2014 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

86 2014 Yearbook Gustavo Rubinsztejn, Eng. (Spain) Academic Coordinator of Marketing. He presented the articles “The Importance of the Student Experience: Its Impact on Quality Assessment and the Intention to Recommend the University. The case of a private university in Uruguay,” co-authored with Prof. Pilar Torres and Prof. Mercedes Grijalvo, and “An economic analysis on industry-academy cooperation,” co-authored with Wu Wenjing and Prof. Grijalvo, at the 11th International Forum on Quality Assessment in Research and Higher Education, Bilbao, July 8–10. Dr. Gaston J. Labadie (Spain) Dean. He participated in the 49th Annual Conference of CLADEA (Latin American Council of Business Schools) “Leading in a Global World. Latin America and Europe, New Connections,” where he chaired the session “Internationalization of Strategic Sectors of Track 10: Internationalization Strategies, Latin America and Europe. New Connections,” Barcelona, September 3–5. Dr. Néstor Gandelman (United States) Academic Coordinator of Economics. He presented the paper “Longer juvenile incarceration and recidivism: evidence from a legal modification in Uruguay” at the workshop Public Policies for the Reduction and Prevention of Urban Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean organized by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), which took place at the IDB headquarters in Washington, D.C., on February 7. He presented the article “A comparison of saving rates: micro evidence from ten Latin American countries” at the Workshop: Domestic Savings in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by the Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C., July 22 and 23. Pedro Isern (United States) Professor of International Current Affairs and Contemporary History of Latin America. He presented the paper “Politics and philosophy beyond economics and commerce,” co-authored with Prof. Javier Bonilla Saus, academic coordinator of International Studies, at the seminar “Before and After the TTIP: The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the European Union and the United States,” held at the University of Miami on February 28. ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES ABROAD 2014