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    The Role of Urban Mobility Services in Sustainable Urban Development Economic and Social Perspectives 

    Guillén Pujadas, Miguel (Date of defense: 2024-11-08)

    [eng] Contemporary societies face different demographic, technological, health challenges, changes in citizen needs, and government policies. The concentration of population in major metropolises challenges the ability of ...

    Evolución histórica del mercado del azúcar de la Unión Europea (1968-2005) 

    Melé-Carné, Jordi (Date of defense: 2024-04-04)

    [spa] La Política Agraria Común (PAC) es una de las políticas comunes de la Unión Europea (UE) que más ha evolucionado. Desde su creación en los años 1960s, las Organizaciones Comunes de Mercado (OCMs) constituyeron un ...

    Defining the customer experience: Tourism & Health 

    Sanmartín Antolín, Gloria (Date of defense: 2024-07-19)

    [eng] Customer experience management requires a strategic framework and a mighty organizational culture to manage a process of intentional creation, continuous monitoring, and proactive management of the customer experience. ...

    Human Dimension as the Key Success Factor in Experience Management. The Emotional Connection as the Best Loyalty Strategy 

    Louzao Belmonte, Nuria (Date of defense: 2024-07-23)

    [eng] PURPOSE: This study contributes to the understanding of the interconnectedness between employee well-being, emotional connection, fair work practices, and customer satisfaction in the hospitality industry. It ...

    From Code to Capital: A Study of How Emerging Technologies Shape Stock Markets 

    Arenas, Laura (Date of defense: 2024-07-18)

    [eng] Recent white papers have described how emerging technologies will shape the future (World Economic Forum, 2017) and how institutions are responding to the increasingly salient trend (EU Commission, 2021). From an ...

    Understanding Customers’ Actual Purchase Behavior and the Role of Service Quality Perceptions in Quick-Service Restaurants 

    Mendocilla Meregildo, Mario (Date of defense: 2024-07-15)

    [eng] The global growth of the quick-service restaurant (QSR) sector over the past few decades has led it to its emergence as a prominent sector within the restaurant industry and the broader service industry. The expansion ...

    Essays on Violence, Health and Family Dynamics 

    Beigelman, Marie (Date of defense: 2024-06-11)

    [eng] Violence is a pervasive societal challenge with profound economic implications. The experience of violence can have durable impacts on the life-outcomes of victims: their health; labor market opportunities, educational ...

    Empirical Research on Firms’ Social Responsibility: Labor Tax Avoidance and Asymmetric Labor Costs Behavior 

    Ilboudo, Tabitha Aude Sidyida (Date of defense: 2024-06-20)

    [eng] The goal of this thesis is to analyze the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and labor tax avoidance (LTAV) and asymmetric labor cost behavior within Social Accounting. Chapter 1 introduces ...

    Essays on Gender Economics 

    Luong, Thu Ha (Date of defense: 2024-06-17)

    [eng] Despite the abundance of theories and evidence, addressing key questions about the existence and drivers of gender gaps remains essential: Where do gender gaps exist? Why do they persist? Which factors contribute to ...

    Essays on Economics of Education 

    Shidiqi, Khalifany Ash (Date of defense: 2024-06-07)

    [eng] This dissertation focuses on the determinants and the effects of human capital formation in Indonesia and contribute to the extensive literature on the economics of education. Since the seminal works by Mincer ...

    Mercado del café, Comercio Justo y desarrollo de la cafeticultura orgánica en el estado mexicano de Chiapas (1980-2020) 

    Folch Flores, Albert (Date of defense: 2024-05-07)

    [spa] El café es uno de las productos alimenticios con un mayor consumo mundial. Las más de 3.200 millones de tazas que se consumen diariamente en todo el mundo denotan su importancia social global. Se consume principalmente ...

    Essays on Monetary Economics 

    Navarro Ortiz, Josep Miquel (Date of defense: 2024-05-09)

    [eng] This thesis provides research in the area of Monetary Economics. The thesis is divided in three main bodies in which three different but interrelated topics in the field of Monetary Economics are studied. The first ...

    Business Model Innovation and Firm Performance: A Performance Feedback Perspective 

    Abou-Ali, Adeline (Date of defense: 2024-05-14)

    [eng] This dissertation is presented as a collection of papers. Therefore, chapters 2 to 5 are written in the format of four stand-alone articles. Each chapter is intending to meet the specific objectives described in the ...

    Essays on Telecommunications, Trade, and the Credit Market 

    Castillo Mezarina, José Luis (Date of defense: 2024-05-10)

    [eng] The thesis contains three essays that are linked to Development Economics. The first essay is an evaluation of the impact on the Telecommunications sector of the Free Trade Agreements that the United States signed ...

    Essays on Economics of Education 

    Erdemli, Candan (Date of defense: 2024-05-10)

    [eng] This dissertation explores how changes in society and the family shape educational outcomes, from the perspective of gender inequalities and spillover effects of health shocks. In the first chapter, I provide an ...

    Psychological and Personal Antecedents of Purchasing Counterfeit Products (Moderating role of the cognitive system) 

    Pahlevan, Sara (Date of defense: 2024-03-13)

    [eng] In response to the growing global trade in counterfeit goods, researchers and industry professionals in the luxury brand sector are working to combat these practices, safeguard international trade, and support ...

    Essays on Urban Economics 

    Ouasbaa Azzouani, Ghizlen (Date of defense: 2024-03-08)

    [eng] The dissertation examines how rising housing costs and booming tourism affect local economies. The first chapter provides an introduction to the topic. The second chapter studies developers' influence on housing ...

    The development of family policies in a familist welfare state: the Spanish case, 1900-1958 

    Verd Llabrés, Guillem (Date of defense: 2023-11-27)

    [eng] The low development of family policies has been considered a fundamental feature of contemporary southern European welfare states. As a result, family relations and inter-generational solidarity emerged as preferred ...

    Exploring Food System Transformations in Spain (1980-2021) 

    Parajuá Carpintero, Noelia (Date of defense: 2023-12-20)

    [eng] In this PhD Thesis, I examine the transformations of the Spanish food system from 1980 to the present, focusing on its socioeconomic structural changes and their impacts on sustainability and social equity. My research ...

    Digital Content Marketing Strategies for resource optimisation in e-Government platforms 

    Guzmán Ordóñez, Anabel (Date of defense: 2024-01-22)

    [eng] The use of new technologies, especially social media, has played a vital role in government efforts to coordinate responses to extraordinary events such as the pandemic and ensure public collaboration during this ...