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TASTET ECONOMIA NRO 5: TREBALL I PAS DEL TEMPS 

Accensi Martínez, Cinta

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E-learning in Economics and Business 

Batalla i Busquets, Josep Maria; Rimbau Gilabert, Eva; Serradell López, Enric

E-learning is broadening education horizons all over the world. The contribution sought by this work is to evidence innovations and practices that are applied to teaching environments and fields of knowledge connected with ...

Silver as a constraint for a large-scale development of solar photovoltaics? scenario-making to the year 2050 supported by expert engagement and global sensitivity analysis 

Lo Piano, Samuele; saltelli, andrea; van der Sluijs, Jeroen P.

In this study we assess whether availability of silver could constrain a large-scale deployment of solar photovoltaics (PV). While silver-paste use in photovoltaics cell metallization is becoming more efficient, solar ...

Developing models for online academic advising 

Rimbau Gilabert, Eva; Martínez Argüelles, María Jesús; Ruiz Dotras, Elisabet

Peer-reviewed

Workforce contracting and performance in knowledge intensive services: An intellectual capital view [Contratación de la mano de obra y desempeño en los servicios intensivos en conocimiento: Una visión del capital intelectual] 

Rimbau Gilabert, Eva; Myrthianos, V.

Purpose: The performance of service activities with high added value, offered by manufacturing companies, in the same way as those of knowledge-intensive services can be affected by the hiring of labor used in them. We ...

Visualizations of online course interactions for social network learning analytics 

Hernández García, Ángel; González González, Inés; Jiménez Zarco, Ana Isabel; Chaparro Peláez, Julián

Social network learning analytics aims to extract useful information to improve the learning process, but the variety of learning management systems makes this task burdensome and difficult to manage. This study shows how ...

Overeducation, skills and wage penalty: evidence for Spain using PIAAC data 

Nieto Viramontes, Sandra; Ramos, Raúl

The literature on educational mismatches finds that overeducated workers suffer a wage penalty compared with properly educated workers with the same level of education. Recent literature also suggests that individuals' ...

Another look at 'being there' experiences in digital media: exploring connections of telepresence with mental imagery 

Rodríguez Ardura, Inma; Martínez López, Francisco José

Substantial multidisciplinary research has established foundational support for the consumer behaviour phenomenon that underlies the experience of telepresence within online social networks and other digital media products ...

Building Sustainable Smart Destinations: An Approach Based on the Development of Spanish Smart Tourism Plans 

González Reverté, Francesc

The aim of this research is to assess the real effects of developing smart tourism destinations on urban sustainability. A content analysis method is used to analyze 994 initiatives contained in action-plan and strategy ...

Maturity model for the information-driven SME 

Purpose: This article presents a maturity model for the evaluation of the information-driven decision-making process (DMP) in small and medium enterprises. This model is called 'Simplified Holistic Approach to DMP Evaluation ...

TASTET ECONOMIA NRO7 :consumidors paràsits o free riders 

Accensi Martínez, Maria Cinta

Peer-reviewed

Usefulness of Z scoring models in the early detection of financial problems in bankrupt Spanish companies 

Fitó Bertran, Àngels; Plana Erta, Dolors; Llobet Dalmases, Joan

Purpose: To determine the predictive capacity of two Z scoring models in situations of bankruptcy in the Spanish context. Design/methodology: The research intends to answer four questions: (1) Is Altman's Z scoring model ...

The playfulness of Facebook - Shaped by underlying psychological drivers and gender differences 

Rodríguez Ardura, Inma; Meseguer Artola, Antoni

Despite perceived playfulness being at the core of Facebookers' experiences, research has yet to address this psychological phenomenon and its underlying drivers. Drawing theoretical insights from transportation theory, ...

La logística del demà: reptes i oportunitats en l'era digital 

Alvarez Palau, Eduard Josep; Viu Roig, Marta

En una societat global i interconnectada, el sector logístic és especialment rellevant per entendre el funcionament de l'economia moderna. Els països europeus, gràcies al seu nivell de desenvolupament, ocupen una posició ...

Learning from customer interaction: how merchants create price-level propositions for experience goods in hybrid market environments 

Meseguer Artola, Antoni; Rodríguez Ardura, Inma

For hybrid merchants, who sell goods simultaneously through digital media and conventional channels, creating a price proposition is a major and controversial decision. We model the interaction between hybrid merchants and ...

EU Immigrant integration policies and returns on human capital 

Ramos, Raúl; Matano, Alessia; Nieto Viramontes, Sandra

In order to address skill shortages and the demographic challenges facing the EU, member states have to attract (and retain) the more skilled migrants. Nevertheless, foreign residents generally find a significant wage gap ...

Determinantes multidimensionales en la calidad percibida del empleo. Evidencia empírica para España 

Díaz Chao, Ángel; Ficapal Cusi, Pilar; Torrent Sellens, Joan

Through a representative sample of 8.755 employees in 2010, and using a structural equations model (SEM), this article analyzes empirically the multidimensional determinants (direct effects) of the perceived work quality ...

La literatura jurídica, un mirall entelat de les guerres, les revoltes i les paus en la Catalunya dels anys 1640-1700 

Capdeferro i Pla, Josep

Aquest text s’emmarca en dos projectes de recerca: a) SEJ2006-15051-C03-01 “El derecho histórico en los pueblos de España: ámbitos público y privado (siglos XII-XXI)”, dirigit per Tomàs de Montagut, catedràtic d’Història ...

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