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[EN] Few studies have been conducted on indigenous social entrepreneurship practices in Latin America. The purpose of this paper is to examine the development of indigenous social entrepreneurship practices in Colombia drawing on postcolonial theory and in particular Bhabha's mimicry and hybridity theoretical framework. Using participatory video research, this work draws upon evidence from a multiple case study of five indigenous communities (Curripaco, Puinave, Yanacona, Misak and Wayuu) in three geographic regions. The analysis of the multiple case study using NVIVO, discovered that indigenous social enterprises operate as hybrid organisations that are influenced by their cultural practices, as well as the dominant Western forms legitimised by SE norms (mimicry). This paper brings into attention the importance of the hybrid forms of businesses and community's sustainable development.

[EN] Few studies have been conducted on indigenous social entrepreneurship practices in Latin America. The purpose of this paper is to examine the development of indigenous social entrepreneurship practices in Colombia drawing on postcolonial theory and in particular Bhabha's mimicry and hybridity theoretical framework. Using participatory video research, this work draws upon evidence from a multiple case study of five indigenous communities (Curripaco, Puinave, Yanacona, Misak and Wayuu) in three geographic regions. The analysis of the multiple case study using NVIVO, discovered that indigenous social enterprises operate as hybrid organisations that are influenced by their cultural practices, as well as the dominant Western forms legitimised by SE norms (mimicry). This paper brings into attention the importance of the hybrid forms of businesses and community's sustainable development.

[EN] The need to innovate in order to adapt to continuous changes in the environment affects all production units, but this may be particularly true of the health sector, which is key to ensuring healthy lives. However, the day-to-day running of a country absorbs nearly all its economic resources, with health innovation being consistently overlooked and only coming to the fore in isolated cases of public emergencies. This research has a twofold objective. First, it analyses the efficiency of national expenditure on research and development (R&D) in the health sector and the changes in productivity that occurred in the period 2009-2017, using DEA-Bootstrap and the Global Malmquist Index. Second, regression models are used to quantify the relative importance of said efficiency for the health status of the population, introducing other aspects that a priori could also be expected to affect this status. The sample is composed of 23 European OECD countries, and a biennial data analysis is carried out to ensure the results are stable over time, as well as to study the particular case of each of the countries analysed. The results reveal that efficiency is not determined by the volume of resources allocated to health innovation. The budget that Norway assigns to R&D in the health sector is only a quarter that of Germany's, but it more efficiently transforms that spending into quality of life. In addition, the level of happiness, the country's wealth, and spending on health are the factors that have the greatest effect on the perceived health status of the European population.

[EN] The need to innovate in order to adapt to continuous changes in the environment affects all production units, but this may be particularly true of the health sector, which is key to ensuring healthy lives. However, the day-to-day running of a country absorbs nearly all its economic resources, with health innovation being consistently overlooked and only coming to the fore in isolated cases of public emergencies. This research has a twofold objective. First, it analyses the efficiency of national expenditure on research and development (R&D) in the health sector and the changes in productivity that occurred in the period 2009-2017, using DEA-Bootstrap and the Global Malmquist Index. Second, regression models are used to quantify the relative importance of said efficiency for the health status of the population, introducing other aspects that a priori could also be expected to affect this status. The sample is composed of 23 European OECD countries, and a biennial data analysis is carried out to ensure the results are stable over time, as well as to study the particular case of each of the countries analysed. The results reveal that efficiency is not determined by the volume of resources allocated to health innovation. The budget that Norway assigns to R&D in the health sector is only a quarter that of Germany's, but it more efficiently transforms that spending into quality of life. In addition, the level of happiness, the country's wealth, and spending on health are the factors that have the greatest effect on the perceived health status of the European population.

MCDM methods are useful to obtain information and generate knowledge useful for decision-making processes in multidisciplinary contexts. Particularly, when conflicts occur, knowledge is the key to start negotiation processes between stakeholders in order to achieve consensual solutions. The planning of protected areas is complex due to many competing uses of natural resources and the involvement of a large number of stakeholders. For the last ten years, participative MCDM methodologies have been carried out efficiently to reduce conflicts and allow to formalize stakeholder’s participation in the policy development processes. In this paper, we propose a MCDM participative methodology in three levels that seeks to define management plans in protected areas. This method allows for the definition of management plans based on three levels of criteria that define the use of the natural area and provide a ranking of the main goals according to the stakeholders’ priorities. The model was tested in two Spanish protected areas: Parque Natural de Lago de Sanabria y alrededores and Parque Natural de los Arribes del Duero. Firstly, the individual preferences of the most representative stakeholder groups were collected (Farmers, Business owners, Government and Scientists) and analyzed using two multi-criteria methods: AHP and GP. Moreover, a conflict index between stakeholders’ groups was calculated. Results showed that conservation and development goals are the most preferred to consider for the planning of these areas. Furthermore, the most serious disagreement was found between farmers and scientists and between farmers and government about the wildlife conservation., Depto. de Economía Financiera y Actuarial y Estadística, Fac. de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, TRUE, pub