Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración: Volume 32 Issue 2

Consolidating a research community on production research and logistics in Latin America

Nubia Milena Velasco, Gonzalo Mejía

Designing a balanced scorecard using a scenario approach

Miguel Angel González, Luis Quezada, Pedro Palominos

The purpose of this paper is to design a method or process that relates dynamic environmental conditions with the strategic objectives present in a company’s strategy map, thereby…

A decision support system for technician routing with time windows: A case study of a Colombian public utility company

Elyn Lizeth Solano Charris, Jairo Rafael Montoya-Torres, William Guerrero-Rueda

The purpose of this paper is to present a decision support system (DSS) for a Colombian public utility company in order to aid decision-making at the operational level regarding…

Supplier evaluation and classification in a Colombian motorcycle assembly company using data envelopment analysis

Rodrigo Restrepo, Juan G. Villegas

The purpose of this paper is to present a case study in which data envelopment analysis (DEA) is used to evaluate and classify the suppliers of a Colombian motorcycle assembly…

Prospective study using archetypes and system dynamics

Patricio Vera, Christopher Nikulin, Monica Lopez-Campos, Rosa Guadalupe G. Gonzalez Ramirez

The purpose of this paper is to propose a combination of forecasting methods that enables a holistic understanding of a future situation, given certain influencing variables by a…

Modeling the operation of synchronized supply chains under a collaborative structure

Monica Lopez-Campos, Salvatore Cannella, Pablo A. Miranda, Raul Stegmaier

The purpose of this paper is to propose and model collaboration and information exchange enabler strategies, designed to accomplish significant improvements in supply chain (SC…

Green patents: a way to guide the eco-innovation success process?

Sabina Scarpellini, Pilar Portillo-Tarragona, Luz Maria Marin-Vinuesa

The purpose of this paper is to explore the determinants of successful eco-innovation processes, using R&D intensity and green patents as metrics for eco-innovation measurement…

Does extreme rainfall lead to heavy losses in the food industry?

Edimilson Costa Lucas, Wesley Mendes-Da-Silva, Gustavo Silva Araujo

Managing the risks associated to world food production is an important challenge for governments. A range of factors, among them extreme weather events, has threatened food…

A profile of the popular entrepreneur: a value-based approach

Sofia Esqueda H., Eugenia Csoban, Jose Felipe Prat

The purpose of this paper is to identify the personal characteristics and individual values of Venezuelan low-income entrepreneurs, according to the theoretical framework of the…

Competition in the Spanish domestic airline sector: Market deregulation, switching costs and route cost behaviour

Franco Manuel Sancho-Esper, Francisco José Mas-Ruiz

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the role of switching costs (SwCs) on established firm cost behaviour towards a competitive entry in the Spanish domestic airline market…