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Improving thermal performance of traditional cabins in the high-altitude peruvian andean region
(Network for Comfort and Energy Use in Buildings, 2017)
Communities in the high-altitude region of the Peruvian Southern Andean Mountains are located over 4200 meters above sea level. Communities organize in isolated cabins dispersed in an extensive area surrounding the community ...
Non-technological innovations: market performance of exporting firms in South American emerging economies
(CENTRUM Publishing, 2015)
Innovation plays a key role in the economic growth of companies, sectors and countries. Even though there is great interest in researching innovation, there is little evidence on the influence of innovation on the performance ...
Measuring the Performance of a Dehydration Plant of Apples
(CENTRUM Publishing, 2015)
Given the importance of the Chilean dried-fruit market and the characteristics of the industrial process of dehydration, it becomes imperative for companies to measure the efficiency of their production processes in order ...
Assessing Theory and Practice in Competitive Strategy: Challenges and Future Directions
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUM, 2008)
Competitive strategy scholars seek to answer three important questions: (a) what constitutes an effective strategy and how is it crafted, (b) how are strategies implemented in an organization, and (c) how can a strategy’s ...
Marketing Capabilities Development in Small and Medium Enterprises: Implications for Performance
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUM, 2012)
The purpose of the research is to analyze the organizational antecedents of marketing capabilities and their impact on business performance using a sample of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). More specifically, the ...
Perú: un acercamiento al desempeño electoral en reeleciones subnacionales. Estudio cuantitativo de las elecciones provinciales de 2010
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2016)
El presente trabajo se enfoca en discutir qué factores influyen en los resultados electorales que obtienen los alcaldes y/u organizaciones que se presentan a una reelección en el Perú —es decir, su desempeño electoral—, ...
What Drives International Performance? Insights from Computer-Related Service Firms
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUM, 2012)
The aim of this paper is to understand the drivers of international performance for service firms. Qualitative interviews and a literature review are used to build the model which is tested empirically on computer-related ...
An Exploration of the Relationship between High Performance Work Systems and Job Satisfaction
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUM, 2015)
This paper contains an exploration of the relationship between high performance work systems (HPWSs) and employee wellbeing for workers from European countries. Specifically, the focus is on an examination of the level of ...
A Non-radial DEA index for Peruvian regional competitiveness
(CENTRUM Publishing, 2016)
In this paper, we propose a method to measure competitiveness performance at the subnational level, with an application to Peruvian regions. For this, we propose a benefit-of-the-doubt composite index that summarizes the ...
Accountability and Performance Measurement: A Stakeholder Perspective
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUM, 2012)
Accountability and management accounting have strong links, especially around performance reporting. Many approaches, such as the balanced scorecard and Ramanathan’s (1985) accountability framework, stem from management ...