Este artículo analiza las grandes transformaciones que está experimentando la economía mundial. Aborda los aspectos tecnológicos, demográficos, macroeconómicos, climáticos y de distribución de la renta, así como sus implicaciones sobre los nuevos equilibrios de poder en la economía...

Ireland and Spain are among the countries where most intense has been the bank-debt vicious circle. Banks were at the forefront of crisis, as a consequence of weak balances, and exposure to real estate. Public support for banks, as well as other expansionary programs, drove public finances to...

El presente informe describe la percepción que tienen las grandes empresas españolas del sector de infraestructuras de los riesgos y obstáculos regulatorios e institucionales a los que se enfrentaron sus proyectos en América Latina. Se basa en entrevistas personales realizadas a directivos...

El presente informe describe la percepción que tienen las grandes empresas españolas del sector de infraestructuras de los riesgos y obstáculos regulatorios e institucionales a los que se enfrentaron sus proyectos en América Latina. Se basa en entrevistas personales realizadas a directivos...

<DIV>In this book, Mauro F. Guillén explores differing historical patterns in the adoption of the three major models of organizational management: scientific management, human relations, and structural analysis. Moving beyond Reinhard Bendix's classic <I>Work and Authority</I>, <I>Models of Management</I> takes a...</i></i></div>

This paper conceptualizes how organized labor in newly industrialized countries both responds to and shapes the presence of foreign multinationals. Four images of multinationals—as “villains,†“necessary evils,†“arm's length collaborators,†and...

Lottery-linked deposit accounts have proved to be popular around the world. From the point of view of a bank, these products are especially successful among relatively low-income customers, or in markets in which many people are outside the banking system. Below, we describe numerous examples of...

Since 1995 two Spanish banks -- Banco Santander Central Hispano and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya -- have become the largest foreign banks in retail banking in Latin America. This recent development merits careful analysis because foreign direct investment is rare in retail banking. We find that the...