Universitat Oberta de Catalunya: Recent submissions
Now showing items 81-100 of 289
No-catalanoparlants a Catalunya: identitats socials, desigualtats i llengua catalana
Aquesta tesi doctoral estudia els posicionaments de diferents perfils de no catalanoparlants respecte a les dinàmiques sociolingüístiques de Catalunya. Concretament, analitza com la seva trajectòria de vida marca la relació ...
Mexico's drug war: Cartels, gangs, sovereignty and the network state
This study seeks to understand the role of transnational organized crime in challenging the sovereignty of the nation state. In order to do so it provides an analysis of the most important current case: the insurgency waged ...
Image steganalysis and steganography in the spatial domain
In this dissertation, we propose different novel techniques both to detect hidden information (steganalysis) and to hide information (steganography). These techniques are presented in the form of a collection of five ...
The role of brand experience on customer experience: An analysis of business success in the mobile gaming industry. A study of the relevance of brand experience in the customer experience for the business success of a product/service in the mobile gaming industry
The aim of this thesis is to explore, through seven hypotheses, how companies, thanks to the correct management of brand-related stimuli through brand experience, can align with or improve customer experience to boost their ...
La producción de saberes expertos por colectivos de pacientes crónicos en–línia. Un modelo de análisis para su estudio
En este trabajo se desarrolla un modelo de análisis para el estudio de los métodos que dos colectivos en línea de diabéticos llevan a cabo para producir información sobre la condición que comparten. El tipo de análisis que ...
Digital news in Spain: Characteristics and effects of online news production and consumption
This work presents a relational approach to the study of the structure of the online news domain from a macro and meso level perspective. Then it assesses the impact of the digital news domain on the public agenda. Firstly, ...
What drives consumers to patronise a hedonic social network? an empirical test of consumers' experiences, and their impact on continuance intention
My doctoral research focuses on the analysis of the various factors that potentially contribute to loyalty towards hedonic social networks. Among all the social networks, our study focuses on Facebook. After reviewing the ...
Exploring the dynamics of knowledge sharing in the online affinity apaces of "Let's Play" Youtube Channels
With this dissertation the goal is to analyze the novel medium of video game streaming and more specifically the “Let’s Play” video format as seen on YouTube and other online platforms. The practice has experienced a rapid ...
Jurisdiction for online intellectual property infringements in the EU: overcoming strict territoriality
The core aim of this research is to find a balanced jurisdictional approach for claims concerning online intellectual property infringements (Art. 7(2) Brussels Regulation Recast). It addresses the question of whether the ...
The festivalization of the creative city: A study of two creative quarters in Barcelona and Berlin
In recent decades, the concepts of 'creative city', 'creative class' and 'experience economy' have gained growing attention by scholars and city administrations, bringing fundamental changes to the character of urban space ...
Ahora o nunca: un estudio empírico de la gamificación en la educación superior en línea sobre la motivación de los estudiantes de ELE
La ludificació representa una eina amb un gran potencial dins del context educatiu per aprofundir en aspectes que tenen a veure amb la motivació, la implicació, l'esforç i la col·laboració. Aquesta metodologia innovadora ...
ICT Adoption for women's development in Mexico
This research aimed to explore whether the adoption of ICT enhances the development of women living in impoverished urban communities in Mexico. The objective was to identify women's motivation to participate in a digital ...
Enterprise reference architectures for higher education institutions: Analysis, comparison and practical uses
Enterprise Architecture (EA) is currently accepted as one on the major instruments for enabling organisations in their transformation processes to achieve business-technology alignment. Despite that over the last years EA ...
El diseño de un manual para la evaluación del cuidado en el espacio público: el caso de Barcelona
Esta tesis contribuye a la literatura de las redes sociales al centrarse en el rol y el potencial de las redes sociales en: (i) la participación política y el acceso a la esfera pública; (ii) la deliberación política y la ...
The role of brand experience on customer experience: An analysis of business success in the mobile gaming industry. A study of the relevance of brand experience in the customer experience for the business success of a product/service in the mobile gaming industry
The aim of this thesis is to explore, through seven hypotheses, how companies, thanks to the correct management of brand-related stimuli through brand experience, can align with or improve customer experience to boost their ...
How advocacy and interactivity facilitate customer value co-creation behaviour in Instagram: a micro-perspective of unplanned and voluntary usage of hedonic social networking sites
Our study offers a new conceptual model of value co-creation in hedonic social network sites, and it validates an adaptation of the Coleman bathtub to social interaction in Instagram. Few papers have studied empirically ...
Applications of the Internet of Things and optimization to inventory and distribution management
This thesis is part of the IoFEED (EU funded) project, which aims to monitor approximately 325 farm bins and investigates business processes carried out between farmers and animal feed producers. We propose a computer-aided ...
Applications of biased-randomized algorithms and simheuristics in integrated logistics
Transportation and logistics (T&L) activities play a vital role in the development of many businesses from different industries. With the increasing number of people living in urban areas, the expansion of on-demand economy ...
AIJTeens: un recurso psicoeducativo y de mentoría online dirigido a adolescentes con Artritis Idiopática Juvenil
La artritis idiopática juvenil (AIJ) es una enfermedad reumática que cursa con dolor y puede conllevar dificultades físicas y psicosociales. A través de entrevistas a 14 adolescentes con AIJ y de un grupo focal en el que ...
Democratising and enlightening? Investigating the role of social media in the democratisation of the public sphere, political deliberation and public
This thesis contributes to the social media literature by focusing on the role and potential of social media in (i) political participation and access to the public sphere; (ii) political deliberation and viewpoint diversity, ...
