Selected Abstracts: from The Latin American Research Consortium

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Welcoming Remarks / John Trapani A. B. Freeman (Tulane University, New Orleans, LA) -- Note from the Dean of the School of Business and Economic Studies at Icesi University / Héctor Ochoa (ICESI, Colombia) -- Mensaje del decano de la Facultad de Ciencias Administrativas y Económicas de la Universidad Icesi / Héctor Ochoa (ICESI, Colombia) – Article. Deans Workshop: Leveraging Technology for Distance Learning at ITESM / Antonio J. Dieck-Assad (ITESM, México) -- Selected abstracts. Educational Innovation: The IESA San Bernardino Project Henry Gómez (IESA, Venezuela) -- Business Engineering at ITAM: A Joint Venture of the Business School with the Division of Engineering / C arlos Alcérreca J. (ITAM, México) -- Team Learning and Regulation: evidence from an aviation disaster / Michael J. Burke & Wendy S. Becker (Tulane University, SUNY at Albany) -- Strong Social Ties, Culture, and Employment Practices in Mexico / Anabella Dávila & Jorge M. Rocha (ITESM, México) -- Cross-Border Shopping: Family Narratives / Raquel Castaño, María Eugenia Pérez & Claudia Quintanilla (ITESM, México) -- Impact of Country of Origin Effects on Consumer Purchase Decisions / José Roberto Concha Velásquez, Esteban Gómez & Paola Valencia (ICESI, Colombia) -- Mutual Fund Performance in México / Miguel Moreno Tripp (ITESM, México) -- Impact of Futures Contracts on Volatility of IPC Stock Index: The Case of México /María Concepción del Alto Hernández (ITESM, México) -- The Information Content of Earnings, Cash-Flow and Earnings Management: An Empirical Analysis for Mexican Companies / Luis H. Santacruz Medina (ITESM, México) -- Drawing a New Geopolitical Map for the World / Flory Anetttte Dieck-Assad (ITESM, México) --Family ties, do they matter? Family Ownership and Firm Performance in Perú / Samuel Mongrut (ITESM, México), Julián Benavides & Mónica González (ICESI, Colombia) -- Annexes. Program of the 8th Latin american Research Consortium (ITESM, Mexico).