Facultat d'Economia i Empresa: Recent submissions
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Estudio económico de un impuesto local sobre la renta y de su aplicación a la hacienda local española
El propósito de la realización de esta tesis ha sido lograr tres objetivos. En primer lugar, especificar los principios sobre los que la implantación de la imposición sobre la renta en la hacienda local pueda fundamentarse. ...
R&D offshoring and firm's innovativeness: The role of firms', regional, and sectoral characteristics
In my research, R&D offshoring is the central area of work about which I have built my thesis. Even though not a recent strategy, firms have recently realized about the importance of accessing to others’ knowledge in order ...
Essays on Political Economy of Public Intergenerational Transfers
Low fertility and mortality rates combined with the retirement of the generation of “baby boomers” bring about dramatic population ageing and are projected to reverse the demographic pyramid in many advanced economies. The ...
Essays in Education, Fertility, and the Welfare State
In countries in the developed world, income inequality is increasing, while technological and societal changes open labour market opportunities for women. At the same time they are undergoing an important demographical ...
Urban Trajectories. A comparative study between Rio de Janeiro’s Favelas and Johannesburg’s Townships
My general objective with this thesis is to contribute to the search for connections between postcolonial and critical understandings in urban studies. Building on my analysis of the urban trajectories of Rio de Janeiro’s ...
From Being NICE to Being Tired: Essays in Health Economics
This document is a summary of the first steps of my journey into academic research. The dissertation provides in-depth analysis of the theoretical basis of the British National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) ...
Impacto Científico, Político y Social de la Formación del Profesorado Basada en Actuaciones Docentes de Éxito: El caso de la tertulia pedagógica dialógica “A hombros de los Gigantes” de Valencia
Históricamente se ha considerado la formación del profesorado, tanto inicial como continua, un factor clave para la educación. Actualmente este interés ha revertido en el incremento de estudios que valoran qué formación ...
El sector assegurador espanyol i les seves inversions, 1984 – 2015
Aquesta tesi doctoral tracta sobre l’estudi de les inversions del sector assegurador espanyol en el període cronològic 1984-2015. El marc temporal ve delimitat pels canvis legislatius. De manera resumida, els objectius ...
El ciclo de desindustrialización de la Argentina y sus consecuencias estructurales. Un análisis de la etapa 1976-2010
Esta investigación se propuso como objetivo principal analizar los aspectos centrales que caracterizaron al proceso de desindustrialización de la Argentina entre 1976 y 2010. A lo largo de los cinco capítulos que componen ...
Essays on the Economics of Obesity
This thesis comprises five chapters in total, starting with a general introduction that raises the issue of obesity as well as a brief description of the basic research questions of the dissertation, three main chapters ...
Building knowledge in performance measurement and management: A critical realist approach
Within management and organizational studies, researchers and practitioners alike have maintained a constant interest in the topic performance management as a means of improving individual and organizational performance. ...
Familias monoparentales y responsabilidad parental. Análisis sociojurídico
El objetivo general de esta tesis es efectuar un análisis sociojurídico crítico de las familias monoparentales y la responsabilidad parental, a través de una experiencia de investigación acción participativa para el diseño, ...
The processes of knowledge management: A bibliometric evolution and assessment models based on ICTs for SMEs
Esta tesis doctoral se presenta como un compendio de cuatro contribuciones científicas que contribuyen al campo de la gestión del conocimiento. Se presentan dos capítulos teóricos que utilizan metodologías y herramientas ...
Innovation through Cross-Fertilization: Serious games and gamification in the EU-funded research projects
In recent years, ecosystems of innovation have gained substantial momentum in academic research. As a response to recent calls in open innovation literature for novel research, this doctoral thesis extends the study of the ...
Essays on Brazilian Political Economy
The article 1 addresses the role of political parties and studies whether popularity shocks are crucial for electoral accountability beyond their effects on voter behavior. It specifically examines the impact of the ...
Innovation processes in creative industries: new practices and the use of technology in the digital entertainment industry
In the last few decades Creative Industries (CIs) have been gaining ground as an important topic in academic and political agendas. CIs have their origin in creativity and individual talent to produce content, services or ...
Essays on informal labor markets
The dissertation deals with the analysis of informality in developing countries considering both the worker’s and the firm’s perspective. Within a context of a strong presence of this phenomenon in the majority of South ...
Café, Revolución Verde, regulación y liberalización del mercado: Costa Rica (1950-2017)
Esta tesis analiza la evolución del sector cafetalero en Costa Rica en el contexto de la Revolución Verde, la regulación y la liberalización del mercado (1950-2017). Aborda una serie de variables agroecológicas, técnicas, ...
Cyclical Patterns and Sustainability of Fiscal Policy at Regional Level: the Spanish Case
Concerns over sustainability and the cyclical pattern of public finances have been especially great since the onset of the global financial crisis. This thesis comprises four essays which aim to examine those concerns with ...
Essays on Urban Economics
This thesis contributes with empirical evidence on policies that attempt to reduce spatial inequalities and also studying the drivers of residential segregation. Specifically, the second chapter assesses the impact on ...
