El mercado móvil de telecomunicaciones en Colombia ante externalidades de red

Si bien la generalidad de los mercados de telefonía móvil se consideran suficientemente competidos, los mercados en los que el operador más grande supera ampliamente en participación de mercado a sus seguidores constituyen un motivo de preocupación para sus respectivas autoridades regulatorias y de competencia. El análisis económico del problema ha llevado a que exista una cantidad creciente de literatura relacionada, principalmente con el propósito de analizar la persistencia de la asimetría en las cuotas de mercado. Tal es el caso del mercado móvil de telecomunicaciones en Colombia, donde la Comisión de Regulación de Comunicaciones ha sostenido que a la luz del problema de competencia que se origina por la unión de una participación de mercado considerablemente asimétrica y el diferencial de precios, el operador más grande adquiere una ventaja competitiva considerable frente a los demás operadores en el mercado, y por lo tanto es un operador con poder significativo de mercado, u operador con posición dominante. Por lo anterior, el presente trabajo evalúa la imposición de algunas medidas regulatorias con el fin de verificar si estas contribuyen a generar una mayor competencia en el mercado, y mejores condiciones para los operadores competidores.

Leadership: A complex concept awaiting a new explanation?

Leaders have the task of developing future strategy while being consciously engaged in executing current strategy and mapping landmarks, pathways and obstacles which they meet asthey endeavor to traverse challenging, rapidly evolving terrain. In an era in which there is a global leadership credibility crisis, business as usual is no longer an option in the pursuit of the longer-term survival of any organization. The leadership approach to complexity outlined here is based on learning to achieve results through experimentation, learning, and reflection. A case study is presented that illustrates the application of this approach. In this paper, the reader is first introduced to a brief overview of some key definitions and debates, shifting leadership boundaries, and emerging accountabilities and opportunities. This is followed by a summary of some of the key topics and issues that face current and future leaders.

Face and content validity of smoking-related and matched control pictures

Smoking-related pictures and matched controls are useful tools in experimental tasks of attentional bias. Noteworthy the procedures used to produce and validate these pairs of pictures are poorly reported. This study aimed to describe the production and evidence of validity of a set of smoking-related pictures and their matched controls. Two studies were conducted to assess validity. An online internet-based survey was used to assess face validity of 12 pictures related to smoking behavior and 12 matched controls. All pictures were colored and were 95mm length x 130mm width. Participants were asked if the pictures were related or not to the smoking behavior and also rated how much each picture was related to smoking behavior. The second study investigated attentional bias in smokers (n = 47) and non-smokers (n = 50), and examined how they assessed all pictures in terms of pleasantness and the 12 smoking-related pictures in terms of relevance to their own smoking behavior. Craving was assessed before and after the experiment. Results indicate that this set of pictures are valid since smoking-related pictures were considered more related to smoking behavior compared to their matched controls. Moreover, smokers showed greater attentional bias for smoking-related pictures than non-smokers. Craving and relevance of the smoking-related pictures were higher in smokers than in non-smokers. Smokers considered smoking-related pictures them less unpleasant than non-smokers. These findings provide evidence of face and content validity of this set of pictures, which will be available to researchers, contributing to maximize the standardization of future investigations.