Kacani, Jolta (Date of defense: 2017-09-19)
This research investigates the qualitative effects of foreign direct investments of the clothing industry in a developing country like Albania. The clothing industry is often regarded as the first step ...
Lordan, Oriol (Date of defense: 2014-04-14)
Communication via air routes is an important issue in a world organized around a web-like city network. In this context, the robustness of network infrastructures, e.g. air transport networks, are a ...
González Prieto, David (Date of defense: 2017-07-26)
Strongly and firmly, product customization and a la carte features have evolved, aided by the extensive development of e Commerce, up to becoming an essential trait in most of online purchasing processes ...
Papoutsakis, Charalampos (Date of defense: 2005-10-04)
The Doctoral Thesis builds and tests a theoretical model that evaluates the contribution of shared knowledge and information technology to manufacturing performance. This is achieved through a sectorial ...
Alonso Campos, Carlos Fernando (Date of defense: 2007-10-10)
Esta tesis debe entenderse dentro del contexto de la economía del conocimiento. En este sentido la misma refleja varios aspectos que contribuyen a la ventaja competitiva de la firma; éstos son:<br/><br/>1) ...
Ranaboldo, Matteo (Date of defense: 2015-02-09)
Projects relying on renewable energies are a suitable and sustainable option to electrify isolated communities autonomously. These systems produce electricity in a clean and environmentally respectful ...
Zahedi, Siamak (Date of defense: 2019-07-05)
Internalizing environmental externalities is a market-driven approach to correcting people's private costs and benefits. One way of quantifying these externalities is estimating people’s willingness to ...
Calleja Sanz, Gema (Date of defense: 2015-03-05)
This doctoral thesis tackles an assembly line balancing problem with restricted access to the workpieces that has been entitled AWALBP: the Accessibility Windows Assembly Line Balancing Problem. The ...
Taherimashhadi, Mehrsa (Date of defense: 2018-10-18)
Since the emergence of Lean Manufacturing, many organizations strived to implement it. Nonetheless, sustainable Lean transformation is not as easy as to be simply achieved. Severa!aspects need to be ...
Aguilera Fierro, Pablo (Date of defense: 2017-01-24)
Since 2007 the Mexican Govemment introduced the fight against poverty as a top priority in its agenda,thus increasing the amount of resources allocated to minimize this social condition. Nevertheless, ...