En este trabajo se analizan los determinantes de episodios de tensiones exteriores a través de un análisis probit enfocado en el impacto de los pasivos frente al resto del mundo, con la finalidad de construir un indicador de alerta temprana para un conjunto de economías seleccionadas de la...

Después de la crisis reciente, se ha observado una reducción en los desequilibrios globales de los saldos por cuenta corriente («desequilibrios en términos de flujo»). Sin embargo, los desequilibrios globales medidos en términos de los activos externos netos de los países...

Trade between Latin America and China has grown at an annual average rate of 25 percent since 2000, driven primarily by strong complementarity between the two economies. While commodities-for-manufacturing trade continues to be the dominant feature of the economic relationship, a number of LAC...

This paper focuses on the study of the offshoring and international investment. Markets and variables are taken into account in order to drive offshoring decisions are studied too. It is taken as a practical example the development of Inditex and Hennes and Mauritz. And their variables kept in...

This paper is made up of two sections. First one which analyzed some of the variables that are part of decision-making process in offshoring: direct foreign investment, exchange rate, production cost and exports. Costs associated to offshoring operations are analyzed on the second section. On...

Inditex, S. A. is a leading textile holding. It has seven brand names, although the best known is Zara, its flagship. The key to its success lies in a swift response from production to market needs. The marketing strategy is locating its new brand names stores in major shopping streets....

Different strategies adopted by corporation’s management condition its market success. If a strategy were good enough, the rest of the corporations that operate on its activity segment which have similar characteristics would try to copy it. Inditex is leading the textile sector, meanwhile...

The International Investment Position records the value of foreign assets and liabilities of an economy in a given date. Its evolution is determined by the financial transactions of the Balance of Payments, which affects the volume of assets and liabilities, by differences in the valuation of...