The current work tests, in the dress sector in the center of the country, a methodology based in the theory of uncertainty and the fuzzy subsets, in order to build laws of possibilities for the retreat of clients only with the subjective opinion given by experts. The contribution of the present...

A critical element in the evolution of a fundamental body of knowledge in marketing, as well as for improved marketing practice, is the development of measures of the variables with which marketers work. Colombian companies are using adapted tools from original English language found freely on...

The importance of the electricity sector in the growth of economies encourages the study of the variables that determine the implementation of new investment projects in the sector. The barriers in the availability of fuels result in increased uncertainty, becoming a key issue in making...

This work has as main objective to determine the effect country, type of institution (its ownership, public or private) and their resources on educational outcomes for students of Latin-American education system from PISA 2009. The results obtained by applying a multilevel analysis reveal that...

The purpose of this study is to show marketing practitioners how to use econometric models to assess the effect of marketing actions. We use a database that includes the four competitors of a personal care product in Colombia with limited information for a period of six years. The study...

We consider the division problems in which a resource must be distributed considering agents' references. We analize this problems in a multidimensional context, we consider that agents have multiple references. For division of the amount available in these situations, we design rules that take...

The excessive debt of the Spanish economy in the last few year raises the issue of efffciency in the management of public resources. Within this context, this research measures the technical effciency of regional public service broadcasters (PSBs) in Spain using data envelopment analysis (DEA)....

This paper purpose is to determine the variables that could influence the individual observable decision of listening to recorded music in Colombia. To do so, probit models are estimated using micro-data from the Encuesta de Consumo Cultural 2008 [Cultural Consumption Survey 2008 ]. Empirical...

The socioeconomic situation of European coalfields is highly heterogeneous. On the one hand, successful examples comprise regions that long ago embraced internationalization, innovation and/or restructuring strategies. In those regions where the aforementioned strategies were fruitful, the...

Given the closeness of Valdivia, Osorno, Puerto Montt and Entre Lagos to Puyehue National Park (PNP), this article reviews the economic impact of the increased visits. We also study the salary changes required in order to motivate work in the area, using commutation as proxy of the labour...