Journal of CENTRUM Cathedra. Vol. 02, Issue 02
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Ítem Acceso Abierto Zen and Management Education(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUM, 2009) Phillips, Fred Y.Leadership and entrepreneurship professors routinely mention egolessness as a management virtue. Information technology companies use Zen imagery to tout the tranquility their solutions will engender. Lucent adopted the enso as its corporate logo. The vocabulary of Zen now pervades the Western business world. Is it a fad, or can Zen principles truly enhance management and management education? Which precepts of Zen are likely to lead to better management practice and which are not? Can mushin, the Zen aversion to over-intellectualization, be reconciled with the university’s orientation to critical thinking? This paper calls on authoritative sources to answer these questions, and provides practical advice for inserting Zen concepts and exercises into MBA curricula.Ítem Acceso Abierto Leveraging Champions to Build a Knowledge Management System for the Research and Development and Marketing Interface(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUM, 2009) Caraballo, ErvinThe research and development (R&D)-marketing interface is one of the most critical elements in the development of commercially successful products. When these two departments can effectively link their processes and information sharing, companies can improve their product development efforts. Champions contribute to the success of this relationship by facilitating the information flow in five critical success factors (CSFs): customer requirements, customer feedback, competition, product development, and goal setting. Management can help the efforts of champions by establishing a knowledge management system (KMS) based on the CSFs. Integrating principles and methodologies from customer relationship management (CRM), an organization can develop a framework to establish a KMS for the R&D-marketing interface.Ítem Acceso Abierto Unionized Oligopoly and Outsourcing(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUM, 2009) Melkumian, Arsen V.The interaction between labor unions and international competition has received a lot of attention. In the first decade of the 21st century, increasing number of companies in unionized oligopolistic industries has shifted production abroad. However, the issue of outsourcing in the context of a unionized duopoly has received little attention. In this paper, I model the option to outsource in the context of unionized labor markets in exporting industries. I show that if the inverse demand function is convex, then an increase in the foreign wage increases the utility of a wage neutral union. I find that if the domestic firm can credibly threaten to shift production abroad, then an increase in the outsourcing country’s wage may increase domestic profits if the union is labor-oriented.Ítem Acceso Abierto An Assessment of the Potential Capability of Banks in the United Kingdom Banks to Exploit Sociodemographic Change(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUM, 2009) Chaston, IanThe purpose of the paper is to examine whether UK banks recognize that population ageing and the increasing wealth the over-50 age group, relative to younger people in the 18-49 year age group, mean the older consumer offers an increasingly important target market to sustain business performance. A mail survey was undertaken of UK bank employees. The survey tool utilized previously validated scales to assess entrepreneurial orientation, strategic flexibility, and organizational competence. Results suggest that, when compared to an earlier study of other financial service providers, branchlevel employees perceive that their banks lack entrepreneurial orientation and strategic flexibility. The implication is the ability of these banks to exploit the opportunity to generate incremental revenue from focusing upon the marketing of services to people over 50 may be somewhat restricted. The survey does indicate, however, that UK banks have the necessary internal capabilities in areas such as human resource management (HRM), service quality, and information management to effectively service the needs of older consumers. Future research is required concerning the motivations of the management within UK banks who have apparently yet to recognize the opportunities available by focusing greater emphasis on the provision of services to older people.Ítem Acceso Abierto Economic Development and Its Effect on Income Distribution: Evidence from Australia(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUM, 2009) Haque, MohammedThis study involved investigating the progress of economic development and its effects on income distribution in Australia between 1970 and 2000. Results indicate that Australia exhibited good economic development with increased income inequality. The basis of the estimation of the rate of change and elasticity of income inequality was a new functional form (the double semi-log), using Household Expenditure Survey data. Results illustrate that during high economic growth, income inequality increases. Thus, economic development has a significant positive effect on income distribution even in a developed country such as Australia. This research revisits Kuznets’ hypothesis and shows that the inequality of income can increase at any stage of development, not only in the early stages, which Kuznets originally observed.Ítem Acceso Abierto Multipliers of the Peruvian Economy 2002(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUM, 2009) Torres-Zorrilla, JorgeThis article illustrates an application of the input-output model to estimate the multiplier effects of investments and exports of the Peruvian economy. One conclusion is that multipliers of services are greater than multipliers of industries while primary products exhibit intermediate multipliers. Another conclusion is that exports reflect a much higher multiplier effect than do investments. Employment and wage multipliers appear greater for service sectors than for modern exporting sectors, such as mining and metallurgy, and for modern urban sectors, such as electricity, insurance, construction, and beverages.Ítem Acceso Abierto Foreign Direct Investment Patterns in Transition Economies: An Evolutionary Game - Theoretic Perspective of the 1990s(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUM, 2009) Wooster, Rossitza B.The strategic interdependence between market reforms and foreign direct investment (FDI) in transition economies in the 1990s is presented in an evolutionary game-theoretic framework. The static game has two equilibria: in one, FDI contributes to economic restructuring through acquisitions in host countries with rapid market reforms; in the other, slow reform motivates firms to minimize exposure to operational uncertainties through new plant investments. Here FDI plays only a mediating role in economic reform. In a dynamic setting, these equilibria serve to establish conventions about how to invest in countries at different stages of transition. Empirical evidence drawn from U.S. FDI in transition economies further illustrates the model’s equilibria.