Segundo J Castro
Dr Segundo J. Castro-Gonzáles holds a PhD in International Business from the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras Campus, Puerto Rico. He currently works as Professor-Researcher at the UPR at Business Administration Faculty at Rio Piedras Campus. Professor Castro worked for 5 years at the Universidad Ana G. Mendez, Campus of Carolina - Puerto Rico
Professor Castro-Gonzales has published in academic journals such as: Econmics System (USA), Academia; Revista Latinoamericana de Administracion [ARLA], International Journal of Emergent Markets (USA), Global Business Journal (Hawaii-USA), OIKOS (Chile), European Research on Management and Business Economics (Spain), Strategies Journal (Colombia), Journal of Distribution Science (South Korea), among others.
Dr Castro-Gonzáles has presented his research in several international conferences, such as: CLADEA 2012 Peru, CLADEA 2016, Chile;
Academy of International Business at Florida 2012, AIB-SE 2017 (Tampa-USA), Quest 2013, San Juan-Puerto Rico, Academy of International Business at Miami 2014, CLADEA 2015 Chile, Coidine 2015, Turabo-PR, among others.
email: scastro50@suagm.edu
Professor Castro-Gonzales has published in academic journals such as: Econmics System (USA), Academia; Revista Latinoamericana de Administracion [ARLA], International Journal of Emergent Markets (USA), Global Business Journal (Hawaii-USA), OIKOS (Chile), European Research on Management and Business Economics (Spain), Strategies Journal (Colombia), Journal of Distribution Science (South Korea), among others.
Dr Castro-Gonzáles has presented his research in several international conferences, such as: CLADEA 2012 Peru, CLADEA 2016, Chile;
Academy of International Business at Florida 2012, AIB-SE 2017 (Tampa-USA), Quest 2013, San Juan-Puerto Rico, Academy of International Business at Miami 2014, CLADEA 2015 Chile, Coidine 2015, Turabo-PR, among others.
email: scastro50@suagm.edu
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Esta primera entrega está inspirada en mis propias experiencias de haber enseñado por más de 10 años consecutivos el curso de Metodología de Investigación a nivel graduado (postgrado en Latinoamérica -LA-), en más de cinco universidades en Puerto Rico, Ecuador y Perú. Una constante se repetía en todos estos escenarios: los estudiantes en su gran mayoría después de sus respectivas clases teóricas de metodología de investigación, se encuentran con un mar de dudas y hasta temor de cómo empezar y qué pasos deben seguir para
iniciar a escribir sus primeros capítulos de la propuesta de investigación Y, evidentemente, poder culminarlo. Considero que las razones son múltiples (como todo fenómeno problemático, responden a múltiples variables), pero una de ellas está en mi mente como la de mayor peso al momento de escribir esta guía: que los textos de metodología de investigación actuales, por la naturaleza y complejidad de la materia, no son efectivos y no se dirigen a las técnicas de escritura.
Estamos viviendo una vida acelerada en la que el principal factor es la falta de tiempo y nuestros estudiantes de maestría y bachillerato que se encuentran en este proceso, están inmersos en esa vorágine del tiempo carente; porque la gran mayoría trabajan, estudian y atienden a su familia.
En estos estudiantes está inspirado esta primera entrega de este libro. Espero que sea de ayuda a sus objetivos, porque indudablemente se puede ser efectivo y eficaz sin descuidar la calidad de la investigación
científica y la fortaleza académica.
the Multi-Fiber Agreement in 2005 combined to thwart any expansion that Central American clothing exporters could have achieved in the US market. While US Harmonized Tariff System data for both knitted
(HTS 61) and non-knitted (HTS 62) apparel and clothing accessory imports were examined, only the former were presented, as they represent a much more significant share of Central America’s overall
garment exports to the USA. US imports from Central America under HTS 61 are shown to have either declined or remained stagnant in value terms and in value market share throughout the period examined.
In order to zero in on specific categories that are important within the context of the Central American garment export industry, a selection, disaggregated into four digit HTS subcategories, was made of
knitted or crocheted apparel and accessories from the region to ascertain its performance over the first decade of the new century. These data are reviewed in comparison with similar data corresponding
to imports from China in order to ascertain the performance of Central American exporters. Finally, the work is also placed within the context of the Free Trade Area of Central America and Dominican Republic (CAFTA-DR) in an attempt to discern its possible medium- to long-term impact, since specific provisions of the trade agreement aim precisely at boosting the region’s garment assembly sector.