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Olaizola, Edita (Date of defense: 2020-11-12)
Among the better-known approaches are Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, the Circular Economy and the Collaborative Economy. All of these drive value for organisations, and all share this common characteristic: ...
Ajour El Zein, Samer (Date of defense: 2020-09-19)
Context: Intangible assets have recently come under the spotlight because of their growing importance within the business world. Thus, Brand Equity, considered a strategic asset, makes up a substantial intangible asset for ...
Gilibert, Mireia (Date of defense: 2019-12-12)
The confluence of digital technology and connectivity has led, in several sectors, to the rise of application-based shared economy activities. In particular, in the mobility sector, there has been an increase in on-demand ...
Pérez Poch, Antoni (Date of defense: 2019-10-17)
The answer to the current changes that take place in our society implies new demands for our universities. What functions correspond to a University today? Training, research, professional training through professional ...
Leyton Pavez, Carolina Elena (Date of defense: 2019-10-03)
In recent decades there has been a growing interest in the study of production systems as a whole, over organizations as particular units, especially the analysis of organizational networks and the configurations they ...
Olvera, Caludia (Date of defense: 2019-09-17)
Science and Technology Parks (STPs) facilitate the flow of knowledge and technology among universities; R&D institutions; companies and markets, and foster the creation and growth of innovation-based companies. Among the ...
Mármol Pérez, María J. (Date of defense: 2019-07-17)
Retail is changing as technology is growing. The traditional way of shopping has evolved thanks to mobile devices, and retailers are struggling to avoid customers’ attrition. Customers are immersed in a seamless omnichannel ...
Zahedi, Siamak (Date of defense: 2019-07-05)
Internalizing environmental externalities is a market-driven approach to correcting people's private costs and benefits. One way of quantifying these externalities is estimating people’s willingness to pay (WTP) to reduce ...
Planuch Prats, Carles (Date of defense: 2019-04-03)
Knowledge constitutes one of the key intangible assets for organizations. However, the mere possession of knowledge, however valuable it may be, does not necessarily imply obtaining a competitive advantage. It is necessary ...
Zhang, Yi (Date of defense: 2019-01-25)
Context: Probabilistic selling is the strategy that the seller creates an additional probabilistic product using existing products. The exact information is unknown to customers until they receive the probabilistic products. ...
Ramos-Monge, Elva Lizeth (Date of defense: 2019-01-30)
Nowadays, the need for ethical behavior in society is unquestionable due to dominant social problems that concern society, such as poverty, inequality and climate change. These issues have been addressed by private and ...
Taherimashhadi, Mehrsa (Date of defense: 2018-10-18)
Since the emergence of Lean Manufacturing, many organizations strived to implement it. Nonetheless, sustainable Lean transformation is not as easy as to be simply achieved. Severa!aspects need to be taken into account ...
Pinto Taborga, Carola (Date of defense: 2018-07-16)
Virtually the entire scientific, political, business, and social community is aware of the importance of climate change. Countries adhering to the Kyoto Protocol have taken up the challenge of reducing carbon emission, ...
Muriel Redondo, Lorenzo (Date of defense: 2018-06-07)
Introducción: Este trabajo pretende abrir una nueva línea de investigación en orden a la construcción y demostración de un método que permita lograr la mejora del nivel de optimismo de las personas, para que redunde en un ...
Fernández Ronquillo, Mario Alfredo (Date of defense: 2018-06-13)
The main objective of the thesis is to design a model of competences for the micro entrepreneur who develops his activity in depressed environments, adapted to his personal needs and the environment in which he develops, ...
Makvand, Ali Fathi (Date of defense: 2018-05-18)
Context: Culture is a set of values, opinions and beliefs which shape people lives, societies, nations and organizations. However, organizational culture is the most essential context at the heart of the organizational ...
De Andrés Mosquera, Andrés (Date of defense: 2018-03-13)
The paper studies the behavior of the household savings rate in the period 1985 to 2016. It examines the variables that the literature considers determine the long-term savings rate of households: income, wealth, unemployment, ...
Ortiz Elías, José Agustín (Date of defense: 2018-02-16)
The study of the process of ethical decision making in business includes the different aspects that influences on the moral thinking and behavior of the individuals in corporations: personal factors as the education, the ...
Derqui Zaragoza, Belén (Date of defense: 2017-12-04)
Context: Globalization, increased competition for natural resources, the rise of non-financial performance indicators in decision making, among other new trends have made sustainability more and more relevant and linked ...
Moll de Alba Cabot, Jaime (Date of defense: 2018-01-18)
The last decade has witnessed a renewed interest of the international community in industrial development as an engine of national economic growth. Industrialization offers responses to sluggish economic growth, poverty ...