Transnational corporations (TNCs) recently face a dilemma: they coevally have to exploit global-based as well as locally enrooted business opportunities ('glocal dilemma'). This brings the aspect of formal and informal coordination to an issue. In our conceptual paper we focus on formal...

While intra-firm trade accounts for at least one third of world exports, we know very little about the institutions which are employed to resolve intra-firm trade conflicts. According to Oliver Williamson, courts are not accessible and conflicts resulting from intra-firm trade are resolved by...

En este documento se analiza el comportamiento reciente de las exportaciones a Venezuela. A nivel de firma, se analiza la dependencia de los ingresos frente a las ventas realizadas al vecino país en 2006. Para esto se utilizó la base de comercio exterior del Departamento Administrativo...

This brief paper aims to discuss (as a review) the notion of organisational/corporate abilities, a term that, albeit frequently used in the business world, often presents ambiguities in terms of its meaning. We tried to uncover an exact definition for it using different approaches, as well as...

Las exportaciones colombianas hacia Venezuela han venido creciendo en forma notoriaen el valor, y en menor grado en el volumen. En este documento se analiza elcomportamiento de los precios implícitos (precios) de las exportaciones colombianashacia Venezuela, principalmente; y comparada su...

Este artículo ilustra cómo es posible vincular el concepto de aprendizaje de Peter Senge con la idea de acción-decisión de Alfred Schutz y Darío Parra. Las inferencias presentadas argumentan por qué el proceso de toma de decisiones puede ser considerado como un espacio para el aprendizaje,...

This paper explores leadership within organizations. Leadership is distinct from authority because following a leader is a voluntary rather than coerced activity of the followers. This paper considers how a leader induces rational followers to follow her in situations when the leader has...

The globalization process stimulates more and more start-ups entering international markets at their earliest convenience. Supported by modern IT and logistics systems, this option is available for many ventures that become more and more independent from their country of origin. For...

Síntesis Salaverry es un pequeño puerto localizado a pocos kilómetros de la ciudad de Trujillo, al norte del Perú. Moviliza alrededor de 2.5 millones de toneladas de carga al año, en su mayoría, granel seco. Desde 1982, ENAPU, la empresa estatal que opera el puerto, ha venido reduciendo...