Understanding the relationship between Mycobacterium bovis spoligotypes from cattle in Latin American Countries

2013 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.J. Zumárraga ◽  
C. Arriaga ◽  
S. Barandiaran ◽  
L. Cobos-Marín ◽  
J. de Waard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mycobacterium Bovis ◽  
Latin American ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Latin American Countries

Job flexibility and job satisfaction among Mexican professionals: a socio-cultural explanation

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 921-942 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel A. Baeza ◽  
Jorge A. Gonzalez ◽  
Yong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Women Employees ◽  
Mexican Society ◽  
Job Flexibility ◽  
Cultural Explanation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Latin American Countries

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study how job flexibility influences job satisfaction among Mexican professionals, and focus on the role of key socio-cultural moderators relevant to Mexican society. Design/methodology/approach The paper explore how this relationship may be more important for women, employees with dependents such as children and elder parents and younger generations of professionals (e.g. Millennials). Findings The authors find that job flexibility is positively related to job satisfaction. This relationship is stronger for employees without dependents, as well as for younger generations of professionals (e.g. Millennials). Surprisingly, the relationship between job flexibility and job satisfaction does not differ by gender. The findings explain why job flexibility is more conductive to job satisfaction for employees without dependents, who tend to belong to younger generations. Originality/value Overall, the findings present important implications for managing job flexibility in Mexico and other Latin American countries, particularly for younger professionals.

Innovation and Agronomy

2016 ◽  
pp. 392-418
Author(s):  
Ariel R. Soto Caro
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Agricultural Industry ◽  
Representative Case ◽  
World Power ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Latin American Countries

This chapter presents an empirical discussion about the relationship of agricultural industry and innovation in emerging economies. Then, a general revision of the innovation, agronomy and public policies associated will be reviewed. This chapter is immersed in the Chilean case. The author justifies that Chile can be a representative case because it is a country that wishes to become a world power in agro-food, but has very low investment in innovation. Besides, it has very low participation of agricultural innovative firms in the market. After the background is presented, innovation and development will be reviewed; subsequently, innovation in developing countries will be discussed, concluding with agro-innovation in Latin-American countries, especially in Chile.

Human Mycobacterium bovis infection in ten Latin American countries

Tuberculosis ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 88 (4) ◽  
pp. 358-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel N. de Kantor ◽  
Marta Ambroggi ◽  
Susana Poggi ◽  
Nora Morcillo ◽  
Maria A. Da Silva Telles ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mycobacterium Bovis ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Latin American Countries

scholarly journals Is there such thing as middle class values? Class differences, values and political orientations in Latin America

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis F. Lopez-Calva ◽  
Jamele Rigolini ◽  
Florencia Torche
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Continuous Measure ◽  
Individual Values ◽  
Class Differences ◽  
Political Orientations ◽  
Similar Association ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Latin American Countries

AbstractMiddle class values have long been perceived as drivers of social cohesion and growth. In this paper we investigate the relationship between class (measured by the position in the income distribution), values, and political orientations using comparable values surveys for six Latin American countries. We find that both a continuous measure of income and categorical measures of income-based class are robustly associated with values. Both income and class tend to display a similar association to values and political orientations as education, although differences persist in some important dimensions. Overall, we do not find strong evidence of any “middle class particularism”: values appear to gradually shift with income, and middle class values lay between the ones of poorer and richer classes. If any, the only peculiarity of middle class values is moderation. We also find changes in values across countries to be of much larger magnitude than the ones dictated by income, education, and individual characteristics, suggesting that individual values vary primarily within bounds dictated by each society.

scholarly journals Children’s preferences for gender-typed objects and colours: a commentary from gender research in Spain

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Raúl Navarro
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
International Research ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Gender Development ◽  
New Directions ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Latin American Countries

The main aim of this review was to examine international research on children’s preferences regarding gender-typed objects and colours. Firstly, we provide the theoretical background on gender development to elucidate the ways in which individuals can learn gender stereotypes and develop gender-related preferences. Secondly, we review international research on gender-related preferences. Thirdly, we analyse empirical studies on gender stereotypes in children conducted in Spain and Latin American countries, and show that although gender is a priority research area in these countries, studies on gender development in childhood are lacking. Thus, our aim was to identify a set of issues that provide insights into the development of gender-typed preferences, and that also suggest new directions for researchers in Spanish-speaking countries who are interested in clarifying the relationship between gender and children’s preferences for objects and colours.

scholarly journals Intangible assets and business performance in Latin America

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernanda Cristina Lopes ◽  
Luciana Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Intangible Assets ◽  
Business World ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Intangible Resources ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Latin American Countries

Purpose The intangible assets of a company have been presented by national and international surveys as a resource to influence the creation of value and the increase in organizational performance. In view of this, this study aims to analyze the relationship between intangibility and the performance of companies in Latin America. Design/methodology/approach For this purpose, multiple regression with panel data was used and three perspectives for measuring intangible resources were defined: representativeness of the intangible asset, accounting measure for measuring the intangible, degree of intangibility and Tobin’ Q, the latter two representing economic and financial measures to determine intangibility. The study covered the period from 2011 to 2017 with a sample of 1,236 publicly traded companies located in some Latin American countries, namely, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. Findings The results demonstrated the existence of a significant and positive relationship between the variables of intangibility, degree of intangibility and Tobin’s Q, and the performance variables, return on assets, operating margin and asset turnover, reinforcing the study hypothesis that the greater the investment in intangible resource, the greater the company’s performance. Research limitations/implications The limitations of this study involve the lack of complete information about intangible resources in the financial statements of some companies and some countries, making it hard to analyze the proposed relationship more broadly and accurately. Another limitation involves the causal relationship that may have existed between the regressors of the models defined in the study and their error, thus generating an endogeneity problem in the proposed models. It is recommended for future research to use specific methods to mitigate possible problems of endogeneity in regressions. Practical implications Mainly the possibility of deepening the relationship between intangibility and business performance, thus obtaining new knowledge through the reflexes of this relationship on companies in Latin American countries, finding more consistent results. Social implications The study contributes to the decision-making process in the business world by informing the primary users of accounting information such as investors, administrators, accountants, regulators and creditors. Originality/value This research contributes by addressing a theme whose studies present many gaps, making it possible to deepen the relationship between intangibility and business performance and gain new knowledge through the reflexes of this relationship on companies in Latin American countries.

Corporate governance and firm performance in Latin America: a meta-analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 195-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flávia Schwartz Maranho ◽  
Ricardo Leal
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Boards Of Directors ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Shareholder Wealth ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Latin American Countries

Purpose The relationship between the role played by corporate governance (CG) mechanisms and shareholder wealth is an important and mature topic in some countries and regions. However, despite the considerable number of studies, the results are still inconclusive. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the debate around the theme in Latin America through a meta-analysis. Design/methodology/approach The study used meta-analytic procedures to review 42 articles produced by researchers from Latin American countries, whose samples were composed of Latin American firms. Findings The results suggest that CG best practices are associated with better Latin American firm performance. The evidence also suggests that results are moderated by the characteristics of boards of directors, the ownership, and control structure and various simultaneous CG mechanisms, through broad indices and special CG trading segments. Originality/Value The relationship between GC and firm performance possesses certain peculiarities in the case of Latin American countries and the literature on the region is certainly not as abundant and mature. As most of the articles reviewed were written in Portuguese and Spanish and published in local journals, the consolidation produced should also be useful for researchers throughout the world by enabling them to access their ideas.

The East European debt crisis in the Latin American mirror

1986 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 567-575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Fishlow
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Debt Crisis ◽  
Policy Instrument ◽  
Capital Inflows ◽  
State Structure ◽  
East European ◽  
European Debt Crisis ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Latin American Countries

In these brief remarks addressed to the Latin American response to changing international conditions in the 1970s and 1980s, I shall focus on three issues: the relationship between the choice of debt as a policy instrument and state “structure,” at least as loosely denned; the special problems posed by the debt option that most Latin American countries pursue; and the characteristics of enforced domestic adjustment to the absence of capital inflows beginning in 1982.

scholarly journals Do Labor Market Regulations Affect the Link between Innovation and Employment? Evidence from Latin America

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Baensch ◽  
Maria Laura Lanzalot ◽  
Giulia Lotti ◽  
Rodolfo Stucchi
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Employment Growth ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Process Innovations ◽  
Severance Payments ◽  
Labor Market Regulations ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Latin American Countries

Abstract This paper sheds light on how labor market regulations affect the relationship between different types of innovation and employment in Latin America. We estimate the effect of process and product innovation on employment growth using Enterprise Surveys for 14 Latin American countries. We calculate the model for the whole sample and then classify countries according to the rigidness of their labor market regulations. We find that: (i) product innovations have a positive impact on employment growth; (ii) process innovations do not affect employment growth; and (iii) more rigid labor market regulations (minimum wages and severance payments) reduce the effects of innovation.

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