This study proposes new ways of comparing discourses on population and argues that these discourses concern both management of the reproduction of human bodies on a massive scale, and competition at global and local levels for resources and/or an improved position in global and local...

This paper studies outsourcing decisions for a two-level service process in which the first level serves as a gatekeeper for a second level of experts. The objective of the system operator (the client) is to minimize the sum of staffing costs, customer waiting costs, and mistreatment costs due...

In the last two decades or so, globalisation has prompted a great deal of attention in the study of the international organisation of production, with in-depth industry studies on its welfare effects, both for firms and for workers. Outcomes did not prove a unique direction of effects, although...

Formation of the Producers Export Company (PEC) in 1958 was a first attempt by grain cooperatives to develop an export merchandising program. PEC's nationwide membership had different export needs and financial resources which imposed constraints on PEC's strategy and operations. A lack of...

Analiza el cambio tecnológico, desde el punto de vista de económico, de una empresa mexicana productora de maquinaria para molinos de trigo y arroz. Investiga su tecnología metalmecánica, el mecanismo de su cambio tecnológico, los factores determinantes de tal progreso y el impacto del...

Examina la conducta tecnológica de tres empresas metalmecánicas mexicanas, partiendo de la idea de que la selección de una tecnología inicial y sus subsecuentes modificaciones en el transcurso del tiempo, se hallan íntimamente relacionadas con el desempeño económico de la firma. Analiza...