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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 ... -
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, ... -
Economic and social yield of investing in a sporting event: sustainable value creation in a territory
(Sustainability. 2021 Jun 23;13(13):7033, 2021-06-23)Sporting events are a stimulant for the economy and for improving social benefits. This paper aims to estimate a sporting event’s economic and social impact through input–output tables and cost-benefit ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
How on earth did Spanish banking sell the housing stock?
(SAGE Open. 2022;12(1):1-14, 2022)The accumulation of properties by Spanish banks during the crisis of the first decade of the 21st century has definitely changed the housing market. An optimal house price valuation is useful to determine ... -
How to become a cashless economy and what are the determinants of eliminating cash
(Journal of Applied Economics. 2022 Apr 4;25(1):543-562, 2022-04-04)This paper aims to ascertain the determinants by which individuals decide to use credit cards as a payment method rather than cash; that is, to understand changes in socioeconomic factors on the long-term ... -
Management, cooperatives and sustainability: a new methodological proposal for a holistic analysis
(Sustainability. 2022 Jun 20;17(2):7489, 2022-06-20)This article examines how the advent of the new globalisation and climate change requires us to transform the scientific paradigm of economics and, therefore, poses new challenges for analysis. In ... -
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. [...] -
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 ... -
Monetary policy and asset price bubbles: a laboratory experiment
(Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. 2021 Sep;130:1-15, 2021-09)Leaning-against the-wind (LAW) policies, whereby interest rates are raised in the face of a growing asset price bubble, are often advocated as a means of dampening such bubbles. On the other hand, there ... -
Overeducation and childcare time
(International Journal of Manpower. 2023;44(9):108-127, 2023-08-01)Purpose – Research shows that parental employment and education status affect the amount of parental childcare time, which is a fundamental determinant of children’s outcomes. In this paper, the authors ... -
Perception of corruption and public support for redistribution in Latin America
(European Journal of Political Economy. 2022;74:102174, 2022-09)This paper studies the relationship between people’s beliefs about the quality of their institutions, as measured by corruption perceptions, and preferences for redistribution in Latin America. Our ... -
Pollution and congestion in urban areas: the effects of low emission zones
(Economics of Transportation. 2021 Aug 20;26-27:100221, 2021-08-20)The great weight that the car has as a means of mobility in large cities generates significant negative externalities both in terms of pollution and congestion. The goal of this paper is to examine the ... -
El reto de mantener los principios de la economía social a largo plazo: el caso de TUSGSAL
(REVESCO. Revista de Estudios Cooperativos. 2023;1(143):e69184, 2023-02-27)Las organizaciones de la economía social se encuentran en un momento importante desde el punto de vista económico y social. Nuevos modelos de negocio, el papel de la innovación, la atención a los grupos ... -
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 ... -
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 ...