Centro Latinoamericano para la Competitividad y el Desarrollo Sostenible – INCAE Business School

Latin American Centre for Competitiveness and Sustainable Development ‒ CLACDS/INCAE
La Garita, Costa Rica

CLACDS / INCAE is the applied research centre of INCAE Business School. Its mission is to promote sustainable development in the region through applied research, capacity building and dialogue. It works in close collaboration with government agencies, international organizations, organizations and private sector companies.

Contact details

Website:
https://www.incae.edu/es/clacds/acerca.html

Address:
2 Km Oeste de Vivero PROCESA N°1 La Garita, Alajuela, Costa Rica

Country:
Costa Rica

Sub-region:
Central America

Areas of focus

Geographics of focus
Costa Rica,Central America
Operating languages
English , Spanish

Organisation details

Business model
University institute/center
Year founded
1963
Institutional affiliations
University
Founded by
Founders: Stephan Schmidheiny
Founder gender: All male
Leadership
Leader(s) (2025): N/A
Leader gender: N/A
Leader(s) (2024): Ronald Arce
Leader gender: Male
Leader(s) (2023): Ronald Arce
Leader gender: Male
Staff size
2024
Centro Latinoamericano para la Competitividad y el Desarrollo Sostenible – INCAE Business School
13
Costa Rica average
16
Global average
78
2023
Centro Latinoamericano para la Competitividad y el Desarrollo Sostenible – INCAE Business School
26
2020
Centro Latinoamericano para la Competitividad y el Desarrollo Sostenible – INCAE Business School
28
% Female staff
2024
Centro Latinoamericano para la Competitividad y el Desarrollo Sostenible – INCAE Business School
23%
Costa Rica average
55%
Global average
58%
2023
Centro Latinoamericano para la Competitividad y el Desarrollo Sostenible – INCAE Business School
42%
2020
Centro Latinoamericano para la Competitividad y el Desarrollo Sostenible – INCAE Business School
43%
Age (years)
Centro Latinoamericano para la Competitividad y el Desarrollo Sostenible – INCAE Business School
63
Costa Rica average
44
Global average
33
% Female researchers
2024
Centro Latinoamericano para la Competitividad y el Desarrollo Sostenible – INCAE Business School
0%
Costa Rica average
55%
Global average
52%

Social

Facebook
Likes (2023)
Centro Latinoamericano para la Competitividad y el Desarrollo Sostenible – INCAE Business School
5,475
Costa Rica average
14,917
Global average
26,974
Likes (2022)
Centro Latinoamericano para la Competitividad y el Desarrollo Sostenible – INCAE Business School
5,125
Likes (2021)
Centro Latinoamericano para la Competitividad y el Desarrollo Sostenible – INCAE Business School
4,417
Twitter
Followers (2025)
Centro Latinoamericano para la Competitividad y el Desarrollo Sostenible – INCAE Business School
1,862
Costa Rica average
3,224
Global average
19,888
Followers (2024)
Centro Latinoamericano para la Competitividad y el Desarrollo Sostenible – INCAE Business School
1,882
Followers (2022)
Centro Latinoamericano para la Competitividad y el Desarrollo Sostenible – INCAE Business School
1,789
YouTube
Subscribers (2023)
Centro Latinoamericano para la Competitividad y el Desarrollo Sostenible – INCAE Business School
12,000
Costa Rica average
2,790
Global average
6,254
Subscribers (2022)
Centro Latinoamericano para la Competitividad y el Desarrollo Sostenible – INCAE Business School
11,100
Subscribers (2021)
Centro Latinoamericano para la Competitividad y el Desarrollo Sostenible – INCAE Business School
10,200
LinkedIn
Followers (2022)
Centro Latinoamericano para la Competitividad y el Desarrollo Sostenible – INCAE Business School
112,548
Costa Rica average
10,760
Global average
16,140
Followers (2019)
Centro Latinoamericano para la Competitividad y el Desarrollo Sostenible – INCAE Business School
57,967

Data notes

Last updated: 19/02/2025
Rating of data accuracy (find out more) : Authenticated
Data sources consulted: Organisation´s website
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