Articles publicats Departament d'Organització, Gestió Empresarial i Disseny de Producte: Enviaments recents
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Evaluation of the Interface Strength in the Abaca-Fiber-Reinforced Bio-Polyethylene Composites
Bio-based polymers, with any of their constituents based on nonrenewable sources, can answer the demands of society and regulations regarding minimizing the environmental impact. The more similar such biocomposites are to ...
Health and local food consumption in cross-cultural tourism mobility: an assemblage approach
A healthy diet is vital to sustaining tourist mobility. In cross-cultural mobility, tourists must face strange local eating environments in tourism place and the complex health problems that these environments may cause. ...
The Internalization of Participation and Coherence Dimensions of Governance in Tourism Destination Management Organizations: an Exploratory Approach
This exploratory research aims to determine how governance is internalized in tourism destinations management organizations (DMO). Governance internalization is understood as the commitment of destination management-related ...
Colaboraciones interadministrativas en la gestión de la salud pública en municipios menores de 10.000 habitantes = Interadministrative collaboration for public health management in municipalities with less than 10,000 residents
This study analyses which administrative body local councils use to carry out their basic public health responsibilities. The study sample includes data from municipalities with less than 10,000 residents, which we believe ...
The Effect of Product Complexity on Servitization and Deservitization: A Multi-Country Quantitative Analysis
Servitization is often based on technology, with the producer not selling products but rather offering product-related services. While servitization had been steadily gaining interest until relatively recently, a new trend ...
A Family Imprinting Approach to Nurturing Willing Successors: Evidence From Centennial Family Firms
A critical aspect for the continuity of family businesses (FB) is the existence of willing successors. In this article, we use the imprinting theory to ground an explanation of how the family imprinting process shapes ...
Measuring sustained superior performance at the firm level
This paper proposes a two-dimensional Strategic Performance Measure (SPM) to evaluate the achievement of sustained superior performance. This proposal builds primarily on the fact that, under the strategic management ...
New Frontiers in Travel Motivation and Social Media: The Case of Longyearbyen, the High Arctic
Tourism explores new frontiers by traveling around unknown geographical and technological territories that bring new tourism opportunities and hazards to satisfy visitors’ needs and sustainability and responsibility in ...
Exploring value differences across family firms: The influence of choosing and managing complexity
Stewardship is considered a distinctive feature of family firms, and it is associated with a set of values, including altruism, collectivism, trust, identification, loyalty and commitment. However, the extent to which these ...
Exploring the probability of firm cooperation in innovation: The role of technological intensity, knowledge intensity, and size
This study explores the probability of a company cooperating in innovation, in particular with universities and research institutes, in relation to its technological and knowledge intensity, and its size. It uses data from ...
La consultoría en España ¿consulta o inculcación de principios?
The ISO 9000-2000 standard provides eight quality management principles. They may be used by senior managers as a framework to guide their organizations towards improved performance. The article analyzes the way the ...
Advances in Natural Fibers and Polymers
The use of natural fibers as reinforcement for polymer-based composites has been attracting the interest of the scientific community for a long time. Despite the maturity of natural fiber-reinforced polymers, such materials ...
Difusión de las memorias de sostenibilidad en Latinoamérica: análisis territorial y sectorial = The use of sustainability reporting in Latin America: territorial and sectorial analysis = Difusão das memórias de sustentabilidade na América Latina: análise territorial e sectorial
This article has three objectives. First, to identify the geographical and sectorial distribution of sustainability reporting in Latin America using the Global Reporting Initiative. Second, to compare this diffusion pattern ...
Mejora de la Enseñanza y el Aprendizaje a través de la Evaluación de Competencias por medio de la Herramienta Cycloid = Improving Teaching and Learning through Assessment Skills using Cyclod
A procedure for the evaluation and development of competences using a tool based on information and communication technology tool called Cycloid is presented. The study proposes a feasible way for reducing the gap between ...
Training Lean Thinkers
Future engineers in acquiring and managing specific skills associated with a Lean production system is a challenge at university. Netland (2013), based on a study of production systems in 30 firms, considered that all ...
Enhancing Brand Image through Events and Cultural Festivals: the Perspective of the Stresa Festival’s Visitors
Cultural events have become a significant component within the strategies of destination branding of a place. Territories are increasingly using events and cultural festivals to enhance their image and boost tourism ...
Los estándares internacionales de sistemas de gestión: pasado, presente y futuro
En este artículo se analiza la fuerte incidencia que en los últimos años ha tenido a nivel internacional la difusión de diversos estándares internacionales de sistemas de gestión de empresas. Se analiza la génesis y difusión ...
Cinematographic image of Barcelona and the tourist consumption of the city
Numerous studies have considered the relevance of films as a powerful tool to generate and disseminate destination image. However, the relationship between the perceived image of a destination and the consumption of its ...
Les Unitats de transferència i comercialització de tecnologia universitària
Aquest article presenta els resultats de l’anàlisi de cinquanta-dues unitats de transferència de tecnologia generada al sector públic. L’objectiu de l’anàlisi era aportar informació i coneixement adreçats a facilitar en ...
Las propuestas de Grado en Turismo en el Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior (EEES)
Este artículo hace un breve recorrido por los estudios superiores de turismo para abordar su reconversión dentro del Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior. Para ello, después de analizar los principales componentes del ...
