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
Institutional affiliations
University
Year founded
1963
Age (years)
Centro Latinoamericano para la Competitividad y el Desarrollo Sostenible – INCAE Business School
62 
Costa Rica average
 43
Global average
 32
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%
% Female researchers
2024
Centro Latinoamericano para la Competitividad y el Desarrollo Sostenible – INCAE Business School
 0%
Costa Rica average
 55%
Global average
 52%

Social

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
Followers (2025)
Centro Latinoamericano para la Competitividad y el Desarrollo Sostenible – INCAE Business School
 1,862
Costa Rica average
 3,224
Global average
 19,923
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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