Vol. 2 No. 1 (2021): Eruditus Journal

Today we celebrate the presentation of issue 01, volume 02, of the ERUDITUS Journal, the first issue of 2021. In this publication, our scientific community is pleased to make available five articles that have been the result of research developed with high scientific and methodological rigor, and which in turn contribute significantly to various areas of knowledge.

According to the policies of our publishing entity: Israel Technological University, the papers presented are:

"Strategic risk management and its importance in good business practices" is the name of the first article. It proposes a system that contributes either to internal management or external advice, the ease of implementing with a greater preponderance in the structure of each entity the risk policies that organizations may have, being vital a good administrative practice to make transparent all processes and information for decision making.

The second paper: "Influence of corporate governance in Ecuadorian companies and its contribution to international competitiveness", analyzes the influence of corporate governance in large companies in Ecuador and its contribution to international competitiveness, taking into account the different elements that are changing the globalized world, thus determining the impact it has on the attraction of investments, corporate mergers, information flows and hierarchical processes, allowing to achieve efficiency and positioning in world markets.

In turn, the authors of "Psychosocial risks and work performance of the employees of the Hospital Básico Píllaro and its district management", explain as part of their results, that the main problem was the inadequate management of psychosocial risks in the employees due to the high levels of workload and the demands of the higher levels, the assignment of work obligations in non-working hours and other factors.

The fourth work is entitled "Instrument to determine the change in consumption habits during the pandemic caused by COVID-19". This research focuses on the development of an instrument to study the variation in the consumption of goods and services and the predisposition to altruistic behavior. As part of the conclusions, it was identified that 24.6% of families maintained their income and 4.3% of families increased their income during confinement.

Finally, the study "Tax culture as a strategy to reduce tax evasion in Ecuador" was published, whose objective was to determine the main reasons why citizens who carry out economic activities (taxpayers) try to evade and/or avoid their responsibilities regarding the payment of taxes in Ecuador.

The impact of this research, within the scientific community, will allow to rethink models and tools to generate intervention proposals that contribute to the solution of certain existing problems in society, related to the topics discussed here.

In this way, we leave at the disposal of the readers this material for the transfer and dissemination of knowledge.

Mg. William Fernando Ortega Naranjo
Editor of the ERUDITUS Journal