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Milk, social acceptance of a new food in Europe: Catalonia, 19th-20th centuries
(Dynamis. 2010;30:119-139, 2010)In this article we analyse the time course of the consumption of fresh milk in different regions of Europe between the 1870s and 1930s. Working from the case of Catalonia, we affirm that the increasing ... -
Why do tertiary education graduates regret their study program? A comparison between Spain and the Netherlands
(Higher Education. 2013;65(5):565-579, 2013-05)In this paper we investigate the determinants of regret of study program for tertiary education graduates in Spain and the Netherlands. These two countries differ in their educational system in terms ... -
Entrepreneurial skills and wage employment
(International Journal of Manpower. 2016;37(3):556-588, 2016)Promotion of entrepreneurial skills among the population is often considered as an adequate policy to enhance job creation and economic growth. However, neither the definition of entrepreneurial skills, ... -
An explanatory study of MBA students with regards to sustainability and ethics commitment
(Sustainability. 2016 Mar 18;8(3):280, 2016-03-18)(1) Background: The consequences of the recent economic crisis have shown the need for promoting certain key skills in future entrepreneurs to create enterprises that are capable of producing added ... -
The evolution and impact of tourism in the Mediterranean: the case of island regions, 1990-2002
(Cuadernos de Turismo. 2016;(37):269–303, 2016-05-03)This paper aims to analyse one of the world’s top tourist destinations, the Mediterranean, and, more specifically, the evolution and impact of mass tourism on its western islands (Corsica, Sardinia, ... -
The Adoption of Environmental Practices in Small Hotels. Voluntary or Mandatory? An Empirical Approach
(Sustainability. 2016 Jul 21;8(7):695, 2016-07-21)This paper examines small hotels that have some type of environmental certification. A survey of 210 small (less than 50 employees) Catalonian hotels was conducted to investigate whether there are ... -
La universidad asincrónica: uso de las TIC en estudiantes de periodismo
(adComunica: revista científica de estrategias, tendencias e innovación en comunicación. 2017;(14):163-181, 2017)La formación universitaria es uno de los pilares en la redefinición del rol del profesional del periodismo. La transformación que ha vivido la industria de la información en los últimos ... -
Differences in residents' attitudes towards tourism among mass tourism destinations
(International Journal of Tourism Research. 2017;19(5):535-545, 2017-09)This article contributes to extant knowledge by analysing differences in the attitudes towards tourism of residents living in several micro-destinations (cities) within a larger tourism destination, ... -
Cities and milk consumption in Europe, 1890-1936: the emergence of a new market in Spain
(Historia Agraria. 2017;73:59-90, 2017-12)One of the main features of the European nutritional transition involved the wide-spread increase in milk consumption, a singular process as it involved the emergence of new consumption preferences.This ... -
Sustainable development through CSR in human resource management practices: the effects of the economic crisis on job quality
(Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 2018; 25(4):441-456, 2018)This article focuses on sustainable development and human resource management (HRM). It analyses the effects of the economic crisis on CSR in the management of employees, its determinants and also depicts ... -
El soporte a la investigación en las bibliotecas universitarias españolas
(Anales de Documentación. 2018 Jan 31;21(1):1-10, 2018-01-31)En el contexto actual, en el que las universidades y su cuerpo docente deben adaptarse a los requerimientos legislativos vinculados al incremento de la investigación, las bibliotecas ocupan un rol crucial ... -
Social economy companies in the times of crises: entrepreneurship and survival
(Intangible Capital. 2018 Feb;14(1):35-46, 2018-02)Purpose: The work presented in this article is a study of the strategies carried out by social economy companies in times of crisis. This article analyses the financial characteristics of the ... -
Factors affecting time spent visiting heritage city areas
(Sustainability. 2018;10(6):1824, 2018-06-01)Urban tourism is growing fast, and in many cities visitor influx tends to concentrate in historic urban centers. When there are large numbers of visitors, deepening the knowledge on visitor time consumption ... -
Socially responsible HR practices and their effects on employees’ wellbeing: empirical evidence from Catalonia, Spain
(European Research on Management and Business Economics. 2018 Aug;24(2):82-89, 2018-08)Corporate social responsibility towards employees has been promoted by international organizations that produced recommendations, conventions, principles and other documents to enhance job quality and ... -
The transparency of CSUC member university libraries
(Library Management. 2019;40(8/9):558-569, 2019)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse the level of transparency of the libraries of Catalan universities that are members of the Consortium of University Services of Catalonia (CSUC). Desi ... -
Flipped classroom as an active learning methodology in sustainable development curricula
(Sustainability.2019 AUG 23;11(17):4577, 2019-08-23)Goal 4 of the Agenda 2030 sustainable development goals (SDGs) is aimed at working towards quality in education. Universities have an important role in teaching sustainability principles. Yet, which ... -
Diagnosis of the domino effect in bankruptcy situations through positioning maps and their evolution 10 years later
(SAGE Open. 2020;10(4):1-18, 2020)This work aims to describe how the insolvency of a firm affects other business creditors. Through a sample of small and medium entities in Catalonia for the biennium 2004–2005, the situation of creditors ... -
Empirical evolution of credit risk over a decade in IBEX. 35 companies and its relationship with the qualification of its ratings
(Intangible Capital. 2020;16(2):61-77, 2020)Purpose: The present work responds to two objectives. On the one hand, it describes the evolution of the main economic-financial indicators that influence credit risk (insolvency) for a sample of 10 ... -
Educando contra la posverdad. La alfabetización informacional como estrategia para hacer resilientes a los menores en el consumo digital
(ZER: Revista De Estudios De Comunicación = Komunikazio Ikasketen Aldizkaria. 2020 May 29;25(48):309-327, 2020-05-29)La proliferación de las fake news hace que la capacitación para la elección y evaluación de fuentes de información sea de relevancia en el sistema educativo. Se presentan los resultados de un cuestionario ... -
Markus Lampe y Paul Sharp, A land of milk & butter. How elites created the modern Danish dairy industry, Chicago y Londres, The University of Chicago Press, 2018, 320 pp.
(Revista de Historia Industrial. 2020;29(79):211-214, 2020-07-15)La mayor parte de las 1.136 cooperativas lácteas existentes en Dinamarca en 1909 fueron creadas entre 1880 y los primeros años de 1890. [...]