El objetivo de este trabajo teórico es explicar los procesos estratégicos desde la óptica de la epistemología constructivista, analizando así el sistema, su entorno y sus vínculos. El lenguaje es el coordinador conductual básico, mientras que la estrategia es el coordinador conductual de...

Desde los años noventa, a raíz de los aportes de Porter (1991), el tema de los clusters se ha constituido en un objeto de análisis y en un mecanismo de política pública para mejorar la competitividad y el desarrollo económico de los territorios. Lo anterior supondría una mayor...

There exists considerable evidence from educational measurement theorists that constructed-response questions add little new information about student achievement beyond that provided by multiple- choice questions. The purpose of this paper is to view this issue through the eyes of an economist,...

Para mantener una economía productiva, competitiva y sostenible es necesario el aumento del nivel de competencia de los trabajadores y la adaptación a los cambios sociales y laborales en que nos encontramos inmersos. Es indudable que el uso de las nuevas tecnologías (TIC) es el factor que...

Are efficiency improvements in the use of natural resources the key for sustainable development, are they the solution to environmental problems, or will second round effects - so-called rebound effects - compensate or even overcompensate potential savings, will they fire back? The answer to...

We investigate whether risk, time, environmental, and social preferences affect single family homeowners' investments in energy efficient renovations and energy quality of their house using established experimental measures and questionnaires. We find that homeowners who report to be more risk...

Global emissions beyond 44 gigatonnes of carbondioxide equivalent (GtCO2e) in 2020 can potentially lead the world to an irreversible climate change. Employing a novel dynamical system modeling approach, we predict that in a business-asusual scenario, it will reach 61 GtCO2e by 2020. Testing...

In this paper, we explore the economic impact of promotion and realization of an electric vehicle society (EVS) in Toyohashi City in Japan. More concretely, this paper emphasizes a computable general equilibrium (CGE) modeling approach to evaluate the following issues: economic impacts of...