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Mur Torrentó, Rubén Javier (Fecha de defensa: 2013-12-10)
Climate change is one of the most important challenges of the 21st century. The increase in the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere, in temperatures, and changes in the precipitation pattern are expected to alter the ...
Villarreal Satama, Freddy Lenin (Fecha de defensa: 2024-03-01)
Institutions face an increasingly dynamic environment, as they seek to optimize resources based on technological innovation. As a result of the Ecuadorian banking crisis in the 1990s, controls had to be intensified in terms ...
Torres Paredes, María de los Ángeles (Fecha de defensa: 2023-09-07)
The purpose of this research is projected to promote strategies to achieve efficient and effective management in the public or private organizational context. For this purpose and from the field of scientific research, ...
Renart i Vicens, Gemma (Fecha de defensa: 2009-06-15)
Els estudis de supervivència s'interessen pel temps que passa des de l'inici de l'estudi (diagnòstic de la malaltia, inici del tractament,...) fins que es produeix l'esdeveniment d'interès (mort, curació, millora,...). No ...
Borés, Cristina (Fecha de defensa: 2002-10-23)
En esta tesis analizamos diversos aspectos relacionados con los sectores de Tecnologías de la Información, Comunicación y Entretenimiento (TICE). Nuestros análisis versan tanto sobre la oferta (motivaciones estratégicas, ...
Ivina, Olga (Fecha de defensa: 2012-11-20)
This thesis is aimed to introduce a newly developed machine learning method, conformal predictors, for air pollution assessment. For the given area of study, the Barcelona Metropolitan Region (BMR), several conformal ...
Fráguas Nobre, Guilherme (Fecha de defensa: 2018-01-12)
The thesis relates the ‘creative economy’ with the ‘sustainable human development’, tracing a parallel between economic growth (e.g. GDP) and human development (e.g. HDI). The aspect of sustainability is addressed through ...
Sales i Favà, Lluís (Fecha de defensa: 2019-06-07)
This doctoral thesis analyses the private credit available to the popular classes during the fourteenth century. At the same time, it focuses on the institutional mechanisms granted by public powers in order to sanction ...
Guerrero Asorey, Luis (Fecha de defensa: 2012-05-17)
Traditional food products (TFP) are an important part of European culture, identity, and heritage. The main objective of present research is to obtain a consumer-driven definition for the concept of ‘‘traditional food ...
Villalón Barragán, Sebastià (Fecha de defensa: 2023-06-09)
The objective of this report is to study causes and consequences of substituting annuity for obligation in the final period of the Ancient Regime in Catalonia (1768-1840), affording special attention to the regions of ...
Gifra Bassó, Ester (Fecha de defensa: 2018-03-05)
The primary objective of this research is to modify the models regularly used to record and monitor the implementation costs of public works projects from the perspective of the promotor, the project directors or the project ...
Navarro García, Albert (Fecha de defensa: 2014-01-30)
The doctoral thesis studies the legal problems created by the progressive establishment of various co-payment systems for welfare state services. Previously, these services were mostly funded by tax revenues and users were ...
Verdaguer Pujadas, Narcís (Fecha de defensa: 2006-02-17)
El punt de partida de la tesi és cercar si hi ha una relació entre èxit de mercat i aplicació del disseny a les PIMEs catalanes. El mètode de recerca ha estat el d'estudi de enquestes.%&/Una vegada realitzat l'anàlisi s'ha ...
Páez de la Torre, Sonia (Fecha de defensa: 2020-11-23)
This thesis investigates the empowerment processes of youngsters and young adults from the Cono Sur of Latin America who are currently living in Catalonia. The hypothesis defends the idea that the migration of people, during ...
Gimeno Melià, Vicent Pau (Fecha de defensa: 2019-01-21)
Pharmaceuticals are ubiquitous water contaminants that have shown detrimental effects on aquatic organisms at low concentrations. National authorities are starting to plan and implement measures (Wastewater treatment plants ...
Marco Renau, Jorge (Fecha de defensa: 2018-07-16)
This thesis revisits the problem of the tragedy of the commons. We analyze the role of social networks and social pressure as driving forces for the establishment and maintenance of cooperation in resource use under variable ...
Alfranca Pardillos, Rebeca (Fecha de defensa: 2014-06-03)
The main aim of this thesis is to study the expectations and preferences of the Catalan population regarding the public health system, and an appraisal of the influence played by factors such as age, gender, geographical ...
Pons Pairó, Marc (Fecha de defensa: 2020-07-07)
Green manufacturers and an understanding of their differentiating characteristics and environmental and economic performance when applying green practices are at the centre of this doctoral thesis. The focus is set around ...
Arroyo Borrell, Elena (Fecha de defensa: 2016-12-16)
The main aim of this thesis is to investigate the effects of economic conditions on health using advanced micro-econometric techniques applied to survey data. The dissertation examines the consequences of the current ...
Maynou Pujolràs, Laia (Fecha de defensa: 2013-11-21)
The main aim of this thesis is to evaluate the reduction of economic and health disparities in the European Union from 1990-2010. Through different dynamic panel models, we show that in simple economics terms there has ...