Research Projects
Research Projects
The effect of corporate governance in the firm value: Evidence from the Korean market
Involved Institutions: Universidad de Las Américas (UDLA), Kumoh National Institute of Tecnology (Republic of Korea)
Position: Director
Period: August 2023 - February 2025.
Purpose: This study scrutinizes the controlling and significant posture of corporate governance to the relationship between leverage and firm value using Korean market data.
Social and demographic determinants of youth unemployment in Ecuador, 2019
Involved Institutions: Universidad de Las Américas (UDLA), Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales (IAEN), and Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya (España)
Position: Director
Period: December 2022 - June 2024.
Purpose: This study determines the main factors that influence the probability of unemployment in the 18-29 age group in Ecuador.
Retionship between customer satisfaction, loyalty, and financial performance in the Ecuadorian banking industry
Involved Institutions: Universidad de Las Américas (UDLA), Hanyang University (Republic of Korea)
Position: Director
Period: April 2022 - April 2023.
Purpose: This study examines the simultaneous relationship between the degree of customer satisfaction, customer loyalty, and how these two variables impact on the financial performance of private banking entities in Ecuador during the period of 2016-2021. It also includes the sex of the client as a moderation variable to determine the difference between groups (women, men and combined) respected to the criteria of satisfaction and fidelity to access to financial products and services.
The effect of real earnings management in the Korean market
Involved Institutions: Universidad de Las Américas (UDLA), Kumoh National Institute of Tecnology (Republic of Korea)
Position: Director
Period: October 2021 - October 2022.
Purpose: This study examines whether real earnings management (REM) affects firm value by introducing quarterly financial data in the Korean market.
Research Groups
Lugar Medio Sociedad (LMS)
Research fields:
Architectural and urban design
Circular economy
Corporate finance
Economic development
Gender studies
Marketing
Social comunication
Social participation
Webpage: https://www.udla.edu.ec/investigacion/grupos-de-investigacion/dutl/
Associativity research group - Grupo de investigación sobre asociatividad (GIA)
Research fields:
Associativity
Business
Promotion for development
Public administration