Looks at the first 100 years of Italian cinema examining its role in Italy’s recent history. Provides a bibliography of major film directors, Italian cinema sources, reference…
Abstract
Looks at the first 100 years of Italian cinema examining its role in Italy’s recent history. Provides a bibliography of major film directors, Italian cinema sources, reference works, histories, themes, theory and criticism and articles in journals.
Details
Keywords
Abstract
Details
Keywords
Abstract
Details
Keywords
Alfonso Mendoza-Velazquez, José Antonio Santillana, Viviana Elizabeth Zárate-Mirón and Martha Cabanas
The purpose of this study is to investigate labor congestion in the automotive industry in Mexico.
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to investigate labor congestion in the automotive industry in Mexico.
Design/methodology/approach
By using the cluster and subcluster definitions by Delgado et al. (2016) and relying on an efficiency and production function perspective, this study estimates a standard production function and measures marginal returns of labor at the regional cluster and subclusters levels. To assess whether wages affect the finding of congestion and productivity, the model also measures the individual impact of wages on both total productivity and marginal returns of labor.
Findings
Among other results, this paper finds evidence of labor congestion in the automotive cluster in Mexico. This congestion deepens with wages and it is specific to some regions and some subclusters.
Research limitations/implications
The methods used are based on panel data techniques but are fundamentally cross-section in nature. The time period available may condition these findings.
Originality/value
To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study reporting congestion in the automotive cluster in Mexico.
Details
Keywords
Sandra Jennina Sanchez Perdomo and Mario Andres Manzi Puertas
Entrepreneurship and family business.
Abstract
Subject area
Entrepreneurship and family business.
Study level/applicability
The case is suitable for BA and MBA levels and for courses focusing on family businesses, entrepreneurship, or small and medium-sized enterprises.
Case overview
The Gomez family is the owner of Colchones Eldorado, a Colombian mattress company, in business for more than 50 years. Its founder and CEO Gumercindo Gomez, 75 years old, had no succession plan but he wanted to ensure the future of his business. Given the urgency of this situation and the complexity of the family structure, Martha Gomez, General Manager, hired a consultant to design the succession plan. To prepare this plan, the consultant must take into account: the preservation of stock ownership within the family, the company's sustainability under the new CEO family member, and the assurance of the family harmony.
Expected learning outcomes
These include: understanding the characteristics of a family business in the Latin American context; recognizing the stages of the family ownership; and identifying personal characteristics and roles of family members in order to design the basis of the succession plan.
Supplementary materials
Teaching notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email support@emeraldinsight.com to request teaching notes.
Details
Keywords
Fabián Espitia-Almeida, Martha Mora-García, Alexandra Coquel-Bru and Christian Orozco-Sánchez
This paper aims to determine the eating habits and physical activity in students of the Rafael Núñez University.
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to determine the eating habits and physical activity in students of the Rafael Núñez University.
Design/methodology/approach
Descriptive cross-sectional study, based on the application of a survey on eating habits and physical activity. Furthermore, height, weight, hip circumference and abdominal circumference were also recorded.
Findings
Total, 170 students were included, 29 (17.1%) males and 141 (82.9%) females, with a mean age of 20.0 ± 5.2 years. Among the students, 22 (12.9%) were underweight, 95 (55.9%) were normal weight, 40 (23.5%) were overweight and 13 (7.7%) with obesity. Regarding eating habits, the majority preferred to consume three daily meals: breakfast 140 (82.3%), lunch 170 (100%) and dinner 96 (56.5%). Regarding fruits intake, 18 (15.9%) males reported consuming them seven days a week, and 54 (31.2 %) females reported consuming them occasionally. In physical activity, most of the population (n = 103, 60.6%) exercises with a frequency of one to three days/week.
Originality/value
The authors’ work is original and has not been sent to another magazine.