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Tailored Programs

In our mission to foster entrepreneurial spirit, we have established four Centers of Excellence in Entrepreneurship, each designed to address key areas of business development and provide comprehensive support to entrepreneurs.
These centers operate in a coordinated manner to offer tailored, holistic support, ensuring that entrepreneurs have all the necessary tools to achieve success in their ventures.
Tailored Programs
Programas especializados

En nuestra misión de impulsar el espíritu emprendedor, hemos establecido cuatro Centros de Excelencia en Emprendimiento, cada uno diseñado para atender áreas clave del desarrollo empresarial y proporcionar un apoyo integral a los emprendedores.
Estos centros trabajan de manera coordinada para ofrecer un apoyo integral y adaptado a las necesidades especificas de cada emprendedor, asegurando que tengan todas las herramientas necesarias para alcanzar el éxito en sus proyectos empresariales.
Programas Especializados
Center of Excellence in Technology-Based Entrepreneurship

Center of Excellence in Technology-Based Entrepreneurship
Centro de Excelencia de Emprendimiento de Base Tecnológica

Centro de Excelencia de Emprendimiento de Base Tecnológica
Centre of Exellence for Business Development

Centre of Exellence for Business Development
Centro de Excelencia de Desarrollo Empresarial

Centro de Excelencia de Desarrollo Empresarial
Undergraduate Policies and Regulations
Since its foundation, Tecnológico de Monterrey has defined the regulations that guide its students, regarding the expected academic standards and conduct both inside and outside the classroom.
In this way, the Institution, committed to academic quality, disseminates its governing regulations among students and the community, within the framework of the principles and values described in the Mission.
In order to obtain an undergraduate degree at Tecnológico de Monterrey, students are required to have:
- Fulfilled, in accordance with the effective regulations, the academic prerequisites of the corresponding curriculum, by means of the initial evaluation or the introductory-level units.
- Completed all the educational units in the corresponding curriculum, including Tec Weeks, either by passing all of them at Tecnológico de Monterrey, or by obtaining revalidation or equivalency agreements, in conformity with the corresponding regulations, for some of the educational units with studies completed at other institutions and passing the remaining educational units at Tecnológico de Monterrey.
- Demonstrated the level of proficiency established by the Institution in the competencies defined in their curriculum.
- Completed and passed at Tecnológico de Monterrey at least 50% of the academic credits that comprise the curriculum. This rule can be flexible for programs that, through an agreement, are created in conjunction with other universities.
- Completed their social service in compliance with the legal precepts in force and the corresponding social service regulations.
- Taken the external exam authorized by Educational Innovation and Academic Norms Vice Rector, to evaluate the knowledge and skills acquired during their undergraduate program. This requirement applies solely to students from the undergraduate programs for which these exams exist. The result of this exam will be recorded on the student’s transcript. Students from the undergraduate programs for which this exam does not exist must take the capstone exams designed for this purpose. This requirement applies only to students from the undergraduate degrees for which these exams exist.
- Demonstrated a B2 level of proficiency in the English language according to the Common European Framework of References for Languages (CEFR) in one of the tests authorized by the Academic Vice Rectory.
- Fulfilled any additional requirements established in their program and authorized by the Office of the Educational Innovation and Academic Norms Vice Rector.
- Students who incur in an academic integrity violation during their final academic period, be it semester, trimester or intensive, must comply with the measures determined by the corresponding Committee, otherwise, through such noncompliance, they will delay their graduation process, as stipulated in Article 9.4.
Políticas y Reglamentos de Profesional
Desde su fundación, el Tecnológico de Monterrey definió los reglamentos que rigen a sus alumnos, tanto en lo que se espera de ellos en lo académico como en su comportamiento dentro y fuera de las aulas.
Es así como la Institución, comprometida con su calidad académica, difunde, entre los alumnos y la comunidad, los reglamentos que lo rigen dentro del marco de los principios y valores establecidos en la Misión.
Para obtener un título profesional en el Tecnológico de Monterrey se requiere:
- Haber cumplido, de acuerdo con las normas en vigor, con los requisitos académicos previos del plan de estudios correspondiente, mediante la evaluación inicial o las unidades de nivel introductorio.
- Haber cubierto todas las unidades de formación del plan de estudios que corresponda, incluyendo Semanas Tec, ya sea aprobando todas las unidades de formación en el Tecnológico de Monterrey, o bien, obteniendo acuerdos de revalidación o equivalencia conforme a las normas correspondientes de una parte de las unidades de formación con estudios hechos en otras instituciones y aprobando las unidades de formación restantes en el Tecnológico de Monterrey.
- Haber demostrado el nivel de dominio establecido por la Institución en las competencias definidas de su plan de estudios.
- Haber cursado y aprobado en el Tecnológico de Monterrey, por lo menos, el 50% de los créditos académicos que integran el plan de estudios. Podrá tenerse flexibilidad en esta norma en los programas que, mediante un convenio, se establezcan en conjunto con otras universidades.
- Haber cumplido con el servicio social, de acuerdo con los preceptos legales en vigor y el reglamento del servicio social correspondiente.
- Haber presentado el examen externo, autorizado por la Vicerrectoría Académica, para evaluar los conocimientos y habilidades adquiridos durante su carrera profesional. Este requisito es aplicable solamente a los alumnos de las carreras profesionales para las que existan dichos exámenes. El resultado de este examen quedará registrado en el expediente del alumno. En las carreras en las que no exista dicho examen, los alumnos de las carreras profesionales deberán presentar los exámenes integradores diseñados para este fin. Este requisito es aplicable solamente a los alumnos de las carreras profesionales para las que existan dichos exámenes.
- Haber demostrado un nivel de dominio B2 del idioma inglés referenciado al Marco Común Europeo de Referencia (MCER) en alguno de los exámenes autorizados por la Vicerrectoría Académica.
- Haber cumplido con los requisitos adicionales establecidos en su programa autorizados por la Vicerrectoría de Innovación Educativa y Normatividad Académica.
- En el caso de que el alumno incurra en una falta a la integridad académica durante el último periodo académico de su carrera, ya sea semestral, trimestral o intensivo; deberá cumplir con las medidas que haya determinado el Comité correspondiente, de lo contrario, con su incumplimiento el alumno retrasará su proceso de titulación de acuerdo con lo establecido en el Artículo 9.4.
Bonnie J. Palifka - Faculty

Bonnie J. Palifka
Professor
Campus Monterrey, School of Social Sciences and Government, Tecnológico de Monterrey.
Expertise
Anti-corruption
Contact
Overview
Dr. Bonnie Palifka has a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin, from which she also received her M.A. in Economics. She has a BA in Economics and Latin American Studies from the University of Vermont.
A professor in the Department of Economics at Tecnológico de Monterrey since 1998, Dr. Palifka has also taught at Yale University since 2011. In 2004, she designed and began teaching the pioneering course, "The Economics of Corruption," at Tecnológico de Monterrey. She has taught versions of this subject for Yale Summer Session and Yale Summer Online; During the Spring 2021 semester, he taught “Transnational Corruption, Crime, and Money Laundering” for Yale University. Her focus on corruption has also led her to speak at conferences at the World Bank and the United Nations.
She is the founder and organizer of the Academy Against Corruption in the Americas conference and has consulted for Transparency International and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. She received the Rómulo Garza award for the second edition of the book Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences and Reforms (co-authored with Susan Rose-Ackerman). Her most recent publications are book chapters, “Corruption, Organized Crime, and the Public Sector in Mexico,” in the Handbook on Corruption, Ethics and Integrity in Public Administration, and “Mexico's National Anti-Corruption System” (co-authored with María de los Ángeles Estrada and Ingrid Valeria Galicia González) in Anti-Corruption Agencies in Latin America. Dr. Palifka is a member of the civil society organizations Citizens Against Corruption and the Anti-Corruption Coalition.
Teaching Activities
- Anticorruption in Government, Firms, and Society
- Corruption: Causes and Consequences
- Economic History
- Enterprise Economics
- International Economic Politic
- Macroeconomic Environment
Education and Training
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin
- Master in Science, The University of Texas at Austin
- Bachelor of Arts, The University of Vermont
Publications
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Palifka, Bonnie J., María de los Ángeles Estrada, and Ingrid Valeria Galicia González. “Mexico’s National Anti-Corruption System,” in Joseph Pozsgai, ed., Anti-Corruption Agencies in Latin America, Routledge Corruption and Anti-Corruption Studies, 2021
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Palifka, Bonnie J. “Corruption, Organized Crime and the Public Sector in Mexico,” in Adam Graycar, ed., Handbook on Corruption, Ethics and Integrity in Public Administration, Edward Elgar, 2020
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Rose-Ackerman, Susan, and Bonnie J. Palifka. “Corruption, Organized Crime, and Money Laundering,” in Kaushik Basu and Tito Cordella, eds., Institutions, Governance and the Control of Corruption. NY: Palgrave, 2018
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Rose-Ackerman, Susan and Bonnie J. Palifka. "Corruption and Government :Causes, Consequences and Reform, 2nd edition, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2018
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Sañudo Martha y Bonnie J. Palifka. “Corrupción Académica y su Influencia en la Democracia (Academic Corruption and Its Influence on Democracy)”. Veritas 2018
Awards and Honors
- Mexican Researcher Certification - Level 1 (Palifka,Bonnie J.)