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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 ...
La pervivencia de las estructuras de poder del pasado y los retos para el perfeccionamiento del Estado de derecho en América Latina a comienzos del siglo XXI
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2006)
The essay explains why and how Latin American societies, during the period of1930 to 1980, accepted the different variants of populist regimes; why these political systems perpetuated for such a long time; what mechanisms ...
Revisión del método de valoración contingente: experiencias de la aplicación en áreas protegidas de América Latina y el Caribe
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2013)
Los bienes y servicios ambientales no pueden ser valorados económicamente a través de mercados definidos, por lo que ha sido necesario la implementación de metodologías como la valoración contingente para dicho fin. Este ...
¿Democracia contra partidos? Desinstitucionalización del sistema de partidos en Colombia
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2013)
This article argues that in Colombia, decentralization and electoral reforms adopted in the late 1980s and in the 1991 Constitution – designed to improve democratic quality – brought about a gradual deinstitutionalization ...
Mujeres latinoamericanas inmigrantes en España: experiencias de racismo y asimilación
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2022-11-24)
From the fields of gender studies and anthropology, this interdisciplinary study analyzes the racist experiences lived by immigrant Latin American women in Spain, which influence the adherence of the subjects to cultural ...
The Lending Interest Rates in the Microfinance Sector: Searching for its Determinants
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUM, 2013)
Using data from 1299 microfinance institutions (MFIs) in 84 countries and following different approaches, it was found the lending interest rate is determined by the funding cost, the loan size, and the efficiency level ...
Impacto de las cláusulas ambientales de los acuerdos comerciales regionales sobre los niveles de contaminación
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Instituto de Ciencias de la Naturaleza, Territorio y Energías Renovables (INTE-PUCP), 2021-11-08)
El cambio climático, y el impacto del modelo económico en el medio ambiente, obliga a los países de la región a establecer diferentes herramientas y mecanismos para enfrentar sus efectos negativos. Los acuerdos regionales ...
Transportation Costs and the Social Savings of Railroads in Latin America. The Case of Peru
(CENTRUM Publishing, 2012)
This article estimates the social savings of the railroads in Peru in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The construction of railroads made it possible for Peruvians to substitute the traditional system of mules and ...
¿Qué esperan los latinoamericanos de la democracia?. Un modelo de análisis de varianza (ANOVA)
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2021-11-16)
The objective of this research is to analyze the impact of material variables on the satisfaction of democracy in Latin America. The hypothesis that guides this research is that material variables such as security, poverty ...
¿Nueva era de proteccionismo?: El papel de los Acuerdos de Libre Comercio en América Latina
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2017)
After the accession of Donald Trump as president of the United States, the recent protectionist trade environment is guarantee that the American trade policy could affect Latin American countries, due to the importance of ...