A detailed review of the literature shows some of the emerging opportunities that the Andean Countries may face under a favorable negotiation terms within the FTAA. Blocs may address the idea of a building bloc approach to economic integration within the Western Hemisphere. The second largest...

A commercial and diplomatic reality not very well studied by the private sector and of a deep concern among higher political skeletons in Colombia has been the FTAA process and the correlated developing issue of the U.S.-Colombian trade bilateral relations. The Free Trade Area of the Americas...

This research attempts an exploratory inquiry to view, identify, and foresee managerial strategies to face the internationalization process under the forthcoming Summit of the Americas Trade Agreement. Two main diverted roads may be followed to reach Hemispheric market countries. Along the...

This research attempts an exploratory inquiry to view, identify, and foresee trends where the forthcoming Summit of the Americas may depart as a dynamic agent that will determine the transformation of developing economies in the Western Hemisphere. We launched this proposition based on a...

One topic of interest for the social sciences and similar fields, such as business administration, economics and political science is globalization. Many researchers suggest that this is a new topic. Our research, however, looked into the assumptions of political and economic history concerning...

This paper attempt to survey some political considerations that ended in the launching of the Summit of the Americas. This is a manifestation of the new uprising showed by the globalization process. We here by put into perspective economic assumptions that were conceived to launch the free trade...

This paper deepens into the initial conditions that explain about the expansion of the nation-state particularly referring to the Colombia case, indicating how some political and economic facts present during the 19th century led to a first globalization attempt. This paper also reflex the...

This review paper offers to the general reader some highlights about one of the most important trade negotiations followed within the Western Hemisphere. Especialised news and other government sources offer to the general public the state of the art of this ambitious negotiation scheme followed...