Alfredo Merlet

Replication package for "The Gateway Gap: Port Entry, Transshipment Reallocation and Liner Connectivity in Peru"

Replication package for the article "The Gateway Gap: Port Entry, Transshipment Reallocation and Liner Connectivity in Peru" by Alfredo Agustín Merlet Echavarría. The study asks whether the entry of the Port of Chancay (first container movements in June 2025) displaced or complemented the Port of Callao. It combines (1...

Behind on Which Front? Knowledge, Creation and Deployment in Europe's Position Relative to the United States and China in Business, Artificial Intelligence and Renewable Energy

Technical Superiority Without Institutional Readiness: The War of the Currents as a Historical Precedent for AI Governance

This working paper argues that technical superiority is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for the diffusion of a new technology, and that the gap between technical capability and institutional readiness — the organizational, financial, and legal infrastructure required to convert an invention into a durabl...