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JCC Volume 1 - Issue 2 - 2008
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Assessing Theory and Practice in Competitive Strategy: Challenges and Future Directions
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 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 ... -
The Godfathers: Characteristics and Roles of Central Individuals in the Transformation of Techno-Regions
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2008)Many successful techno-regions have benefited from a single individual who sustained the regional vision, was the primary source of creative strategies, and is personally identified with the transformation and success of ... -
Regulation, Monitoring, and Ownership Influence the Quality of Service of Latin American Electric Distribution Utilities: A Doctoral Research Proposal
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2008)The decline in the quality of service of electric distribution utilities in Latin America is a topic requiring investigation because of its effect on the sustainability of privatization. The quality of service could be a ... -
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 ... -
TQM Practices in Manufacturing and Service Companies in Peru
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2008)The research study involved exploring how Peruvian companies use TQM practices and the differences in this use considering industrial sector and company size. Three hundred and sixty-three MBA students, middle managers of ... -
Net Foreign Assets and Imperfect Financial Integration: An Empirical Approach
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2008)Researchers have documented extensive empirical evidence on both risk sharing across countries and the uncovered interest rate parity (UIP) condition. This paper involves investigating the empirical implications of imperfectly ... -
On the Normality of Stock Return Distributions: Latin American Markets, 2000-2007
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2008)An increasing amount of empirical research conducted at different times and in different geographical settings challenges the traditional assumption of the normal distribution of stock returns evident in the main body of ... -
The Asymmetric Effects of Monetary Policy in General Equilibrium
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2008)The study involved extending a dynamic general equilibrium neoKeynesian model by considering preferences that exhibit intertemporal nonhomotheticity. Introducing this feature generates a state-dependent intertemporal ... -
Assessing Rural Community Empowerment: What it takes to Think Innovatively A Doctoral Research Proposal
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. CENTRUMPE, 2008)Rural communities’ capacity to absorb policy intervention towards sustained development could be improved if individuals thought innovatively as a result of increased empowerment and strengthened community organization ...