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INCAE Applied Research and Thought Center

El Latin American Center for Competitiveness and Sustainable Development - CLACDS is the thought and applied research center of INCAE Business School. Its mission is to promote sustainable development in the region through research, capacity building and dialogue.

Virtual Accelerator

CLACDS/INCAE, with the support of Mastercard, offers a free program through the IDB's Connectamericas platform. The Virtual Accelerator is an online certification that provides the necessary tools for business growth.

Those who participate can expect:

  • Learn the key elements to promote the growth of your companies.
  • Take advantage of specific tools to accelerate the performance of your business.
  • Create and implement action plans focused on growth and internationalization.

Mandatory modules

Cash flow and financial management

Themes: financial karma, the concept of cash flow, cash flow calculation methodologies, tactics and strategies to optimize cash flow, and cash flow myths and realities.

How to finance growth

Themes: sources of financing, preparation to receive financing, valuation of a venture, sheet of terms and conditions.

Corporate governance

Themes: Introduction to corporate governance, the board of directors - the administrative body, the shareholders, corporate governance for ventures or companies.

Note: The rest of the Accelerator courses, to which all selected EMPRO participants will have access, are optional and we invite you to take them, whenever you want. You will not be asked for exam scores for these modules.

Studies, research and publications