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Palacios-Gazules, Sergio (Date of defense: 2024-07-22)
The purpose of the thesis was to explore through empirical studies the evolution of the use of lean tools in European manufacturing firms and their link with Industry 4.0 technologies and green practices and Circular ...
Gibovic, Denisa (Date of defense: 2024-02-19)
In today's world, sustainability is paramount amid environmental and social challenges. Technologies such as AI, IoT, and blockchain offer innovative solutions, particularly in addressing global supply chain complexities, ...
Séculi, Faust (Date of defense: 2023-10-11)
Nowadays the problem of climate change on planet Earth has aggravated, it has become extremely important to find solutions that considerably reduce or even eliminate its causes. Among the set of solutions that have been ...
Barón Dorado, Alexandra (Date of defense: 2023-04-11)
This thesis analyses the contribution of Environmental Management Systems (EMS)'s in adopting Circular Economy (CE) principles in manufacturing companies. It explores different aspects such as the reporting and communication ...
Amaro Martínez, Francisco (Date of defense: 2022-09-15)
In the literature review carried out on the supply chain in the pharmaceutical sector, it became apparent that the companies (actors) in the different links of the supply chain in this sector are subject to a significant ...
Marin Rabiol, Jaume (Date of defense: 2022-09-16)
The marketing and promotion of tourist destinations have evolved exponentially with the passage of time and use of the internet. This change has generated different attitudes in tourists and altered how they consume ...
Grande, Kévin (Date of defense: 2022-07-18)
This doctoral thesis studies competitiveness and performance as complementary but distinct elements in strategic management. From the point of view of the literature review in hospitality management, this research shows ...
Sales Coll, Marc (Date of defense: 2022-07-13)
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate, analyze and interpret the results of a series of interventions applied in the surgical area with the aim of increasing the productivity and efficiency of the care activity. A ...
Mayorga Ávalos, Myriam Jimena (Date of defense: 2021-03-05)
Current accounting regulations do not allow intangible assets owned by companies to be fully accounted for in the Financial Statements. The objective of this research is to determine the relationship between the hidden ...
Lara Burbano, Giovanna (Date of defense: 2022-04-26)
The thesis aims to explore the cooperation of manufacturing industries and service companies, with universities and research institutes, their propensity to cooperate in innovation activities and their impact on innovation ...
Rof Bertrans, Albert (Date of defense: 2022-03-03)
This thesis explores the digital transformation (DT) phenomenon in the higher education sector, and its impact on the business model (BM) and in the learning value proposition. A qualitative research methodology based on ...
Oliveras Villanueva, Marc (Date of defense: 2022-02-21)
Tourism is one of the drivers of our economy. The importance of this sector, the high competition and the current crisis caused by Covid19 surfaced the need for the operators to gain competitive advantages. Therefore, an ...
Bellvehi Casadella, Josep (Date of defense: 2022-02-09)
The community feeling associated to belonging to a neighbourhood is essential in our life quality. These emotions represent the relationship between the individual and the city. In this sense, this doctoral thesis analyzes ...
Yazdani, Shirin (Date of defense: 2021-07-07)
In the past few decades, ISO 9001 quality management and human resources are major issues in business and management research, due to their potential impact on a range of individual and organizational outcomes. In this ...
Kukkamalla, Prasanna Kumar (Date of defense: 2020-10-23)
The objective of this dissertation is to present a firm’s business model innovation (BMI) and organisational change during the servitization process. It mainly aims to produce new knowledge on BMI and the factors that ...
Allur Aranburu, Erlantz (Date of defense: 2014-09-30)
This paper summarises the research work carried out under the title "Analysis of organisational internalisation of the principal standards and models of quality management and excellence". It is a Doctoral Thesis carried ...
Rafart Serra, Maria Assumpció (Date of defense: 2020-11-20)
The present doctoral thesis explores an e-learning proposal fruit of using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) with the objective of improving students’ learning experience. The proposal aims to facilitate the ...
Caparrós Vicente, Ana Belén (Date of defense: 2019-02-15)
The evolution of tourism has experienced different circumstances due to changes in the tourism intermediation system. These changes occurred since the beginning of modern tourism. One of the cyclic changes was the introduction ...
Fernández Aldecua, María José (Date of defense: 2019-02-15)
This doctoral thesis aims to contribute to the development of an emerging theory of community-based tourism (CBT), defining it as community-driven governance (CDG) and as social entrepreneurship, both analyzed as dimensions ...
Piva, Elisa (Date of defense: 2019-07-15)
This doctoral thesis explores the brand development process of regional destinations in depth, focusing on the supply-side perspective and the concept of brand identity, as well as the perceptions of stakeholders involved ...