One of the most important economic strategic sectors in any economy is the electricity market. Its main feature is its oligopolistic character favoured by the returns to scale which act as an entry barrier. As a result, the energy generators can use their power market in order to increase their...

One of the most important economic strategic sectors in any economy is the electricity market. Its main feature is its oligopolistic character favoured by the returns to scale which act as an entry barrier. As a result, the energy generators can use their power market in order to increase their...

Spanish Abstract: El objetivo de este escrito es analizar el desempeño del Mercado Eléctrico Mayorista - MEM en los veinte años de existencia. Después de describir el funcionamiento del mercado spot, el mercado de largo plazo y el cargo por confiabilidad; se analiza el efecto de variables como...

Este trabajo presenta un estudio sobre el proceso de formación de precios en el mercado de carburantes y combustibles de automoción dentro del sector petrolífero español, en el marco de las relaciones verticales entre empresas. La competencia en precios en el mercado verticalmente...

The objective of this study is to determine the impact of environmental practices and improved quality on business competition variables such as efficiency, profitability and market share among the Andalucian fresh fruit and vegetable co-operative sector. The study takes as a reference the...

Spanish Abstract: La rentabilidad es una variable clave en el análisis económico, no sólo como evidencia de la productividad empresarial, sino también como fundamento del proceso de acumulación mismo; por su parte, los cambios en la rentabilidad reflejan el ciclo de los negocios y recogen...

Spanish Abstract: El documento identifica las competencias núcleo, entendidas como base de la ventaja competitiva, de una muestra de micro y pequeñas empresas de Iztapalapa en la Ciudad de México. Se sigue una doble metodología. Primero, se evalúan atributos de unicidad, colectividad y...

This work shows if firms use debt strategically in order to stop entry of potential rivals in their industry. Using Generalized Method of Moments estimation (GMM) we evaluate the effect of assets, market share and size as proxies for market revenue, and the entry barriers over indebtedness...

The objective of this work is the analysis of the influence that the resources and capabilities of companies in the distribution sector in Spain has to explain productive efficiency as a performance measure (in the period 1997-2006, for a total of 42 sectors of activity a 4-digit NACE). It also...

The main objective of this study is the identification of the explanatory factors on the differences in efficiency in the retail sector enterprises (CNAE-09 4711) in Spain, paying particular attention to the regulation in order to clarify the way in which this regulation has influenced the...