Facultat d'Economia i Empresa: Envíos recientes
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Land revenue, inequality and development in colonial India (1880-1910)
[eng] The determinants of economic development have been largely studied in social sciences. Researchers have mostly pointed at geographic (Roy, 2014; Sachs and Warner, 2001) and institutional factors (Acemoglu et al., ...
The Re-emergence of the Chinese Economy: Internationalization and Technological Catch-up in the Automobile Industry (1953-2018)
[eng] Over the last four decades, China has emerged as the world's main economic actor. This thesis aims to provide a new understanding of the re-emergence of the Chinese economy. The main hypothesis is that this process ...
Strategic recovery for digitally underdeveloped sharing economy components: Coworking spaces’ digitalization in time of pandemic
[eng] COVID-19 crisis marked a milestone for all organizations to reconsider digitalization priorities. Coworking spaces, as digitally underdeveloped components of the sharing economy, carried out a series of digital ...
Essays on Redistribution
[eng] This dissertation contributes to this debate by studying redistribution from three different perspectives. The first chapter provides an introduction to the topic. The second and third chapters explore redistribution ...
Essays on the Relationship between the Integration of Management Systems and Sustainability
[eng] This thesis explores the intersection of (integrated) management systems (MSs) and sustainability, aiming to provide insights into how organisations can foster their corporate sustainability performance (CSP). It ...
Essays on political economy and matching markets
[eng] In the thesis I make use of the tools provided by game theory to study the incentives of members of a variety of institutions. The three works that make up for the core of the dissertation, stress the importance of ...
An Analysis of Factors for Preventing and Detecting Corruption: Evidence in Indonesia Village Government
[eng] The enactment of Village Law No 6 of 2014 is intended for village decentralisation which allows the village government to manage the village under regency and ministry regulations. Its purpose is to increase community ...
Empirical Essays on Economics and Language
[eng] This thesis presents three essays on Economics and Language, in chapter 2, 3 and 4, with a previous general introduction and a final conclusión. In the first article (chapter 2), together with my advisor Antonio Di ...
La sostenibilidad social de los sistemas agroalimentarios: Análisis comparativo para una visión integradora de la agricultura
[spa] Existe un amplio consenso sobre el papel que desempeñan los sistemas agroalimentarios en los cambios medioambientales globales, en especial, sobre los impactos derivados del modelo agroindustrial. Por ello, la ...
Essays on Firm Behavior in International Trade
[eng] International trade experienced an unprecedented growth and the world economy has been more integrated than ever before in the last decades. During this period, access to international trade helped firms to produce ...
It is all about Services: Disentangling the Nature of Service Firms and their Internationalization Process
[eng] The development of service industries across the globe has triggered a rising interest in the management and business literature. The comprehension of services and their international expansion has increased notably ...
Exploring the Role of Third Party Logistic (TPL) Companies as Enablers for Collaborative Systems and Blue Ocean Strategy in Supply Chain Management
[eng] This doctoral thesis investigates the potential of third-party logistics (TPL) companies as key facilitators of collaborative systems and the implementation of the blue ocean strategy within the realm of supply chain ...
Essays on Public Economics and Public Policy Evaluation – Methods and Applications
[eng] Economic policies and institutional design and decision-making vary greatly accross countries. Germany, the US and Canada, are federal states, where decision-making and economic policies are highly decentralized, ...
The emerging landscape of Social Media Data Collection: anticipating trends and addressing future challenges
[spa] Las redes sociales se han convertido en una herramienta poderosa para crear y compartir contenido generado por usuarios en todo internet. El amplio uso de las redes sociales ha llevado a generar una enorme cantidad ...
L’homonacionalisme a Europa: una mirada quantitativa des dels valors
[cat] En un context de creixement de l’ultraconservadorisme a Europa, aquesta tesi doctoral tracta i analitza els valors homonacionalistes. L’homonacionalisme és un concepte complex i multifacètic apuntat per Jasbir Puar ...
Mente y política. Dialéctica, realismo y liberación
[spa] El objeto de estudio de esta investigación son las homologías entre epistemología y política. A partir de una reformulación crítica del método dialéctico, se identifican las co-implicaciones entre las teorías de la ...
Servant Leadership and Employee Work Outcomes: Uncovering Underlying Mechanisms by Examining Moderator and Mediator Variables
[eng] This thesis sought to address the underlying mechanisms through which servant leadership influences employees’ work outcomes, exploring the boundary conditions, mediators, and moderators related to followers’ individual ...
The effects of organizational initiating actions on nurses' outcomes: A social exchange perspective
[eng] Nurses are critical a part of the healthcare system and determine overall patient satisfaction and quality care. However, according to the World Health Organization, the scarcity of nurses on a global level has been ...
Models for dealing with uncertainty in decision-making
[eng] All aspects of life revolve around making decisions. From the very basic, such as choosing each morning what clothes to wear, to the most transcendental, as might be deciding what bachelor’s degree to study. Also, ...
Essays on Dynamic Games, Sustainable Endogenous Growth and Regime Shifts
[eng] This PhD thesis examines the complex interplay between dynamic games, environmental economics, behavioral economics, and economic growth, with a particular emphasis on natural resource issues. Drawing from the fields ...
