Fundada en Cartagena en 1861, la firma Rafael del Castillo & Cia. es una de las sociedades familiares más antiguas de Colombia. Ha estado bajo la administración de cuatro generaciones de sucesores, desde su fundación hasta el presente, cuando atraviesa un proceso de expansión y...

Este artigo pretende oferecer uma síntese do quadro político e institucional do setor energético brasileiro, com ênfase especial ao papel exercido pelas fontes de energia alternativas. Ele está dividido em quatro partes. A primeira apresenta um panorama das energias renováveis no Brasil,...

O declínio organizacional é um tema importante e pouco estudado. No limite o declínio leva à falência das empresas. Seu estudo é importante para a melhor compreensão por parte dos executivos dos fatores que podem colocar suas organizações em risco. O estudo do declínio, entretanto, é...

El objetivo es dilucidar ciertas posturas ideológicas en el discurso administrativo del emprendimiento que se manifiestan en las Instituciones de Educación Superior de Medellín.Se trata de examinar, mediante un enfoque cualitativo y una metodología de Análisis Crítico del Discurso, la...

El efecto mariposa está referido a cómo pequeñas variaciones en las condiciones iniciales de un estudio inciden considerablemente en los resultados esperados. Tesis sostenida en las evidencias empíricas de Lorenz (1917-2008), en ambientes caóticos, siendo análogos a los procesos dinámicos...

This study explores the relationship between organizational legitimacy and illegitimacy. It combines media content analysis and quantitative approaches to empirically investigate this link in the specific context of investment banks in the United States. Illegitimacy can paradoxically signal...

A key innovation is the entrepreneur, as this is the person making innovations to develop new products and / or services. The entrepreneur is considered the engine of technological change according to Schumpeter (1934). However, the study of the impact of the activities of such agents is...

How can a doula, be the originator of such a creative business that combines a nonprofit organization with three profitable micro businesses and in addition, be a socially responsible organization? Mujeres Ayudando a Madres (women helping mothers) is a Puerto Rican nonprofit organization whose...

The origin of organizational capabilities remains elusive to strategy managers and scholars. Because of this elusiveness, a scholar has questioned: where [do] capabilities come from [and] what kinds of investment in money, time, and managerial efforts is required in building them [Ethiraj, et...

Increasing global competition is a driving force pushing toward a networked way of doing business, as companies are forced to search for efficiency through co-operation with other companies. The underlying question is how well the companies combine and co-ordinate their value activities with...