This study investigates the relationship between foreign direct investment, institutional quality, economic freedom, and entrepreneurship in emerging markets. The research compares the capacity and appetite for business creation among high-income, low-income and emerging countries. The results...

This study investigates the relationship between foreign direct investment, institutional quality, economic freedom, and entrepreneurship in emerging markets. The research compares the capacity and appetite for business creation among high-income, low-income and emerging countries. The results...

En este artículo se hace un análisissobre la validez de la TBR (TotalBussines Return) como medida derentabilidad de unidades de negocioque pertenecen a un portafolio corporativo.Se establecen cuáles sonsus debilidades y en qué casos esposible aceptarlas como medida derentabilidad asociada...

El gran empresariado de Monterrey (1848-2007) / Mario Cerutti -- Los administradores y el portafolio del Sindicato Antioqueño (1978-2000) / Diana Londoño Correa -- La formación de la Escuela de Minas de Medellín y el aporte de sus ingenieros como administradores en organizaciones...

Las reservas internacionales han sido empleadas como una fuente de protección contra la vulnerabilidad de la balanza de pagos, o alternativamente, para intentar mantener un tipo de cambio real competitivo y promover las exportaciones. En este trabajo se analiza la correlación existente entre...

This paper analyzes potential gender differences in competitive environments using a sample of over 100,000 professional tennis matches. Focusing on two phenomena of the labor and sports economics literature, we find robust evidence for (i) the hot-hand effect (an additional win in the most...

This paper is the first to decompose absolute global income inequality into its within-country ?class? and between-country ?location? components. The estimates show that until 1970 locational income differences were the main driver of absolute global inequality, whereas its recent growth can be...

In recent years, Bolivia has experienced a series of economic and political transformations that have directly affected the labor markets, particularly the salaried urban sector. Real wages have shown strong increases across the distribution, while also presenting a decrease in inequality. Using...

Antipoverty programmes have been successful in helping millions of people afford better livelihoods. While this is well known, little research has yet been conducted that examines the power of such programmes to influence outcomes in times of conflict, especially in countries where antipoverty...

Continuando con la línea de investigación de la política coyuntural de la empresa, se busca realizar un estudio del sector bancario colombiano. El punto de partida es que existen ciertos elementos del sector bancario que lo diferencian de los demás sectores de la economía: su dinámica...