Facultat d'Economia i Empresa: Recent submissions
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L’impacte de les condicions socials en la salut mental: soledat i depressió en persones grans
OBJETIVOS: El objeto de estudio son los condicionantes sociales de la depresión en persones mayores y, particularmente, nos ocupamos de la relación entre soledad y depresión. Basándonos en aquellos aspectos que no cuentan ...
Characterization and measurement of social responsibility in micro, small and medium enterprises of the Caribbean Region of Colombia
Despite the literature on corporate social responsibility of small and medium enterprises has grown in recent years, knowledge on the subject is still fragmented and has not yet achieved a coherent theory of social ...
Strategic Interactions in Marketing: A Dynamic Approach
The aim of the thesis is to contribute to a better understanding of the strategic and dynamic interactions in some marketing problems by using a differential game approach. Specifically, in the first study, we analyze a ...
How does the store flyer design and content features influence consumer behavior?
Store flyers have an extraordinary importance to marketing management and contribute to a retailer's performance (Ziliani and Ieva, 2015). They influence the intentions to visit a store, affect the purchase of advertised ...
Historical cost versus fair value of biological assets: Relevance of accounting information
This study develops a bibliometric and empirical analysis of the relevance of accounting information when biological assets are measured at fair value versus at historical cost, using an international sample of firms with ...
Crisi econòmica i transformacions en el mercat de treball: l'associacionisme de treball a Catalunya
La respuesta a la carencia de perspectivas laborales se ha reflejado en una serie de medidas defensivas entre las que se encuentran la salvación de empresas por parte de los propios trabajadores bajo las fórmulas de sociedad ...
Los "segundos mercados" de valores: presente y futuro del segundo mercado de valores de la Bolsa de Barcelona
La tesis consta de tres partes. La primera se inicia partiendo de una visión global del sector financiero de la economia y en ella se estudia la evolución de que el mismo ha sido objeto para centrar nuestro tema de estudio: ...
Essays on Public Policies and Socioeconomic Disparities
The dissertation addresses the analysis of inequality in various aspects of the economy and aims to contribute to the evaluation of public policies, as well as to the identification of possible effects derived from alternative ...
Essays in health and labour economics
The main objective of the thesis, organised along four different research chapters, is to analyse how labour market conditions are associated with different health outcomes and how the economic crisis has affected this ...
Los aceites vegetales comestibles
He elegido el tema sobre los aceites vegetales comestibles por dos razones fundamentales: la primera, por tratarse de uno de los productos agrícolas más importantes para la economía española; la segunda, para rendir homenaje ...
Sociometabolic analysis of a traditional Mediterranean agroecosystem. Historical transition and Biocultural Heritage. (Les Oluges, Catalonia, c.1860-1959-1999)
ith the spread of the Green Revolution from the mid-20th century, large part of the agricultural systems in the world experienced a series of transformations that have ultimately led to important sustainability problems. ...
Factores explicativos del gasto público: una aproximación empírica
La teoría pura del gasto público adquiere su formulación moderna a partir de las aportaciones iniciales de Samuelson (1954, 1955 y 1968) y la sistematización de Musgrave {1959). La tradición anglosajona en este carnpo ...
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 ...
