La rinosinusitis crónica puede definirse como la inflamación de la mucosa nasal y de senos paranasales que tiene una duración mayor a 12 semanas, dentro de los síntomas que podemos evidenciar están la obstrucción y/o congestión nasal, rinorrea anterior y/o posterior, dolor y/o presión facial y reducción o pérdida de sentido del olfato, que a su vez debe encontrarse asociado a hallazgos tomográficos y endoscópicos compatibles. La rinosinusitis crónica se puede dividir según diferentes endotipos y fenotipos, dentro de ellos encontramos la rinosinusitis crónica con poliposis nasal, la cual conlleva un deterioro de la calidad de vida y de la productividad de la persona, lo que se ve reflejado en pérdidas significativas con respecto al ámbito económico, se debe recalcar que la presencia de pólipos se ha visto más relacionada a persistencia y recidiva de enfermedad motivo p...

In this study, and by making use of a gravity model, an analysis is made on whether transnational mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are influenced by the corporate governance standards of a country. The study only focuses on the M&A flows from the OECD countries towards Latinamerican economies, as well as using the Kaufmann indicators for measuring, among others, the corporate governance of a country. Evidence is found that the gravity model is explicative of the M&A flows, and that the better the level of corporate governance at both origin and destination countries, the greater is the M&As activity.

In this study, and by making use of a gravity model, an analysis is made on whether transnational mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are influenced by the corporate governance standards of a country. The study only focuses on the M&A flows from the OECD countries towards Latinamerican economies, as well as using the Kaufmann indicators for measuring, among others, the corporate governance of a country. Evidence is found that the gravity model is explicative of the M&A flows, and that the better the level of corporate governance at both origin and destination countries, the greater is the M&As activity. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jefas.2014.10.003