Change of the Productive Matrix via innovation: Case Ecuador

Abstract

This article discusses some of the fundamental aspects that link variables such as economic growth, productive transformation, structural changes and some elements associated with the introduction of technical scientific development in production. Through a comparative analysis between Ecuador and the Latin American region, the authors refer to the nexuses that are achieved and the gaps that separate the Ecuadorian nation in relational terms. These assessments denote the need to continue to deepen the real productive change that the country demands to distance itself from the traditional dynamics that have characterized the subcontinent and achieve the goals defended by the new educational policy and technological innovation in Ecuador. It is tried to corroborate if in practice innovation leads to the productive transformation of Ecuador and thus ensures the change in the chronic behavior of cycles of economic growth.