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Investing in growing markets: opportunities and challenges for multinationals in Argentina, 1900–1960
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2015-04)
This article analyzes the global and local factors that shaped foreign direct investment (FDI) in Argentina and the strategies of foreign multinationals to adapt to challenging circumstances and to exogenous shocks from ...
Waste Pickers at the Heart of the Circular Economy: A Perspective of Inclusive Recycling from the Global South
(Ubiquity Press, 2020-09)
While the circular economy (CE) is discussed in the global North as an innovative approach to waste management, the idea of circular resource flows has long been central in the work of waste pickers all over the world. ...
Data, measurement and initiatives for inclusive digitalization and future of work
(Kiel institute for the world economy, 2018-09)
As the pace of digitalization and automation accelerates globally, and more disruptive innovations in machine learning, artificial intelligence and robotics are expected, new data sources and measurement tools are needed ...
When circular economy meets inclusive development: insights from urban recycling and rural water access in Argentina
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020-11)
How is it possible to design and deploy circular economy (CE) strategies oriented to inclusive development? How can non-traditional units of production and consumption (i.e., actual productive actors such as waste picker ...
Staffing policies and human resource management in Argentina: American and British firms (1890-1930s)
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-05)
Foreign investment is at the core of discussions around the long-term development of Latin America’s economy. However, some aspects of foreign firms’ Latin American operations have not been analyzed extensively, such as ...
Recent evolution of the informal recycling sector in Argentina within the ‘popular economy’: Measuring its impact through a case study in Tandil (Buenos Aires)
(Sage Publications Ltd, 2020-07-07)
The integration of the informal recycling sector into formal waste management systems is imperative to the implementation of the circular economy in the Global South. In Argentina, after the 2001 crisis, some large cities ...
"Having a name of one’s own, being a part of history": temporalities of precarity and political subjectivities of popular economy workers in Argentina
(Springer, 2018-10-31)
This article draws on collaborative research with cooperatives of street vendors that are part of The CTEP, a trade union created recently in Argentina, with the aim of representing the workers of the "popular economy". ...
How to Build and Wield Business Power: The Political Economy of Pension Regulation in Chile, 1990-2018
(Cambridge University Press, 2019-02)
What explains the remarkable resilience of pension regulation in postauthoritarian Chile, even after decades of majoritarian voter discontent and growing international and domestic criticism of Pinochet’s pioneering private ...
Biological control of soil-borne phytopathogenic fungi through onion waste composting: implications for circular economy perspective
(Ctr Environment & Energy Research & Studies, 2021-07)
The production of onion waste derived mainly from bulbs affected by fungal diseases, during onion classification and storage presents an important agro-environmental issue in onion production regions. Composting is an ...