This document makes a geographical and statistical analysis of homicide rates in Barranquilla. The research deals with the spatial diffusion patterns, as so as the correlation between the police forcepresence measured through CAI (Local Police Stations) by community and the homicide rate for the...

This paper presents a detailed explanation of the methodology to construct the Municipal Competitiveness Index 2013 for Mexico. The index is calculated using a methodology based on Factor Analysis and compares the performance of 96 municipalities belonging to 24 metropolitan areas in different...

This paper presents a detailed explanation of the methodology to construct the Municipal Competitiveness Index 2013 for Mexico. The index is calculated using a methodology based on Factor Analysis and compares the performance of 96 municipalities belonging to 24 metropolitan areas in different...

This study considers rural tourism an activity that is playing an important role in the local development of many inland shires, with notable future potential both as a means of complementing agricultural income and as a way to create employment in disadvantaged inland areas. The co-operative...

Over the last decade, business literature has identified knowledge management as one of the key tools in managing a modern company. In this regard, it is possible to identify, measure and manage the critical intangibles in a company by means of intellectual capital statements that can provide...

Spanish Abstract: Este artículo evidencia el vínculo entre la formación de la competencias de trabajo en equipo y los mecanismos que operan dentro de la estructura y el proceso de trabajo de las agrupaciones corales. Muestra además los resultados de una encuesta realizada a 51 cantores...

La hipótesis de la convergencia ha sido estudiada en Colombia empleando PIB per cápita, ingreso, depósitos bancarios per cápita, entre otros. En este trabajo se utilizan los salarios pues éstos son una mejor medida del el ingreso en las regiones del país y tiene una relación más directa...

Many studies state that social economy enterprises are the formulas responsible for generating a business network in rural or depressed areas, bringing about a process of economic development in those areas. One of the possibilities that has often been considered for implementing economic...

This article explores the situation in the rural environment in terms of the phenomenon of globalisation, taking as a model an outlying area of the province of León. Although a priori it might not appear to be the case, globalisation is actually stimulating rural areas into seeking new means of...