Journal of CENTRUM Cathedra: Recent submissions
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Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Optimization of the Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return of a Wind Farm Project under Wake Effect
(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 ... -
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 ... -
Big Data Analytics Based on Logistical Models
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2015)Over the past years, a change of feedback data in terms of quantity, quality, and timeliness could be observed in production. The generation of high resolution production feedback data enables producing companies to apply ... -
A Model-Based Method for Assessing Potentials in Distribution Logistics
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2015)Distribution logistics is an essential factor of a company’s success by virtue of its great impact not only on logistical performance, but also on logistics costs. For this reason, it deserves special attention. This paper ... -
Efficient Evaluation of Production Measures Based on Logistical Models
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2015)In the course of globalization, producing companies are confronted with new challenges to optimize their logistics performance based on logistical measures. In order to be able to create a quantifiable basis for the selection ... -
Perceived Procedural Organizational Justice Matters for the Success of Quality Policies
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2015)The purpose of the study was to investigate the role of perceptions of organizational justice in the relationship between changes to improve service quality and the level of job satisfaction of health care workers. The ... -
Organizational Identity: What is the Conversation Currently Dealing with? Paradigms, Perspectives, and Discussions
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2015)This paper presents the results of a data research on the issue of organizational identity, the aim of which was to explore the current state of the discussion on organizational identity based on the analysis of papers ... -
An Exploration of the Relationship between High Performance Work Systems and Job Satisfaction
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 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 ... -
Model-Based Reorganization of Factory Structures
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2015)Producing companies are facing a turbulent environment and, therefore, the reorganization of a factory becomes a continuous task. In this paper, the first part of a model-based support for the planning of a factory's ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Currency Choices in Valuation: An Approach for Emerging Markets
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2014)One of the common issues in Valuation in emerging markets is the choice of the currency for the Valuation and how it affects the inputs. Very often, multinational companies, when valuing an investment or an acquisition in ... -
Competitiveness Among Higher Education Institutions: A Two-Stage Cobb-Douglas Model for Efficiency Measurement of Schools of Business
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2014)In this paper, we present a methodology for evaluating competing organizations in order to identify best practices among those organizations. We focus attention specifically on competitiveness in the context of a set of ... -
Positions on Regulations Affecting Auditing and Nonauditing Activities
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2014)The change in regulations that occurred in Spain in the domain of auditing has led to the analysis of regulations according to the positions adopted by different groups involved in the auditing market. The purpose of this ... -
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 ... -
EU Competition Policy since 1990: How Substantial is the Degree of Convergence towards the U.S. Competition Policy?
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2013)In spite of the evidence of strong influence on the incorporation of policy provisions from the U.S. antitrust into the recent competition policy reforms in the European Union (EU), few considerable attempts have been made ... -
Regional Competitiveness: Theories and Methodologies for Empirical Analysis
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2013)A significant forum of scholarly and practitioner-based research has developed in recent years that has sought both to theorize upon and empirically measure the competitiveness of regions. However, the disparate and ... -
The Centrality of Urban Economies to the Study of Competitiveness
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2013)Urban competitiveness has become a primary focal point for the study of public policy during the past quarter century. As cities have become more exposed to challenges posed to their economic activity by other cities, ... -
Subnational Competitiveness and National Performance: Analysis and Simulation for Indonesia
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2013)The stable growth of Indonesia’s economy over the past eight years has provided momentum for investment in the country. One of the approaches taken by the central government is to allow healthy competition between its ... -
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 ...
