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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The economic and social value of science and technology parks. The case of Tecnocampus
(Frontiers in Psychology. 2020 Dec 23;11:632600, 2020-12-23)This article aims to measure both the economic and social value of Tecnocampus, a Science and Technology Park in its region of influence (Mataró city in the Maresme region of Catalonia, Spain). Our ... -
BS-QUAL: measuring student perceptions of service quality in business schools, an exploratory study
(Tertiary Education and Management. 2023 Feb 13;29:161–187, 2023-02-13)The number of Business Schools (BS) and their market share had increased in the last decades. Positioning strategy of BS is crucial in today’s competitive and changing environments. Thus, paying attention ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Circular economy. A review and bibliometric analysis
(Sustainability. 2020; 12(16):6381, 2020-08-07)The aim of the study is mapping the thematic structure of the circular economy research by mapping research outputs related to it. The methodology consists of developing a bibliometric study based on ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The importance of administrative data in the evaluation of the incidence of social housing allowance programmes
(Evaluation and Program Planning. 2022 Oct;94:102117, 2022-10)The aim of this work is to assess the rental assistance programme that was implemented by the Catalan regional government in the 2010s using administrative data provided by the Catalonia Housing Agency ... -
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 ... -
The economic and social value of spa tourism: the case of balneotherapy in Maresme, Spain
(PLoS ONE. 2022 JAN 31;17(1):e0262428, 2022-01-31)The aim of this article is to assess both the economic and social value of balneotherapy and spa tourism, being the first paper in carrying out this analysis. The study has been conducted in Maresme, a ... -
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 ... -
Construction of biophysical indicators for the catalan economy: building a new conceptual framework
(Sustainability. 2021 Jul 4;13(13):7462, 2021-07-04)The main objective of this work is to create an environmental vision of the Catalan economy based on various indicators. To do this, we started from the fundamental idea of obtaining new metrics to ...