Management and sustainability dilemmas in Latin America: introduction

This article introduces readers to the Special Issue (SI, 34-1) of ARLA, edited (not exclusively) with the best papers of the Academy of Management's Specialized Conference, scheduled for April 2020 in Mexico City. The COVID-19 pandemic forced its cancellation, but the expert peer review and editorial work continued, to contribute to the emerging literature on Latin American Management and Sustainability.,Guest editors contributed their expertise based on required editorial processes and focused literature reviews on Management and Sustainability.,There are large management and sustainability challenges to Latin American practitioners and researchers, resulting in an increasingly urgent need to systematically document similarities and differences in the fields of Management and Sustainability. It is so because the region has been affected as few others before, during and after the pandemic. Thus, this issue summarizes the literature, presents eight new studies and offers suggestions for future research.,Management and sustainability in Latin America are wide subjects, with different dimensions and issues. This is a specific contribution that leaves much ground to be covered in the different subfields of the area, in research methodologies and conclusions.,An agenda for advancing the field of management and sustainability in Latin America, highlighted by the COVID-19 disruption; additionally, eight of the most advanced research in the field are presented, chosen from two tracks of a large number of contributions to a recent specialized conference organized by the Academy of Management.,Este articulo presenta el Numero Especial (SI, 34-1) de ARLA, editado (no exclusivamente) con los mejores articulos de la Conferencia Especializada de la Academy of Management, programada para abril de 2020 en la Ciudad de Mexico. La pandemia COVID-19 obligo a su cancelacion, pero se continuo la revision por pares expertos y el trabajo editorial, para contribuir a la literatura emergente sobre Gestion y Sostenibilidad en America Latina.,Los editores invitados contribuyeron con su experiencia con base en los procesos editoriales requeridos y revisiones de literatura enfocadas en Gestion y Sostenibilidad.,Existen grandes desafios de gestion y sostenibilidad para los profesionales e investigadores de America Latina, lo que genera una necesidad cada vez mas urgente de documentar sistematicamente las similitudes y diferencias en los campos de la gestion y la sostenibilidad. Es asi porque la region se ha visto afectada como pocas antes, durante y despues de la pandemia. Por lo tanto, este numero resume la literatura, presenta ocho nuevos estudios y ofrece sugerencias para futuras investigaciones.,La gestion y la sostenibilidad en America Latina son temas amplios, con diferentes dimensiones y tematicas. Se trata de un aporte especifico que deja mucho terreno por recorrer en los distintos subcampos del area, en metodologias de investigacion y conclusiones.,Una agenda para avanzar en el campo de la gestion y la sostenibilidad en America Latina, destacada por la disrupcion del COVID-19. Ademas, se presentan ocho de las investigaciones mas avanzadas en el campo, elegidas entre dos temas de un gran numero de contribuciones a una reciente conferencia especializada organizada por la Academy of Management.