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The Impact of Diversity in the Perception of Performance: A Case Study in Lima and Barcelona
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2008)An exploratory and comparative study was developed in both Peru and in Spain with the intention of measuring the impact diversity has in the perception of performance. The variables used were tenure, gender, age, and ... -
The Impact of External Shocks and Preferential Trade Arrangements on the Agricultural Gross Domestic Product of Peru, 1950-2007
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2010)This paper examines the impact of external shocks and six preferential trade arrangements faced by the Peruvian economy during the period 1950-2007. The focus was the agricultural gross domestic product (GDP), its external ... -
The Impact of Trade Barriers on Exports: The Case of Peru, 1992-2002
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2008)This paper proposes a straightforward methodology to assess and estimate the impact of trade barriers on exports from the Peruvian economy. The results of the application of this methodology indicate that most favored ... -
The Impossible Trinity and Financial Markets – An Examination of Inflation Volatility Spillovers
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2015)According to studies on the impossible trinity, under conditions of high financial integration, the domestic interest rate is closely linked to the foreign one if the possibility of maneuvering interest rates is absent in ... -
Influence of Ethics and Integrity in Peruvian Managers’ Leadership Styles: A Doctoral Research Proposal
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2008)Scientific interest in the leadership process has increasingly paid attention to the issues of ethics and integrity. Communities served by leaders are demanding a more ethical and inclusive leadership style. The purpose ... -
The Influence of Personality Domains and Working Experience in Peruvian Managers’ Leadership Styles: An Initial Study
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2008)The purpose of this quantitative investigation is to examine the relationships that may exist among the five personality domains, working experience, and the three leadership styles in a sample of 500 managerial Master of ... -
Informal Networks and Start-Up Entrepreneurs in Spain: Networking Other Entrepreneurs and Angel Investors
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2014)This paper contributes by containing an examination of the impact of informal networks, such as personally knowing other entrepreneurs and having access to business angel investors, have upon start-up entrepreneurs in ... -
Interest Rate Adjustment Mechanisms as a Response to External Shocks: Evidence from Argentina's Convertibility Plan (1991-2002)
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2010)From 1991 to 2002, Argentina engaged in an economic stabilization strategy, the “Convertibility Plan,” that fixed the national currency to the U.S. dollar. This article analyzes how the counter-cyclical role of domestic ... -
Internationalization of Firms’ Activities and Company Union Wage Strategies
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2014)Using a two-country duopoly model with homogeneous goods, firms’ decisions with respect to international activities (trade vs. foreign direct investment - FDI) in the presence of company-wide unions are analyzed. If firms ... -
Is Efficiency the Equivalent to a High Rate of Return for Private Pension Funds? Evidence from Latin American Countries
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2008)During the last few years, there has been a large increase in the rate of return for most Latin American private pension fund institutions (AFPs). This favorable performance of funds comes with an economic boom in the ... -
Labor Productivity in Peru: 1997-2007
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2012)The purpose of this paper was to decompose the changes in labor productivity of the Peruvian economy into the between- and within-sector effects using 39 sectors in terms of production structure for the period 1997-2007. ... -
The Lending Interest Rates in the Microfinance Sector: Searching for its Determinants
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 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 ... -
Leveraging Champions to Build a Knowledge Management System for the Research and Development and Marketing Interface
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2009)The 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 ... -
Longitudinal and Comparative Perspectives on the Competitiveness of Countries: Learning from Technology and the Telecom Sector
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2013)Country competitiveness is gaining importance across the world in the face of complex economic challenges. There is a need to revisit factors of competitiveness and evolve better evaluation methods. The linkage between ... -
Management in Emerging versus Developed Countries: A Comparative Study from an Indian Perspective
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2011)With the opening up of the Indian economy, many Indian multinational companies have started operating abroad in more developed countries. This raises questions about which culture they follow in subsidiaries in developed ... -
Managerial Capabilities in Peruvian Family Companies: An Exploratory Study
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2009)In this research study, an attempt will be made to identify the managerial capabilities which determine performance of family firms in the context of the wheat milling industry in Peru. Researchers have suggested that the ... -
Marketing Capabilities Development in Small and Medium Enterprises: Implications for Performance
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 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 ... -
Marketing Information Systems and Strategy Levels: An Empirical Study
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2008)This research study develops a model that integrates marketing information systems and strategy levels and examines the application of these systems at each strategy level. To attain the first objective, the roles that the ... -
Measuring Competitiveness at the Subnational Level: The Case of 37 Nigerian States
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2013)The purpose of this paper is to present a new approach to estimate competitiveness at the subnational level and identify the most important policy reforms likely to foster competitiveness in a locality. The model builds ... -
Minimum Wage and Job Mobility in Peru
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2014)We study the effects of the minimum wage over employment and income in Peru by considering a monthly database that captures seven minimum wage changes registered between 2002 and 2011. We estimate that about 1 million ...