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Research outputs in higher education institutions (HEIs) are crucially dependent on the research management process. Departing from a SWOT analysis, the main objective of this paper is to analyze the perceptions of stakeholders (researchers, teachers, and senior research managers) regarding the main strengths and weaknesses of HEIs, as well as assess the potential opportunities and threats present in the external environment. It analyzed a total of 462 responses from seven HEIs and two ministries participating in the INNOVA project in Bolivia and Paraguay. The results from the statistical analysis indicate that the respondents tend to identify the traditional obstacles and facilitators to research development, namely, the scarcity and instability of public policies, which permeate the institutions, diminishing the consistency of internal research policies and creating difficulties in access to funding and career development opportunities. Building on the substantial progress made in recent years, the unvirtuous cycle may be halted with political stability and committed action between all the concerned parties.
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; Makhabbat, Ramazanova 1
; Ávila Jorge Fuentes 2 ; Albuquerque, Helena 3
; Silva Fátima Matos 4
; Marques, Jorge 5
; Guillo Mario 6
; Zuleta Beatriz Barrera 7 ; Guzmán, Silvia Marín 8 1 Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies, Portucalense University, 4200-027 Porto, Portugal; [email protected] (F.O.T.); [email protected] (M.R.); [email protected] (H.A.); [email protected] (F.M.S.); [email protected] (J.M.)
2 Department of Planning and Institutional Evaluation, Universidad Mayor Real y Pontifica de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca, Sucre 0001, Bolivia; [email protected]
3 Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies, Portucalense University, 4200-027 Porto, Portugal; [email protected] (F.O.T.); [email protected] (M.R.); [email protected] (H.A.); [email protected] (F.M.S.); [email protected] (J.M.), GOVCOPP—Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
4 Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies, Portucalense University, 4200-027 Porto, Portugal; [email protected] (F.O.T.); [email protected] (M.R.); [email protected] (H.A.); [email protected] (F.M.S.); [email protected] (J.M.), CITCEM—Transdisciplinary Research Centre Culture, Space and Memory, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Porto, Via Panorâmica s/n, 4150-564 Porto, Portugal
5 Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies, Portucalense University, 4200-027 Porto, Portugal; [email protected] (F.O.T.); [email protected] (M.R.); [email protected] (H.A.); [email protected] (F.M.S.); [email protected] (J.M.), CEGOT—Centre of Studies in Geography and Spatial Planning, Humanities Faculty, University of Coimbra, 3004-530 Coimbra, Portugal
6 OGPI—Institutional Projects Management Office, FUTURLAB—The Foresight Laboratory, Department of Sociology II, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain; [email protected]
7 Direction of Research, Science, and Technology, Universidad Mayor Real y Pontifica de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca, Sucre 0001, Bolivia; [email protected]
8 EDUCACIÓN en Fundación Pasos, Universidad Mayor Real y Pontifica de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca, Sucre 0001, Bolivia; [email protected]