Abstract Developments in anthropometric history in the Iberian Peninsula have been remarkable in recent decades. In contrast, we barely know about the behavior of insular population groups and infants’ and adults’ growth during the nutritional transition in the Canary Islands. This paper analyzes the height, weight and body mass index of military recruits (conscripts) in…
Abstract Metaheuristic and exact methods are one of the most common tools to solve Mixed-Integer Optimization Problems (MIPs). Most of these problems are NP-hard problems, being intractable to obtain optimal solutions in a reasonable time when the size of the problem is huge. In this paper, a hybrid parallel optimization algorithm for matheuristics is studied….
Abstract In this paper we use data from OECD countries participating in PISA 2012 to assess the efficiency of schools in a cross-country framework. In the analysis, and in contrast to previous applications, we consider that schools might concentrate their efforts on improving the results in one dimension of the educational output to a greater…
Abstract Mixed Integer Linear Programs (MILPs) are usually NP-hard mathematical programming problems, which present difficulties to obtain optimal solutions in a reasonable time for large-scale models. Nowadays, metaheuristics are one of the potential tools for solving this type of problems in any context. In this paper, we focus our attention on MILPs in the specific…
Resumen El estudio busca responder cuáles son los determinantes de la desigualdad del ingreso en Chile, desde la perspectiva de sus regiones. El análisis empírico (1990-2016) demuestra que en Chile la relación entre el PIB per cápita y el Gini no tiene la tradicional forma de la U invertida de Kuznets, sino más bien, el…
Resumen El estudio retrata la dinámica de las desigualdades en Chile (1990-2016) desde la perspectiva de sus regiones. Se construye una amplia base de datos con distintas medidas de desigualdad del ingreso. Se devela gran heterogeneidad entre las regiones chilenas. Se observa que las regiones más desiguales, son igualmente aquellas con menor PIB per cápita…
Abstract Purpose: The main purpose of this study is to analyze how factors such as innovation, entrepreneurial spirit and motivation, as well as various economic and environmental factors, affect the creation of born-global (BG) companies. Design/methodology/approach: The research model was tested through logistic regression techniques to a sample obtained from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor data set for…
Abstract In this paper, we elaborate an open economy Phillips curve (OEPC) with micro-founded analysis, in which external competition significantly impacts the domestic inflation rate. This influence is transmitted through two channels: a) the gap between the current and potential growth of imports, and b) real exchange-rate misalignment. We estimate this OEPC by applying two…
Abstract This study analyzes the relationships between domestic and foreign output gaps, current-account imbalances, and real effective exchange-rate (REER) misalignments. We first set up a theoretical framework based on the elasticities and absorption approaches of the balance of payments to derive and clarify these relationships. Next, we perform panel VAR estimates in a sample of…
This paper examines how some key features of an entrepreneur lead early-stage firms (ESF) to become born globals (BG). Specifically, it focuses on human capital, the scope and novelty of the product and the opportunities of the business environment in the early stages of a firm. It contributes to the literature by focusing on some…
