Se reseña en este documento de trabajo el proceso de rediseño de una planta manufacturera de ollas a presión y productos de menaje. El rediseño tuvo por objetivo transformar una planta de tipo taller a otra que asegura el flujo suave de sus productos a lo largo del proceso productivo. El nuevo layout, que ya está implementado y funcionando, forma parte de un proceso integral de modernización de Marmicoc Argentina S.A.
This document is the paper-format version of the keynote address delivered by its author on August 2, 2009, to the opening session of the Latin American section (AMILAT) of the 15th World Congress of Jewish Studies, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. It attempts to understand the long-term shift towards the worse of IsraeliLatin American relations, which started with an almost unqualified support for the establishment of the State of Israel on the side of both Latin American right-wing governments and left-wing parties and popular organizations, but have been deteriorating ever since.
La RSE ha alcanzado una difusión importante y hoy forma parte de la agenda de casi todas las corporaciones. Pero no queda claro si la misma puede ser equiparada con la ética en los negocios. Es decir, si sería válido afirmar que una empresa socialmente responsable es una empresa que tiene un comportamiento ético. O si tener un comportamiento ético equivale a ser socialmente responsable. El tema es analizado relacionándolo con la pirámide de la Responsabilidad Social Empresaria basada en los componentes o caras de la RSE. Se analiza el caso de un conjunto de empresas de la Argentina.
The agricultural sector of many countries shows increasing farm size with corresponding decrease in farm numbers. Despite abundant research, the determinants of changes in firm numbers and size have not been clearly identified. This paper attempts to explain small firm survival in Argentine agriculture in the 1988 – 2002 period. The evidence suggests that labor market considerations, as well changing optimal size in response to production specialization are important factors affecting small-firm disappearance.
This research paper sets forth that an alternative for managing the internal investment fund of any company, lies on separation portfolios. Firstly, the company’s internal investment portfolio is built up within the context of the incremental cash-flow model. Next, separation portfolios are introduced and consequential features for this paper are predicated upon them: firstly, they provide an easier framework for risk-management; secondly, their risk-return profile bring about a down-to-earth performance benchmark.
In Hume’s epistemology, induction leads to discovery in matters of fact. However, because of the poor data Hume analyzes the balance of trade with a thought experiment, doing what Mill makes explicit afterwards: reason from assumptions, to reach conclusions which are true in the abstract. Hume’s potential explanation, what Peirce later calls abduction, is backed by a case study, the price revolution of the 16th century, which supports half his abductive inference, when money supply is multiplied fivefold.
El presente trabajo analiza y describe un modo de realizar mediciones y monitorear el consumo eléctrico mediante la aplicación de la Transformada de Fourier de Tiempo Discreto (DTFT), implementada en un programa de computadora.
El objetivo del presente trabajo es presentar las relaciones entre imagen de marca corporativa (CBI), satisfacción y lealtad en el contexto de una Escuela de Negocios de la Argentina. Se proponen y validan tres hipótesis en este estudio: (1) la imagen de marca es un antecedente de la satisfacción del cliente, (2) la relación entre la imagen de marca y la lealtad es a través de la satisfacción y (3) la satisfacción del cliente es un antecedente significativo de la lealtad.
This research paper brings forward a non-standard convertible zero-coupon bond endowed with a set of distinctive features attached to it so as to strengthen the corporate governance of the issuer, namely that conversion actually takes place at maturity date only; that conversion is mandatory; it offers investors a pay-off function tailored to match the conversion; there is no call provision whatsoever; it is suitable for private or public placements; credit-risk rating is of the essence and, lastly, it requires from the company a track record statement on behalf of investors.