We analyze the quinoa sector situation and prospects in Bolivia, based on both secondary and primary information sources (i.e. surveys of producers and interviews to key actors). The quinoa sector has sustainability problems in production, market shares and price volatility. However, this grain...

The "environment" factor has become increasingly important in business management. The relationship between the environmental behavior of the company and its economic performance has been one of the recurring themes of research, especially in the last two decades. However, many gaps still exist...

We analyze the quinoa sector situation and prospects in Bolivia, based on both secondary and primary information sources (i.e. surveys of producers and interviews to key actors). The quinoa sector has sustainability problems in production, market shares and price volatility. However, this grain...

The reorientation occurred in the socioeconomic, politic and institutional development of the Latin American and Caribbean countries, since 80's decade, provoke significant transformations in the regional rural spaces. The socioeconomic bipolarization is one of the most remarkable phenomena in...

Today, the world is in an evident disarray; many things seem to have gone wrong at once. Various topics: terrorism, drug trafficking, money laundering, black accounts; financial crises, income distribution, global coordination; or the social angriness and growing anti-migration...

Competitiveness can be defined today as the new paradigm that allows us to succeed in the global market. In the past, it was not explicitly considered competitiveness as a condition to be successful in international trade. Recognizing the discussion around the topic and its...

This paper aims to analyze the current processes of international technical cooperation for environmental protection in Mexican municipalities. To meet this objective, the paper is divided into five sections. The first introduces the subject and describes the role that has been playing...

This paper presents an analysis of Ricardo - Torrens model of comparative advantage. The contribution of this work is to make explicit the productive structure of the economy under analysis with the help of input-output matrix and the theoretical assumption of a Leontief technology system, which...

Recent trends in foreign investment and massive purchase of land in the world indicate that developing countries concentrate the largest proportion of hoarding. Although some advanced countries acquire land, it is not clear that they become major investors. The article highlights the existence...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze from a critic and systematic approach, and in the assumption of a governance crisis, the transformation of institutions towards new shapes, structures and processes and mechanisms in a emergent global economic [em]governance[/em]. It is described briefly...