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This paper is about corporate entrepreneurship as a particular field on entrepreneurship related to established business, an understudied issue in Cuba. Considering the current situation of our state owned enterprises, has a potential for business renewal that should be taken into account. Therefore, theoretical frame, external and internal conditions for corporate entrepreneurship implementation is briefly discussed. An updated assessment of our state owned enterprises is also included and, finally, some ideas about corporate entrepreneurship implementation in our country are outlined, considering a context of profound transformations on this business. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In September 2015, the 2030 Agenda was presented, which establishes the 17 Sustainable Development Goals that all countries and stakeholders must meet by the year 2030. It is an apparently transformative and inclusive proposal; however, interpreting its essence is of notable importance for underdeveloped societies, since it reveals that the agenda favors capital management. This paper addresses, from the critique of political economy, the essence of the «new» agenda. Although it recognizes that the SDGs can constitute a step forward in overcoming many of the problems inherent to under development, it states that the SDG respond to power relations corresponding to the logic of reproduction of capital on an international scale. Fulfillment of the SDGs must have as basis the distinction between essence and appearance, only then can it truly contribute to the development of nations, and especially those that advocate the socialist alternative to the logic of capital. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper evaluates the results of the policies applied in Latin America and the Caribbean, based on the study of various economic and social indicators in two groups of countries, one of which is made up of those that formed part of the so-called "progressive wave" of the 21st century (Group 1) and the other of those whose governments responded to liberal orthodoxy by maintaining a neo-liberal economic model (Group D). The structural changes that occurred and their subsequent development are analyzed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cuban nickel production is an important source of income, and offers jobs for a large number of people living in the municipality of Moa, province of Holguín, where nickel is mined. A large number of experts on that, huge nickel reserves, and many uses and applications of nickel are the potential that Cuba should develop for making the nickel industry sustainable. This paper presents a strategy for achieving sustainability of this industry, by allowing residents in Moa to take an active part therein. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the project «Measures to improve the management of local development of villages, towns, and municipalities located in the province of Cienfuegos», conceived at the University of Cienfuegos as part of the National Program for Local Development. It suggests a methodology combining futures studies and statistical tools for assessing key variables through their indicators according to economic, social, and environmental aspects of sustainable development. This methodology was used in the Guamuhaya Mountains (Cienfuegos), and can be also used in other Cuban mountain ecosystems. Such methods as expert evaluation, structural analysis, and statistical modeling were used to identify and assess 10 key factors, 37 indicators, and 16 key variables which can be also used in other studies of these Mountains in tune with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Sustainable Development Goals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines the transition from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Logical contradictions occurring in the emergence of the new agenda and global interests it has to deal with are explained. Major changes in the 2030 Agenda and their characteristics are identified. Potential which SDG have and their risks to the international cooperation system are analyzed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

For a very long time, urban commerce has been facing very significant changes, where the critical factors worsen and measures should be adopted, or else, the spiral decline may affect, already in an irreversible way, not only the very sector, but also the context in which it develops -the city-. The purpose of the present paper is the discussion of the solution process that will improve commerce competitiveness in urban surroundings. The analysis will focus on a procedure to develop, of horizontal character, that will make possible to adapt the commercial urban structure to the new and changing needs of demand. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]