PISA 2006 results showed huge differences in educational attainment across Spanish regions. The aim of this paper is to analyze the factors explaining these differences. Our results indicate that differences in family characteristics of students from different regions are crucial in explaining...

English Abstract: The statement presented below is a theoretical and documentary review of the literature on the relationship between two concepts that have been widely developed separately, but whose relationship and interdependence are not yet find large developments or research to support it:...

English Abstract: The objective of this research is to analyze the intellectual capital and other determinants of competitive advantage in exporting companies in northern Honduras, from two perspectives: the theory of resources and capabilities, and the theory of the firm based on the knowledge....

Using Discriminant Analysis, we carry out an assessment of Moody's and Standard & Poor's ratings of Spanish Regional Governments' debt. We set out four models. The first only includes budgetary variables. The outcome points out Andalusia and Valencia regions have had the tightest budgetary...

The present article that comprises of other studies of the same author (Sousa, E. 2009), tries, with the obstacles of the study case, to propose an interpretation, of the form of beginning deed of the peripheral expansion in the cities, from a metropolitan center; taking as the study case the...

Los países de América Latina y el Caribe estan afectados por eventos climáticos extremos. En República Dominicana, Ecuador y Bolivia existe un incremento en el riesgo a sucesos extremos en general y a inundaciones en particular. El objetivo de este estudio es comparar los Sistemas de Alerta...

This case study is part of the research project "Creating Indigenous Women's Green Jobs under Low-Carbon COVID-19 Response and Recovery in the Bolivian Quinoa Sector). I estimate the carbon footprint associated with the quinoa production in southern Bolivia based on primary information of 19...

There is a growing wave of concern for the embodied carbon in traded goods. One manifestation of that concern is large economies such as the USA and the European Union enacting climate-related trade measures, including border carbon adjustment. This paper reviews more than ten climate-related...

At least ten Latin American and Caribbean countries have pledged to achieve carbon neutrality. Has electricity planning in the region evolved towards reaching these goals? We compare power generation capacity in 2023 to announced plans in 2019. We then estimate committed emissions from existing...