Tec Empresarial

Aims & Scope

TEC Empresarial is an open access quarterly journal owned and published by the School of Business Administration at Costa Rica Institute of Technology (TEC) that publishes scientific research on management and business economics.

TEC Empresarial is a double-blinded peer-review journal that includes within its scope areas of management related to entrepreneurship, strategic management, and innovation as well as different aspects of business related to finance, accounting, economics, marketing and operations.

We welcome scientific studies at different levels of analysis: individuals, groups of individuals, organizations, and territories.

The journal is committed to publishing studies that make use of a diverse range of research methods and we welcome original research using statistical techniques, qualitative data, experiments (field or lab), non-parametric methods, and mathematical models.

By disseminating scientific studies to a broad audience of academics, researchers, policy makers, and business practitioners, TEC Empresarial seeks to provide a communication forum that contributes to a better understanding of management and business economics.

Manuscripts accepted for publication at TEC Empresarial must be original, must meet the high standards of rigor set by the journal, and must offer a relevant contribution to the communities of management and business economics scholars, practitioners, and policy makers.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.4

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.319

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	9

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	16067

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	87

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Business, Management and Accounting, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Business, Management and Accounting, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Colaboración entre grandes empresa y startups: una nueva forma de innovación abierta

  Citation: 25

  Authors: Hugo, Cecilia, Paola, Juan

• The role of intellectual capital on innovation: Evidence from Hungarian SMEs

  Citation: 16

  Authors: András, László, Anna Róza

• Marketing strategy and competitiveness: Evidence from Colombian SMEs

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Jorge, Juan Carlos, Luis Felipe

• Factores de éxito de un emprendimiento: Un estudio exploratorio con base en técnicas de data mining (Entrepreneurial success factors: An exploratory study based on Data Mining Techniques)

  Citation: 11

  Authors: María, Esther

• Ecosistema emprendedor universitario costarricense y su vínculo con la intención emprendedora: un estudio exploratorio

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Daniela, Ronald, Juan Carlos

• La Medicion de la Productividad del Valor Agregado: una aplicación empírica en una cooperativa agroalimentaria de Costa Rica (Measuring value added productivity: an empirical aplication in an agroalimentary cooperative in Costa Rica)

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Cristina, Alejandro

• Overconfidence, fear of failure, risk-taking and entrepreneurial intention: The behavior of undergraduate students

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Eduart, Izaias

• Work inspections as a control mechanism for mitigating work accidents in Europe

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Esteban, Viviana

• Conceptualizing digital transformation using semantic decomposition

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Javier, Margie, Jose

• Financial resources, eco-innovation and sustainability performance in automotive industry

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Gonzalo, Sandra Yesenia

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