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- ItemPersistence of profitability in Latin America: Explaining the differences among countries, industries and firms(CONSEJO LATINOAMERICANO ESCUELAS ADM-CLADEA, 2010) Tarzijan, Jorge; Eylerts, IngridThis article determines the level of persistence of profits econometrically and the differences in such a level, for different Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Peru) and for the USA. Furthermore, the article also evaluates persistence coefficients for individual companies and industries in each country and explains these coefficients. These comparisons are interesting since the questions about the determinants of performance and its persistence have been central to strategic management for several years, and there are no convincing explanations or empirical work that evaluate the variables that explain the possible variations in profit persistence across countries. Among our conclusions, we found that, at the country level, external debt, openness to international trade, country risk and foreign investment have a significantly negative impact on persistence of profits.
- ItemThe effect of within-firm vertical pay disparity in occupational safety(2022) Ramirez, Cristian; Tarzijan, Jorge; Singer, Marcos
- ItemThe impact of complexity and managerial diseconomies on hierarchical governance(ELSEVIER, 2012) Brahm, Francisco; Tarzijan, JorgeBased on data from Chilean construction projects, we evaluate how the boundary choice of a focal activity is affected by the number of activities integrated elsewhere in a project and by the level of "between complexity" and "within complexity" of those activities. Our results show that managerial diseconomies of scale, which arise when contractors integrate more activities, and the different types of complexity, affect the relative advantages of hierarchical governance. In a novel result, we also show that interactions between the number of integrated activities and the types of complexity affect the relative merits of hierarchical governance to handle an activity, meaning that complexity and the extent of a project's integration are systematically intertwined in the explanation of boundary choices. Our findings indicate a need for research on interdependencies between different boundary choices and suggest that the evaluation of these interdependencies should consider the complexity of activities. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
- ItemWhen One Business Model Isn't Enough LAN Airlines flourishes by running three distinctly different operations at the same time(HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORPORATION, 2012) Casadesus Masanell, Ramon; Tarzijan, Jorge