La Cultura Organizacional y las Estrategias Competitivas en la industria de celulosa, cartón y papel en México

The objective of this study is to analyze the possible relationship between the degree of flexibility or rigidity of the organizational culture and the use of competitive strategies in the industry of paper, cardboard and pulp in Mexico. Currently the volatile and competitive environment in which firms are inserted forces them to explore on the fundamentals that give sustenance to their organizational culture, and to study the competitive strategies that take to respond to the demands of the market, if they want to remain in them. To achieve this, a questionnaire based on Yeung, Ulrich, Nason and Von Glinow (2000) and Gomez (2008) was applied on a sample of 25 companies across the country, obtaining 420 observations. It was used to culture the focus of Cameron and Quinn (2006) and for the strategy the focus of Porter (1982). A Pearson correlation test was applied to test the hypothesis. We found that the dominant culture is the market and the dominant strategy is cost, and the construct rigid culture better associates to strategies, particularly with the differentiation and that there is evidence of the association between the two variables in the studied industry. The results found no doubt will be useful to managers in industry, and then assist them to rethink their strategies and seek to find an appropriate balance of cultural strengths. For the academic research sector found empirical results are important, because they strengthen the findings of the literature.El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar la posible relación entre el grado de flexibilidad o rigidez de la Cultura Organizacional y el uso de las Estrategias Competitivas en la industria del papel, el cartón y la celulosa en México. En la actualidad, el entorno volátil y competitivo en el que están insertas las empresas les obliga a explorar en los fundamentos que dan sustento a su cultura organizacional y a estudiar las estrategias competitivas que adoptarán para responder a las exigencias del mercado, si es que quieren permanecer en él. Para lograr lo anterior, se aplicó un cuestionario, basado en Yeung, Ulrich, Nason y Von Glinow (2000), y Gómez (2008), a una muestra de 25 empresas en todo el país, logrando obtener 420 observaciones. Se utilizó, para la cultura, el enfoque de Cameron y Quinn (2006) y, para la estrategia, el enfoque de Porter (1982). Se aplicó una prueba de correlación de Pearson para probar la hipótesis. Se encontró que la cultura dominante es la de mercado y la estrategia dominante es la de costos, el constructo “cultura rígida” se asocia de mejor manera con las estrategias, particularmente con la de diferenciación, y que sí existe evidencia de la asociación entre las dos variables en la industria estudiada. Los resultados encontrados, sin duda, serán de utilidad para los directivos del sector industrial, pues les auxiliará a replantear sus estrategias y a buscar cómo encontrar un adecuado equilibrio de fortalezas culturales. Para el sector de investigación académico los resultados empíricos encontrados son importantes, pues fortalecen los hallazgos de la literatura existente

Propuesta de una estructura para mitigar los daños causados por tsunami en Chorrilos

La presente tesis tuvo como objetivo realizar el análisis y evaluación del desempeño de un contrafuerte en mitigación de daños, ubicado en la ciudad de lima, distrito de Chorrillos, Asimismo, hizo énfasis en la necesidad de contar con un sistema de protección costera y un sistema de evacuación eficiente ante estos eventos que se encarga la municipalidad correspondiente.Se desarrolló esta propuesta mediante el análisis y modelamiento de las condiciones del tsunami, siendo el sismo elegido de estudio de magnitud grado 8 en la escala de Richter, puesto que se estima que la magnitud del sismo que afectará a la ciudad de Lima será de esas características. Se siguió las normativas vigentes nacionales, internaciones E-020, E-030, E-050, E080, E060, E020 e ROM I.O- 09 de España. Los softwares que se utilizaron para el presente estudio fueron ARGIS, IRIC, SAP 2000 y AUTOCAD Los principales resultaros fueron que la magnitud de inundación en la zona de Chorrillos llegó a un área de once kilómetros cuadrados, y una altura de oleaje de 6.7 metros. Siendo estos los datos necesarios para calcular las fuerzas hidráulicas que afectarían a la zona de estudio. Se diseñó un contrafuerte con las siguientes características: altura =10 m, profundidad =15 m, espesor = 2m con una zapata de 15m de largo con 10m de ancho. El peso de la estructura es de 828 ton con un F’c = 300kg/cm2 con un factor de seguridad contra el volteo de 6.65 y un factor de seguridad contra el desplazamiento de 8.866. Según las estimaciones para soporta las cargas producidas, con un factor de seguridad mayor a 1.5 que indica que el diseño es óptimo para un tsunami producido hasta por un sismo de grado 8.5 en la escala de Richter

Perspectivas literarias: traducción e intertextualidad

En este libro hemos reunido un conjunto de trabajos que exploran temas relacionados con la traducción literaria y con los estudios literarios desde una perspectiva múltiple y comparada, pues creemos que, en estos tiempos, es valioso detenerse a analizar experiencias complejas con respecto a las prácticas literarias que permiten la comunicación intercultural, ya que ésta es una vía para cuestionar visiones nacionalistas que, en ocasiones, tienden a achatar el panorama en lugar de reconocer la hibridez y la heterogeneidad de los discursos literarios. Se trata de analizar estos temas desde distintos ángulos, tales como la traducción, las intertextualidades temáticas, la formación de traductores, la perspectiva de los lectores, la construcción del canon por distintas instancias culturales y los estudios comparados

The influence of chronological age on cognitive biases and impulsivity levels in male patients with gambling disorder

Altres ajuts: Delegación del Gobierno para el Plan Nacional sobre Drogas: 2017I067 i 2019I47Due to the contribution of age to the etiology of gambling disorder (GD), there is a need to assess the moderator effect of the aging process with other features that are highly related with the clinical profile. The objective of this study is to examine the role of the chronological age into the relationships between cognitive biases, impulsivity levels and gambling preference with the GD profile during adulthood. Sample included n = 209 patients aged 18-77 years-old recruited from a Pathological Gambling Outpatients Unit. Orthogonal contrasts explored polynomial patterns in data, and path analysis implemented through structural equation modeling assessed the underlying mechanisms between the study variables. Compared to middle-age patients, younger and older age groups reported more impairing irrational beliefs (P = 0.005 for interpretative control and P = 0.043 for interpretative bias). A linear trend showed that as people get older sensation seeking (P = 0.006) and inability to stop gambling (P = 0.018) increase. Path analysis showed a direct effect between the cognitive bias and measures of gambling severity (standardized effects [SE] between 0.12 and 0.17) and a direct effect between impulsivity levels and cumulated debts due to gambling (SE = 0.22). Screening tools and intervention plans should consider the aging process. Specific programs should be developed for younger and older age groups, since these are highly vulnerable to the consequences of gambling activities and impairment levels of impulsivity and cognitive biases

Measurement of the WW Boson Mass

A measurement of the mass of the $W$ boson is presented based on a sample of 5982 $W \rightarrow e \nu$ decays observed in $p\overline{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 1.8~TeV with the D\O\ detector during the 1992--1993 run. From a fit to the transverse mass spectrum, combined with measurements of the $Z$ boson mass, the $W$ boson mass is measured to be $M_W = 80.350 \pm 0.140 (stat.) \pm 0.165 (syst.) \pm 0.160 (scale) GeV/c^2$.Comment: 12 pages, LaTex, style Revtex, including 3 postscript figures (submitted to PRL

Search for a Fourth Generation Charge -1/3 Quark via Flavor Changing Neutral Current Decay

We report on a search for pair production of a fourth generation charge -1/3 quark (b') in pbar p collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.8 TeV at the Fermilab Tevatron using an integrated luminosity of 93 pb^-1. Both quarks are assumed to decay via flavor changing neutral currents (FCNC). The search uses the signatures gamma + 3 jets + mu-tag and 2 gamma + 2 jets. We see no significant excess of events over the expected background. We place an upper limit on the production cross section times branching fraction that is well below theoretical expectations for a b' quark decaying exclusively via FCNC for b' quark masses up to m(Z) + m(b).Comment: Eleven pages, two postscript figures, submitted to Physical Review Letter

The Azimuthal Decorrelation of Jets Widely Separated in Rapidity

This study reports the first measurement of the azimuthal decorrelation between jets with pseudorapidity separation up to five units. The data were accumulated using the D{\O}detector during the 1992--1993 collider run of the Fermilab Tevatron at $\sqrt{s}=$ 1.8 TeV. These results are compared to next--to--leading order (NLO) QCD predictions and to two leading--log approximations (LLA) where the leading--log terms are resummed to all orders in $\alpha_{\scriptscriptstyle S}$. The final state jets as predicted by NLO QCD show less azimuthal decorrelation than the data. The parton showering LLA Monte Carlo {\small HERWIG} describes the data well; an analytical LLA prediction based on BFKL resummation shows more decorrelation than the data.Comment: 6 pages with 4 figures, all uuencoded and gzippe

The state of the Martian climate

60°N was +2.0°C, relative to the 1981–2010 average value (Fig. 5.1). This marks a new high for the record. The average annual surface air temperature (SAT) anomaly for 2016 for land stations north of starting in 1900, and is a significant increase over the previous highest value of +1.2°C, which was observed in 2007, 2011, and 2015. Average global annual temperatures also showed record values in 2015 and 2016. Currently, the Arctic is warming at more than twice the rate of lower latitudes

The oncolytic virus Delta-24-RGD elicits an antitumor effect in pediatric glioma and DIPG mouse models.

Pediatric high-grade glioma (pHGG) and diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPGs) are aggressive pediatric brain tumors in desperate need of a curative treatment. Oncolytic virotherapy is emerging as a solid therapeutic approach. Delta-24-RGD is a replication competent adenovirus engineered to replicate in tumor cells with an aberrant RB pathway. This virus has proven to be safe and effective in adult gliomas. Here we report that the administration of Delta-24-RGD is safe in mice and results in a significant increase in survival in immunodeficient and immunocompetent models of pHGG and DIPGs. Our results show that the Delta-24-RGD antiglioma effect is mediated by the oncolytic effect and the immune response elicited against the tumor. Altogether, our data highlight the potential of this virus as treatment for patients with these tumors. Of clinical significance, these data have led to the start of a phase I/II clinical trial at our institution for newly diagnosed DIPG (NCT03178032)