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Capitalism in the 21st century has been expanded globally through production, and above all, through consumption, digitization, and the proliferation of companies and organizations; analyzing these trends is essential to understand organizational specificities in national and regional contexts. To comprehend this expansion and its specific characteristics, this paper presents the conceptual proposal of the Capitalist Seduction Mode. The paper is organized into three sections: 1) an analysis of the processes of "hooking" or engagement of platform capitalism through networks of companies and organizations; 2) a reflection on the overflow of the managerial system into society; 3) the conceptualization of the smartphone as an expression of Googlism and as a device of social domination. Finally, in the last section, the conclusions of the paper are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to investigate whether social innovation has taken root in the last two decades in the social economy sector of the Principality of Asturias (Spain) as a key enterprise development factor in the current post-crisis environment derived from successive financial, health and geopolitical crises. For this, it is conceptually defined, firstly, what is understood by social innovation and its basic dimensions, reflecting on the extent to which the social economy sector can be considered as socially innovative. After that, the methodology and the main results of a study carried out through a review of specialized literature and a qualitative analysis through in-depth interviews with a sample of 21 heads of social enterprise, institutions or corporate entities linked to the sector in Asturias are presented. These results show how, indeed, the principles of social innovation are beginning to be adopted by the sector, albeit in an incipient way as a consequence of different weaknesses associated with its degree of entrepreneurship, organizational structure and development strategy. The paper ends by suggesting a series of recommendations that could contribute to the promotion of the sector as a whole and of the enterprises that make it up. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper focuses on the concept of exploitation as it has been used by the non-Maxist literature, i.e. as a concept whose object is particular transactions rather than structures. The paper exposes and evaluates the different conceptualisations of exploitation that the literature has offered, with sweatshop labour as the main contrasting case. It is argued that despite offering competitive conditions, sweatshop labour is exploitative because firms neglect the unsatisfied needs of workers and can improve them without detriment to their survival. This duty to improve workers conditions is based on the existence of duties of distributive justice, duties which, however, we do not have in all cases. It is argued that only a pluralistic conceptualisation of exploitation, offering different standards depending on the type of case at hand, makes sense of our intuitions and at the same time is consistent with our institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the economic-financial performance of public enterprises under the Sindicatura General de Empresas Públicas (SIGEP), during the Argentine democratic transition (1983-1989). For this purpose, the performance often state-owned firms is examined in four indicators: sales revenues, prices and tariffs, real fixed investment, and level of internal and external indebtedness. The statistical analysis was carried out with secondary sources, based on the balance sheets and publications of the syndicate. In conclusion, two decouplings are observed in the indicators examined, which significantly eroded the financial capacities of the companies, continuing with the dynamics installed during the last civil-military dictatorship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Maintenance, that by definition, it is directed to "the realization of a group of operations and technical activities that assure the conservation, preservation and correction of AFT during a period of certain time against the deterioration that can cause the use and continuous exploitation as well as the noxious effects of the environment, and taken it to end at a reasonable cost and with the necessary security for people" With this article it is sought to base this unquestionable necessity and the importance of learning on the adequate use of this science; and the paper that the "Maintenance" and its impact have in the economic results of industrial enterprises. Maintenance, also gives answer to establishments of our days, such as the increment of the energy efficiency, the reduction of import of spare parts and the profitability of the companies, all of great importance for Cuban economy. Will be analyzed the insufficient use that industrial enterprises do of all the learning capacity that high education has. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyses the communication carried out by IBEX35 companies in crisis situations in order to determine the mechanisms that try to favour dialogue between organisations and their stakeholders. The sample is made up of the tweets that include the word covid and that have been issued by the 27 IBEX 35 companies that had verified corporate profiles on the Twitter social platform during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. Taking into consideration the dialogic principles established by Kent and Taylor (1998), which were adapted by Rybalko and Seltzer (2010) for Twitter, an adaptation was made to establish indicators to apply to the conversation established on the platform. To analyse the differences in interaction, the t-test for independent samples and the one-factor ANOVA were used. The results show that companies maintain an interest in engaging with their audiences but continue to deal with topics that are not of interest to users, which makes it difficult for a dialogue or conversation to take place between companies and stakeholders. The article shows that the resources most used by companies in crisis situations are the call to action and dialogue, either by asking their users questions or suggesting the desired interaction. While directly asking users for their opinions does not generate more dialogue, the results show that soliciting attitudes, such as commenting, sharing an image or liking an image, does increase interaction. This implies that there is low interest on the part of audiences to join a real conversation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A suitable design of manufacturing facilities can increase the efficiency of a company's internal operations by optimizing material handling and flow costs. This paper addresses the facility layout planning problem (FLP), modeled as a quadratic allocation problem (QAP), applied to a company dedicated to the production of liquors. The problem was solved using the Computerized Relative Allocation of Facilities Technique that belongs to the heuristic algorithms, which allowed us to determine the best allocation of the departments, considering the distances traveled and the material flow costs. Subsequently, a simulation was carried out to evaluate the new distribution given the company's daily activities, considering the variability of loading and unloading times. The simulation results suggest that, if the new layout is implemented, material flow costs and times would be reduced by 13.22 % and 4.28 %, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to analyse Napoleon Bonaparte's 1798 Egyptian Campaign from the perspective of the imitatio Alexandri, through the direct testimonies of some of the participants in the military and cultural enterprise led by the young French general and by comparing various episodes of the expedition and of the French presence in Egypt with the figure of Alexander the Great. It also attempts to show that this imitatio Alexandri is not just a convention, common in the literature in the field when studying ancient models for Bonaparte, but that, even at the time of the campaign, the French were convinced that their commanding general intended to emulate the Macedonian legend in Egypt and Asia, according to his actions and declarations. The sources studied include the correspondence of the Egyptian expedition, as well as the memoirs of some of the participants, including Napoleon himself, and other close associates. The analysis shows that, both in the evocation of the historical model and in the development of specific events, in the Egyptian Campaign we can indeed observe signs of imitatio Alexandri, but also of rivalry and the overcoming of Alexander's model: hence, of an aemulatio Alexandri. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Currently, companies handle a lot of sensitive information daily, which may be desired by unscrupulous people in order to obtain their own benefit, harming companies and customers. The paper focuses on the development of a login solution with double authentication, making use of user credentials and reading a QR code, through complementary mobile software installed on a verified device. The work provides the reader with an overview of information security, where the use of encrypted QR codes stands out, which, unlike fingerprint reading or facial detection, is extremely accessible on most mobile devices with cameras. and on different operating systems. You can also highlight the use of REST APIs to communicate the web application with the mobile application. The app proves to be a simple and effective way to improve login security for any business. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In recent decades, a growing interest in the micro and meso economic foundations of competitiveness has emerged worldwide. Many authors have seek to explain this phenomenon using approaches that rely on endogenous and relational capabilities of firms. Relational capabilities are exercised in contact with other agents and allow knowledge that circulate among networks to be properly exploited. This paper analyzes this type of entrepreneurial skills and the links that exist between software companies in the city of Bahía Blanca. The method used to study this phenomenon is social network analysis or SNA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes the profile required by a chief risk officer (CRO) in large companies in Colombia, based on knowledge of the traits, skills, aptitudes and knowledge that are necessary to achieve adequate performance, so that it contributes the achievement of objectives. The study is carried out under a qualitative methodology of descriptive scope. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with risk managers of large Colombian companies in different sectors, and experts. In the results found it can be evidenced the importance to the chief risk officer and as well as to develop their profile both in technical aspects and in the soft skills they require. This is due to the fact that from their performance they add value to the company with their expertise and provide a prospective vision on the risk situations to which they may be exposed. This paper contributes to the knowledge about CRO that requires further academic research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes the importance of commercial distribution, its main functions and addresses the different Push strategies that are carried out in the convenience stores of the city of Los Mochis, taking into account the relevance of this type of business in the locality. business units in economic terms, the objective is to detect which have a greater degree of significance in the sales channel, for this a qualitative research approach was used, conducting a series of interviews with those responsible for these businesses, observing the processes of marketing and consulting secondary information sources, which brought with it revealing data regarding promotions, the importance of islands, POP material and canopies for sale and other strategies that have a significant effect on sales. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Prevention of negative leadership as psychosocial risk factor at work has been addressed by both positive and healthy leadership. The aim of this paper is to propose a Healthy-Extended Leadership Model with three elements: 1) a comprehensive definition; 2) a model with five dimensions: a) Constructive Social Relationships; b) Support for Training and Adaptive Development; c) Extended Health and Wellbeing Care; d) Provision of Resources for High Performance; e) Promotion of Favorable and Productive Workplaces; and 3) a proposal for application as a labor competence for its implementation in organizations. As conclusions, the propose model: can contribute to the balance between health and outstanding performance; contribute to the creation of favorable work environments; and, together with other protective psychosocial factors and competencies, can have a larger impact on the development of healthy people, organizations, and societies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to critically assess Moishe Postone's developments on the revolutionary overcoming of the capitalist mode of production, based on the reading of one of the central axes that integrates the ambitious theoretical-critical proposal developed by the Canadian intellectual in his work Time, Labor and Social Domination. The author argues that Postone incurs in antinomies, which are materialized in the discontinuity that lies within his conceptions about the determinations that constitute the revolutionary subject, among his theses about the simplest determination of the revolutionary overcoming of capital. To carry out such enterprise, the author relies on the Marxian critique of political economy and on the developments of Juan Iñigo Carrera, Guido Starosta and Gastón Caligaris, arguing how, in the postonian reading, the potentialities for the revolutionary overcoming of capitalism, against his own main statements, are situated in a reality external to that mode of production itself. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper explores the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility and the proposal for sustainable development. By virtue of this, the article focuses on three aspects: 1) the theoretical conceptualization of sustainable development, which arises from the demands of a society plagued by environmental deterioration, which demanded forceful actions to stop the adverse effects of industrialization. In response, the World Conservation Union, the Brundtland Report (CMMAD, 1987), Agenda 21 (Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1992), and the World Summit in Johannesburg in 2002, helped shape the definition of sustainable development managed so far. 2) The proposal for Corporate Social Responsibility, which has antecedents in the 19th century, but it is not until the 20th century, along with the advances in sustainable development, that it enters the academic and managerial scene, postulating a new vision of the company, with social relevance, adapting to the demands of a more conscious society, without losing sight of the need for sustainable production and growth. 3) Corporate Social Responsibility in interrelation with the objectives of sustainable development, representing the opportunity to materialize the responsibility of companies with the environment and the community. It concludes on the importance of awareness regarding globalization and its adverse effects on life on the planet, as well as the need for companies to act responsibly in the face of this phenomenon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Lean construction philosophy has been welcomed by numerous companies in Colombia for a little more than a decade. The Last Planner System (LPS) is among the implemented tools found, a planning and control system that seeks to accomplish a continuous workflow. The system implementation results vary from one company to another, and there is no investigation to date that shows the diagnosis of the adoption of this tool in the country. This paper aims to illustrate the degree of implementation and functioning of the LPS from different perspectives found in sixteen Colombian construction companies. Data collection was carried out through non-participant observation during the weekly planning meetings, surveys conducted to construction professionals, supervisors, subcontractors and labor, and a semi-structured direct interview with the managers of the Lean area in the companies. Analysis of compiled information shows multiple ways of applying this tool, conceptual and practical failures, and a lack of training and permanent feedback that does not allow to be a part of the corporate culture were all identified. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Budget transfers to the Cuban business sector increased significantly in the last 15 years, reaching 25% of GDP in 2018. This increase was fundamentally a consequence of a strategy oriented to mitigate the effects of the overvaluation of the official exchange rate on the business sector, particularly on exportable products and import substitutes. The objective of this research is to characterize this subsidy scheme. The results suggest that the transfers allowed firms to cover at least part of their productive inefficiency, in part because of the design of the scheme was based on accounting criteria that limited incentives towards cost minimization. The main implication of the paper is that a relative price correction itself, such as, for example, that associated with "ordenamiento monetario", would not be sufficient to promote aggregate productivity gains; on the contrary, it would have to be complemented with institutional and structural policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Consumer law has been evolving at an accelerating pace, with a certain hermeneutic task, not entirely consistent, due to the need to comply with the basic principle of consumer protection. Although the consolidated legal solution leads us to declare the relative nullity of the multi-currency clauses, this research paper aims to reflect on whether the teleological and hermeneutic interpretation to reach the current solution is consistent with our legal order. Therefore, we will expose how the legal grounds of classic contractual law are being undermined, specifically: the doctrine of nullity and the principles of conservation of legal business and contractual integration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the review of three main existing agile approaches: Scrum, Lean Software Development and Kanban, which served as the basis for the development of a proposal for a new approach in Agile development. To achieve this, a description of each agile approach to software development and a comparison of their strengths and weaknesses are made. Then, the new proposal is established based on the integration of the three approaches, defining a set of metrics and developing a case study to evaluate the integration and obtain quantitative and qualitative data. The results obtained from the case study proved to be quite positive because it allowed us to comprehensively evaluate the new approach. These results represent a promising start to continue working in this line of research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to bring light on the question of what are the components of the operations strategy that can support service control and customer orientation, to gradually achieve high standards in service delivery, in line with changes in the market, and within the corporate value chain. For this, an exploratory investigation was carried out, using the inductive method through Exploratory Factor Analysis with the Promax oblique rotation model. The exploratory type inquiries were made to 43 companies through convenience sampling in the Valle del Cauca region. Mainly, companies of the services sector, of some consolidation in the market, and that would facilitate the application of a face-to-face and quality survey to the management personnel, were selected. As a result, the foundations are left for a conceptual model that contributes to the control of the Operations Strategy, so that it is possible to conceive the value for the client, from an operations strategy based on the service quality attributes and is based on the underlying factors found in the explored model, such as: service control, customer-oriented facility management, information systems and associated technologies. As a perspective, there is a need for Confirmatory Factor Analysis, with a larger sample size for service organizations with experience in the market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this paper is to check if integrated reporting follow properly the requirements established by IIRC or only disclose following some guiding principles influenced by some other variables. We have studied a sample in which are included all the voluntarily issued integrated reports available at the IIRC database at 1st April 2017, for the period 2011-2015, what means 174 integrated reports. The main conclusions are that the compliance with IIRC guiding principles is low and heterogeneous, and that are principles mainly followed in front of others not followed. There are core principles of the integrated reporting that are determined by the date of publication of the IIRC framework, and that materiality is used depending on the kind of company. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Usually, a tourist destination can be defined as that place with natural and cultural resources of great beauty; however, although locally there is no endowment of natural factors favorable to tourism, such as in the Heroic City of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, as there are different types of tourism, it is possible that, through innovation, attractive activities for leisure purposes can be generated, in a tourist setting where the different expectations of the user are met. Based on a qualitative study, the main objective of this paper is to present a series of strategic actions that encourage the development of tourist activities that generate an attractive place, and therefore, the strengthening of the tourist sector of the aforementioned city, whose implementation depends on the collective work between the community, the business sector and the government. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is intended to highlight the key differences between the Insolvency Act and the Recast Insolvency Act in respect of the transfer of undertakings, businesses or parts of businesses or undertakings. Its main focus rests on the effects of the transfer of going concerns on tax, labour and Social Security indebtedness, both when the transfer takes place in insolvency scenarios or as part of a restructuring plan. A proposal is made regarding the joint and several liability of the acquirer of a business or undertaking for any such indebtedness for the legal statute which should implement European Directive 2019/1023 into Spanish law. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are important sources of social and economic development in the Latin American region. This paper aims: (1) To study the state of the process of industrialization of cocoa, produced and marketed by PyMES located in the province of Los Ríos, Ecuador, (2) To test the effectiveness of some proposed strategies to overcome the deficiencies found in the process. To achieve these goals, statistical methods were applied to a group of ten SMEs in the region. It was concluded that there exist deficiencies in the process and that the proposed strategies are effective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper seeks to determine the factors which explain differing levels of innovation in Chile at the regional level. Data used in the study was obtained from the Tenth Inquiry into Innovation in Businesses 2016, published in 2018 by the National Institute of Statistics (INE). Binary logistic regressions (Logit) were developed for each region, identifying the specific explanatory factors which determine the greatest likelihood of innovation among local businesses. The study concludes that the heterogeneities detected call for an adjustment in public policies in accordance with regional dynamics, which should be understood as subnational spaces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The territorial anchoring of a productive activity and its agents is difficult to grasp from the empirical point of view. In this paper we construct a typology to classify dairy firms and we develop a proposal to measure their anchoring. We also analyze the discourses of the interviewees regarding their behaviors. We are interested in a dairy basin (the west of Entre Ríos) where the diversity in terms of territorial anchoring can help to explain its conditions of operation. The analysis carried out allows us to argue that while certain agents rely on the expansion of markets and the development of technologies that facilitate interactions at a distance,others base their strength in proximity. This does not reject the influence of multi--scalar dynamics, butaims to show how the latterare mediated in local spaces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The goal of this paper is to evaluate the impact of the innovation promotion programs carried by the National Research and Innovation Agency (ANII). A combination of non-experimental methods was used to quantify the effects of public support to innovation in three dimensions o f the firms' behavior: innovation investment, innovation results and economic peiformance. The results show evidence o f crowding-in of public support to innovation. Also, beneficiaries of the programs show larger probability o f successfully introducing new products and processes. We do not find impact in the economic peiformance indicators o f the firms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A logical and historical analysis about the evolution of the accommodation industry and the interrelation between its forms of property and managementis carried out in this paper, based on the dialectical and materialistic approach and using as foundation a bibliographic research which identifies the modes of entrance of the international hotel industry, in its expansion as development strategic options for the hotel industry of the recipient countries. We got to the conclusion that the technology of the hotel chains in its international expansion through management modes remains protected, despite the barriers which slow down its spreading in the recipient countries. All this damages the development of the national hotel groups. Finally, some alternatives allowing to revert this situation in favor of endogenous development of the national hotel industries, are presented in this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper starts from the premise that a business management from a gender perspective would contribute to a balanced relationship between men and women in all political, economic and social fields, from the empowerment and economic autonomy of women, the less favored group. In this paper we try to give a brief scene on the gender theme and its relation to business management, as well as to point out some elements about the opportunities and challenges of the Cuban business system for the inclusion of gender perspective into the enterprise. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyses emerging forms in which life and work are interwoven, based on 20 ethnographic studies conducted in enterprises in Spain. Whereas after the Industrial Revolution work processes tended to be autonomous from the living environments of production agents, in recent decades a trend in the opposite direction has been observed in some companies. This re-articulation takes place at several levels: a) through the blurring of the boundaries that separate work and everyday life, b) through the reintegration of affective dimensions into work processes, c) in promoting reciprocity and sociability in the economic sphere and d) in the production of meaningful experiences at work. Are we witnessing an emancipating balance between life and work? Or, on the contrary, is private life being colonized by the sphere of production? In this paper we seek to explore a third form of analysis, that of reflexive modernity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Corporate Magazines are a channel of communication for organizations with readers. But the crisis has led to many of these publications disappearing or experiencing changes in their informative model, is the case of the RENFE. This paper aims to analyse contents and study the evolution of Paisajes in order to assess the consequences that this new communication strategy has for stakeholders. The findings indicate that the disappearance of Paisajes has supposed the loss of a paper format magazine that enjoyed wide acceptance among train users. Quite simply, the function performed by Paisajes is not covered by other media aimed at internal readers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper provides an ethnographic exploration of the current socioeconomic and political crisis of Spain from the case study of a Rural Development Group in Asturias (Spain). This group channels EU funds into a region undergoing dramatic economic decline and depopulation, while at the same time attempts to create a fictitious territorial identity for commercialization purposes. To do so, a Cultural Park project was planned but never implemented in reality, being replaced by a series of large infrastructure investments. The paper argues that in order to understand the Spanish corporatist neoliberalism, we need to increase our knowledge from an ontological perspective. This implies addressing the realities enacted and constructed by social actors in practice, halfway between traditional clientelist dynamics and neoliberal free market logics. This hybrid phenomenon is publicly criticized but largely unknown. In it, communities of complicity distribute public resources without public accountability. In turn, citizens ignore, tolerate or participate –either actively or passively– in the process. In addition, the paper presents a case study of the failure of knowledge transfer processes in Spain, showing that shortcomings are not due to wrong epistemological practices but rather to the internal dynamics of communities of complicity, which can do without knowledge and academia to reproduce themselves. Finally, it is argued that “politics" should be retained as an ethnographic concept instead of a ubiquitous self-explanatory universal category if we want to retain its critical capabilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines how governance actors in regional business systems engage with foreign-owned multinational corporations which are present within their territory, in attempts to retain investment and link their regions to global production networks. This is done through a qualitative analysis of policy and practice in six sub-national regions in three advanced industrialized economies (Canada, Spain and the UK), thus permitting both international and intra-national comparisons. We find that while there are broad similarities in the types of governance mechanisms used, there are notable differences in the extent and intensity of forms of market, state and associational governance of foreign direct investment. These differences partly correspond to broader institutional differences in the nature of business systems, and partly to the socio-political construction of sub-national governance space. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In congresses VI and VII of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), important documents that guide the work of Cuban enterprises for the future years were approved. To identify the necessary knowledge and skills for the management of enterprises in this context, the author analyzed three sources: the trends of contemporary management at the international level; the main statements of the documents approved in these congresses that have an impact on the management of the companies; finally, the information on management skills with more weaknesses, identified in courses and workshops given to groups of Cuban entrepreneurs. The paper presents a summary of the main aspects that the author proposes that are part of the knowledge and skills systems that Cuban entrepreneurs must develop. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The central issue addressed by this paper is the determination of the attributes that companies in Antioquia demand from their managerial level officers. It derives from an empirical study whose objective was to recognize the opinion of top executives concerning the expectations companies have about the qualities of a good administrative officer. The research method used was qualitative, descriptive and exploratory in nature. The information was generated through a review of literature and in-depth interviews with top organization executives. The value-generating attributes that employers seek in their managers were determined; among them, humanistic formation was considered the most important one; technical knowledge is considered a rather hygienic factor. The results of the study lend themselves to be used as criteria for the analysis of business programs management, both at the undergraduate and MBA levels, when it comes to curricula reviews, teaching and learning methods and faculty development, all of which may contribute to achieve and/or further the competitive advantages of the institutions offering the programs and their graduates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper develops a random continuous-time model that simplifies calculation of insurance linked securitie' (ILS) underlying catastrophic loss index and allows us to price them with the traditional option valuation methodology. Under the hypothesis that the total amount of the catastrophe is defined as the sum of two random variables, the incurred claims amount and the incurredbut- not-yet reported claims amount, we model the decreasing dynamics of the latter through a geometric Brownian process characterized by two Wiener processes that introduce a greater volatility to the model which increases its accuracy. The difference between the incurred-but-not-yet-reported claims amount and the total amount of the catastrophe results in the reported claims amount, which is the numerator of the loss ratio that we intend to determine. In order to verify the validity of the proposed hereby, its parameters are estimated using the maximum likelihood method and a Ji-square normality test is performed on a sample of six floods occurred in several Spanish locations prone to such events. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of minimum wages on employment quality and the likelihood of transition between jobs of varying quality in both medium and large enterprises and the public sector in Argentina. So far there are no studies with a similar objective in our country. The analysis was developed from data from the Permanent Household Survey using the method of differences in differences. The results indicate that increased minimum wages decreases transitions to quality jobs mainly among informal workers. El objetivo de este artículo es evaluar el impacto del salario mínimo sobre la calidad del empleo y sobre la probabilidad de transición entre puestos de trabajo de distinta calidad tanto en las medianas y grandes empresas como en el sector público de Argentina. Hasta el momento no existen estudios con un objetivo similar en nuestro país. El análisis se desarrolla a partir de los datos de la Encuesta Permanente de Hogares utilizando el método de diferencias en diferencias. Los resultados indican que el incremento del salario mínimo disminuye las transiciones hacia empleos de calidad principalmente entre los asalariados informales. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper evaluates the Innovation Stimulus Program (PEI) in Mexico through its contribution to the Baja California Regional Innovation System (SRI) between 2009 and 2013. Using additional behavior methodologies, we analyzed the within-company effect and the network effect, as well as the degree of connectivity and number of interactions between stakeholders from the worlds of business, science, and government involved in the SRI. The results reveal that by making funding for innovative projects subject to connections between actors from the realms of business and science, the PEI is helping fortify the SRI by incentivizing 15% of its interactions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this article is to outline the impact of marital overturns in the legal and economic form of family businesses. This paper is mainly focused in analysing the preferential awarding right set forth in article 1406.2° of the Spanish Civil Code in favour of the managing spouse of the family business which, in our opinion, might be a solution to the distorting effect that the winding up and liquidation of the marital assets may imply to the continuity of family businesses in Spain. It also analyses the major problems that this process may face when it comes to monetize the value of the shares that one of the spouse will receive, especially in those cases of minority holding. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes the behavior and evaluates the competitiveness factors in the province of Villa Clara, supporting the analysis methodology Diamond Porter (1990), the expert method and the study of theoretical and conceptual foundations of competitiveness. The discussion of the results showed the existence of economic, political and social rights that need to be managed in order to contribute to the increased competitiveness in the country through the development of projects, mainly in the productive sectors and in particular in the traditional products and the sugar industry, with the aim of rescuing. Another sector that also contributes to the increase of competitiveness in the territory is the tourism industry, focusing on the territory that the multiplier effect, to enhance the linkage with other sectors, and strengthening the local production. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ninety-five percent of all enterprises in Peru are micro enterprises which create jobs for half the working population (48 %). Their disappearance causes the country a number of social and economic problems. This paper is aimed at identifying factors in death rate of micro enterprises in Peru, with the perspective of their managers being taken into consideration, and examining the main reasons why such enterprises die, so guidelines for promoting their growth and development can be laid down. Major factors therein are as follows: advertising campaigns are lacking, the economic situation of the country, lots of rival companies located nearby, lack of a business plan and effective control mechanisms, and difficulty finding good workers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper answers the question how to evaluate the maturity of Knowledge Management (KM) in thirty-one organizations of the Departments of Antioquia and Caldas, articulating the functionalist and interpretive positions. This multivariate cluster analysis technique and a methodology that provides an algorithm that makes semi-quantitative qualitative variables from a Likert scale questionnaire applied to a fourteen variables used. The results allow us to obtain the final ranking of firms in both regions by interpretable clusters according to certain traits, - organizational and people, technological and interpretative Knowledge Management processes -that influence the concept of maturity KM. One of the main findings is the whole instrument, which is designed to position itself as an easily understandable self-assessment instrument. And later, it will be put online, to allow comparisons with world class companies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper overviews patterns in bond issuance in local and external markets by firms in six large Latin American countries. Also, using an unbalanced panel of firm and market-level indicators for years 1995-2015, we control for variables representing several theories of capital structure to gauge the firm's decision on the choice of issuance jurisdiction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this research is to characterize the small-scale producers of mezcal in order to a better understanding of their way of producing and organizing, so that when supporting policies are developed, these be aligned with their reality. Methodology. To achieve this, a qualitative exploratory study is conducted. Interviews applied to actors involved in the mezcal industry are used as methods of data collection, as well as a questionnaire applied to 52 small-scale producers. Results. The study shows six elements that help characterize the small-scale producers studied. these are: 1) the sense of family, 2) preservation of identity, 3) craft processes of production, 4) tacit knowledge, 5) spontaneous decisions and 6) informal economy. Limitations. The main limitation of the research relates to the samplés size, which was limited due to the difficulties to access remote communities; this study cannot be generalized. Conclusions. The papers concludes by suggesting that given the characteristics identified, these types of organizations have survived over the years, despite the disadvantages they face in the current socioeconomic conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: This paper describes the case of two Chinese companies that are global leaders in digital technology and telecommunications: Huawei and Foxconn. Both companies are pioneer cases of Chinese globalization in Mexico. Methodology: trough the case study method, seeks to show evidence and analytical proposals of this new phase of China's productive internationalization to Mexico. Results: The main results of the analysis show an asymmetrical economic relationship between Mexico and China. Limitations: While trade between the two countries has grown significantly in recent years, it has been marked by an imbalance in favor of China. Although there are no obvious signs that show, whether Chinese companies would have in Mexico a focal point of its internationalization. Conclusions: The case analysis of both companies helps explain its mode of international expansion and its presence in Mexico. While Mexico was not their original destination, both companies have operations in the country as part of their global expansion strategies marked from early stages of internationalization. In each case, the respective firm has followed its globalization patterns, and this has enabled them to consolidate as leading companies in the industries in which they are inserted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The market has required of the organizations, efficiency, effectiveness, creativity and agility, to be competitive and have their strategies aimed at the sustainability of business defined. In this context, logistics emerges as one of the important links in corporate strategies. However, in prior reading about this topic, there is a lack in the literature about the organization and evaluation of internal logistics. Looking to fill this gap, this paper aims to identify the importance of evaluating internal logistics, identifying its component parts and how they are structured and measured, based on the literature and answers of experts in this field. The degree of importance of these parts will be evaluated by three companies, using a Likert scale. The identification of the component parts of the internal logistics, the weights of the priorities of these parts, and its performance index are showed, which enable the companies to improve their competitiveness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analize four competitiveness indices for Mexican federative entities produced by two local higher educational institutions and two local agencies. The results indicate that while these studies require indicators to continuously improve their quality and explanatory power, these changes are greater compared to the main international competitiveness indices. Relevance and reliability for the economic planning will be greater for decision makers, policy makers and individuals concerned as usefulness and benchmarks in the design and monitoring of local public policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]