03120nam a22003017a 4500 OSt 20260515115904.0 260121b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 1536-5433 1558-0946 TBS EN TBS eng Gonzalez-Perez, Maria Alejandra 14128 author COVID-19, sustainable development challenges of Latin America and the Caribbean, and the potential engines for an SDGs-based recovery / Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, Mahmoud Mohieldin, G. Tomas M. Hult, Juan Velez-Ocampo. Management Research: Journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management, 2021. 22-37 pages. Management research, 2021-05, Vol.19 (1), p.22-37 Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of COVID-19 on the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region and to discuss imperative engines for potential regional recovery. Design/methodology/approach: This study conceptually discusses the effects of COVID-19 on the LAC region and highlights potential areas for recovery. Findings: The LAC region have a history of facing structural development challenges – due to digital inequality, environmental degradation, erosion of democracy and financial debt – which have led to a profound discontent among people in the LAC region and this dissatisfaction has been intensified by the crises stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. LAC region can increase its resilience and recover its path to sustainable development by consolidating impact-based regional value chains, attracting sustainability-themed foreign direct investment and nurturing structural development to facilitate LAC companies to expand into international markets (“multilatinas”). Research limitations/implications: There are some preliminary studies on the economic and social impact of COVID-19 on the LAC region, however, the strategies that emerging and developing economies might pursue to promptly recover are still a matter of discussion. The uncertainty and heterogeneity of the developing and emerging economies and the multidimensional needed actions require local adaptations and adjustments. Originality/value: The LAC COVID-19 crisis recovery requires shared responsibility, global solidarity, urgent and immediate cooperation and structural transformations to enable deeper regional integration. This integration should focus on impact-based value chains to be resiliently adaptable to changing global realities and arduous local contexts. This paper provides integrative avenues for potential regional recovery within the region. MSc International Business 26977 Regional value chains 26998 SDGs-based recovery 26999 Sustainable recovery 27000 Mohieldin, Mahmoud 26995 author Hult, G. Tomas M. 26996 author Velez-Ocampo, Juan 26997 author https://www-emerald-com.hub.tbs-education.fr/mrjiam/article-pdf/19/1/22/2056587/mrjiam-12-2020-1119.pdf lcc 0 0 lcc 0 0 CT TBS TBS 2026-05-13 0 5224 2026-05-13 https://www-emerald-com.hub.tbs-education.fr/mrjiam/article-pdf/19/1/22/2056587/mrjiam-12-2020-1119.pdf 2026-05-13 ARTICLE 5224 5224