc.subjectDesign management
dc.subjectGrowth
dc.subjectHigh-impact
dc.subjectLatin America
dc.titleNEXO: Designing a community to foster high-impact entrepreneurship and innovation in Latin America
dc.typeThesis
dc.contributor.cmtememberBrannan, Richard
dc.contributor.cmtememberMeyen, Edward
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineDesign
dc.thesis.degreeLevelM.A.
kusw.oastatusna
kusw.oapolicyThis item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
kusw.bibid8086236
dc.rights.accessrightsopenAccess


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