Torrents Vivó, Jordi (Date of defense: 2017-06-07)
The last half of twentieth century has witnessed a key shift in the production process of knowledge: the most important discoveries and innovations in science and technology are not anymore the result ...
Gonzales Gemio, Carla Tattiana (Date of defense: 2021-03-22)
It is difficult to imagine life without changes influenced by technology and innovation, which are characteristic of the era in which we live, with changes that, albeit always present throughout the ...
Marco Lafuente, Inés (Date of defense: 2018-02-16)
This PhD dissertation is part of an international research project, Sustainable Farm Systems, which seeks to analyze pre-industrial to industrial agriculture transition from a biophysical perspective. ...
Sadian, Samuel (Date of defense: 2018-02-12)
This study proposes a novel approach to understanding the contribution that consumer action makes to social change, both at the level of conceptual generalisation and when applied to institutionalised ...
Maynou Felker, Marc (Date of defense: 2021-02-24)
There is a debate in the international literature between two differing conceptions of the Energy Transition: the so-cal led «energy ladder approach», according to which societies transit from ...
Álvarez Ruano, Enrique José (Date of defense: 2015-12-15)
The measurement of sales force performance is an issue of the upmost importance. Research in this area has primarily focused on cross-sectional studies establishing a link between various types of ...
Campos Sánchez, Alejandro (Date of defense: 2014-10-01)
This work aims to explore different stages of the entrepreneurial process from the perspective of personal values as main predictors and guides of behavior. This work focuses on personal values for two ...
Curto Grau, Marta (Date of defense: 2013-05-21)
Nevertheless, this peculiarity of the Spanish political system did not eliminate the incentives for governments to use pork-barrel policies. On the one hand, despite electoral results being centrally ...
Antonini, Carla (Date of defense: 2016-06-22)
An increasing body of scientific evidence continues to fuel concerns regarding the effects of economic human activity on the environment. In this call, environmental accounting attempts to increase ...
Padró i Caminal, Roc (Date of defense: 2018-02-15)
The fundamental objective of this thesis is setting up a model to optimize the functioning of agricultural activity at the landscape level. It is a thesis with a strong methodological component. However, ...