The quality of teaching and learning today is still a distant dream, even when compared to the access to education. The last decade has seen an outbreak of some kind; in educational technologies, again a much debated topic but poorly substantiated. This paper synthesises facts and trends from...

This paper reports on the efforts carried out by England and Scotland to promote the widespread use of telehealthcare within Personal Health Systems (PHS) for patients with chronic conditions. In each setting, it explains the political drive, the trends in empowering patients, the needs for...

En la industria alimenticia mexicana se usan aproximadamente 288 mil toneladas de empaques plásticos anuales, los cuales tienen diferentes características y esto es debido a que son producidos con diferentes sustratos, de los cuales los más usados son diez. El objetivo de este artículo es...

En la actualidad, son pocas las investigaciones que se han realizado con el objetivo de analizar el trabajo en el campo; por lo que en esta investigación se analizaron las actividades de los campesinos dedicados a la cosecha de brócoli, dando especial importancia a aspectos como el Entorno...

La competitividad de la economía mexicana durante los últimos años refleja un claro retroceso en comparación con economías también catalogadas en desarrollo (Brasil, India, China, entre otras), lo anterior ha llevado a los especialistas nacionales a analizar y discutir las diferentes...

This paper reports on the efforts carried out by England and Scotland to promote the widespread use of telehealthcare within Personal Health Systems (PHS) for patients with chronic conditions. In each setting, it explains the political drive, the trends in empowering patients, the needs for...

Abstract Previous work has shown that the results of both China and Mexico’s export-led market reforms over the past quarter century have been strikingly different. In contrast to China, Mexico has not managed to increase the value added of its exports of manufactured goods and has...

Outsourcing to Contract Research Organizations (CROs) has become a widespread practice by pharmaceutical and biotechnological firms seeking to reduce risks and costs associated to the development of new products. This paper analyzes empirically the efficiency of the CROs industry by looking at a...

Research on the entry of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) into the agricultural marketplace has largely emphasised questions of consumer confidence and trust, product liability, and the market. However, the relationship between GMOs, free trade, and questions of culture and traditional...

La globalización comercial ha provocado que muchas empresas que tenían un dominio local de sus mercados, de pronto se vean compitiendo en su propio territorio con otras de clase mundial y las tendencias indican que la rivalidad seguirá intensificándose. Con la finalidad de mantenerse en el...