This article examines the management in Colombian industrial sectors using qualitative comparative analysis (QCA). This method conceptualizes cases as combinations of attributes and use Boolean algebra to derive simplified expressions of combinations that lead to a specific outcome. In this...

This paper develops an index to evaluate the level of effectiveness of the control of violence based on the data envelopment analysis approach. The index is used to examine the grade of effectiveness of the control of violence at the level of Colombian departments between 1993 and 2007....

Using data at the three-digit level of aggregation, the study compares energy efficiency across sectors of the food industry for the period 1998-2005. Energy efficiency is analysed using the energy intensity indicator as well as a decomposition analysis. To determine the factors that have...

This paper presents an analysis of energy efficiency performance in the automotive industry from evidence of Germany and Colombia in order to show important features in energy use between countries with the different income between 1998 and 2007. We found that the automotive industry improved...

Improved Energy-Efficiency (EE) helps not only in enhancing competitiveness through cost reduction but also in minimising environmental degradation. A good understanding of factors influencing EE, however, is essential for EE improvement. This chapter attempts to determine these factors in the...

This paper investigates the effects of investments on energy efficiency performance using data from Colombian manufacturing industries. These industries were analysed as a whole and as energy intensive sectors and non-energy intensive sectors between 1998 and 2005. Using a simple factor demand...

Este trabajo analiza la influencia del conflicto armado y algunas de las principales variables socio-económicas sobre la violencia en Colombia. Para este propósito el análisis con series de tiempo es utilizado, a partir de la construcción de series de datos tanto económicos como sociales se...

Este trabajo desarrolla un indicador para evaluar el nivel de efectividad del control de la violencia utilizando el método de análisis DEA. El índice evalúa el grado de efectividad del control de la violencia usando los departamentos de Colombia en el periodo 1993 - 2007. Comparando los...

Esta investigación tiene como objetivo analizar los determinantes de la violencia que inciden sobre el desarrollo económico de los municipios de la provincia de Sugamuxi para el período 2000-2010. La metodología utilizada se basó en la construcción de un modelo de datos panel dinámico,...

A partir de la reconstrucción de la experiencia de los actores vinculados a la cooperativa de lecheros, este trabajo, busca resaltar el aporte del cooperativismo al desarrollo rural mediante un ejercicio participativo, de reflexión y aprendizaje conjunto. Es una investigación cualitativa –...