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According to the Law, electricity rates should be set so that the assets on the electricity industry have a rate of return of 10%. However, during the last years. the Chilean firms in generation and transmission both individually and as a group have obtained rates of return substantially lower th...

This paper analyzes the Chilean policy for market competition, mainly through case studies. Consideration is given to both the antitrust laws and institutions, and the regulation and deregulation policies. Furthennore, it reviews the use of biddings for the concession of projects. as a way to pro...

El presente trabajo expone los resultados de una investigación que busca reflexionar sobre el Modelo Educativo Chileno, a partir de la década de 1990, en el ámbito de la Educación Cívica. Así, se intenta comprender los enfoques presentes en ella, y a su vez, determinar qué tipo de Ciudadanía y Cu...

The present work shows the results of a research which seeks to generate reflections on the Chilean educational model, from the 1990s, in the civic education area. As well, try to understand the approaches present in it, and in turn, to determine what type of citizenship and civic culture is the ...

A partir del estudio y las recomendaciones elaboradas por la Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económico (OCDE, 2011) sobre los sectores medios en la región latinoamericana, el presente artículo contrasta las propuestas que esta institución entrega en materia de educación y estrato...

Firms� intangible assets are becoming more and more relevant in the different areas within the financial discipline. Its management, its quantification and its valuation nowadays constitute one of the main challenges which economy and business try to face. Through this paper we will evaluate some...

The main objective of this work is to remark the relevance of ethics and the social responsibility of agri-business in a globalized World. Initially the concept of globalization is reviewed and its effects on the management of agri-business, and also is showed the relationship between ethics, soc...

Cooperation agreements in biotechnology allow us to observe the complexity surrounding alliances. The market globalization, the exorbitant costs of R&D and the rapid changes in technology, are arguably amongst the principal reasons that push companies to establish cooperation agreements. Biotechn...

Since 1999, Brazil has made use of an important instrument to support Science, Technology & Innovation (ST&I) which is the sector-specific funds policy that currently supports twelve sectors of the economy. Experiences that consider investment of federal research funds have been employed since th...

The present article has as objective to verify if the concept of competitive positioning is being used for the National Center of Research of Wheat (Embrapa Wheat) in the actions of transference of the generated technologies. To reach the objective considered in this study, the procedures used fo...