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    Modelo integrador de programas de desarrollo de liderazgo (LDP) en Executive Education 

    Hugas Sabater, Jaume (Date of defense: 2015-10-27)

    Los LDP (programas de desarrollo de liderazgo) de los centros de Executive Education de las escuelas de negocio se pueden definir como el proceso académico de desarrollo de capacidades de liderazgo de los participantes de ...

    La gestión de la innovación en las empresas de servicios intensivas en conocimiento tecnológico (t-KIBS) de Cataluña 

    Amores Bravo, Xavier (Date of defense: 2015-11-16)

    The present thesis analyses data from 45 t-KIBS (Technological Knowledge Intensive Business services) of Catalonia that are provided with a minimum dimension and activity during the last few years to ensure certain capability ...

    Tourist behavior in a cross-border area: the case of Nicosia, Cyprus 

    Díaz Sauceda, Judit (Date of defense: 2016-07-13)

    Tourists are crossing borders naturally when consuming an area. Therefore, cross-border tourism studies are gaining relevance. A qualitative analysis showed the lack of research on cross-border tourism from the demand side. ...

    Le système touristique comme un facteur de développement local dans les moyennes villes à travers des attractifs: le cas de Fafe au Portugal 

    Freitas da Mota, Catarina (Date of defense: 2016-07-18)

    In this thesis carried through the Doctorate Programm about Tourism from the University of Girona, we decided to investigate whether the tourism system could be considered as a factor in local development in medium-sized ...

    Accessible tourism: an integrated model of the behaviour of tourists with disabilities in a destination 

    Gassiot Melian, Ariadna (Date of defense: 2016-07-26)

    People with disabilities face a series of constraints when visiting a tourism destination. These constraints have a disproportionate effect on their behaviour compared to those without disabilities. The first article of ...

    La demanda turística urbana: modelos estructurales de comportamiento de los turistas de Barcelona 

    Moll de Alba Cabot, Jorge Eduardo (Date of defense: 2016-11-25)

    During recent decades the development of urban tourism has proven extraordinarily successful, to the point where it is the form of tourism that has seen the greatest growth worldwide. The city of Barcelona has become one ...

    Influence of individual dynamic managerial capabilities over business sustainability commitment, stakeholder engagement and gender 

    Buil Fabregà, Marian (Date of defense: 2017-06-22)

    In today's dynamic environment, which is characterized by continuous and unpredictable changes, companies need new strategies to maintain their competitive advantage in the market, ensure long-term sustainability and ...

    Consumer's behavioural patterns: the Romanian tourists 

    Rosca, Ingrid Magda (Date of defense: 2017-07-10)

    A doctoral thesis proposes a new model of consumer behaviour in the area of tourism. This research was developed in partnership with Romanian Academy, The World Economy Institute, with the National Foundation of Young ...

    La gestió municipal de la salut pública: estudi empíric de les característiques poblacionals i politico-tècniques en el cas dels municipis de la demarcació de Girona 

    Alabert López, Marc (Date of defense: 2017-07-28)

    This thesis aims to provide information and analysis on the development of activities derived from municipal public health competencies in the municipalities of the Girona demarcation. The data show that the organization ...

    Food consumption of Chinese outbound tourists in Spain 

    Lin, Jiayi (Date of defense: 2017-12-15)

    This dissertation aims to understand the food consuming behaviours of international tourists in their long-haul travel. This thesis is presented as a compendium of publications, which the first one intents to build a new ...

    Destination image and risk perception: an integrative perspective 

    Perpiña Blanch, Laura (Date of defense: 2018-01-12)

    This doctoral thesis explores the perception of tourism destinations though two major lines of research, destination image and risk perception, by a compendium of publications. The first article compares the cognitive ...

    Impacte de l'estandardització de la gestió de la innovació mitjançant la norma UNE 166002 

    Mir Mauri, Moisès (Date of defense: 2018-03-16)

    The present doctoral thesis studies the Spanish standard for Innovation management “UNE 166002 R&D&I management system requirements”, from two complementary perspectives. The first, eminently exploratory, analyzes the ...

    Wind power supply chain: relevant aspects related to manufacturing and quality management 

    Castelló i Dalmau, Jordi (Date of defense: 2018-06-21)

    In recent years, supply chain management (SCM) has become of great importance as nowadays not only are businesses competing with each other, but so too are suppliers. The main objective of this thesis is to analyse some ...

    HRM 4 Innovation: from determinants to performance. Essays from the Spanish context 

    Manresa Matas, Alba (Date of defense: 2018-07-09)

    Human resource (HR) practices are possible contributors to a firm’s success. There is a pressing need for empirical research that addresses how HR practices contribute to a company’s ability to be creative and innovative. ...

    A promoção das ilhas como destino turístico: heterotopias e pressupostos antropológicos do turismo insular 

    Carvalho, Adalberto Dias de (Date of defense: 2018-07-12)

    The present study assumes an interdisciplinary nature and privileges the undertaken assumption as hypothesis that there is a relation of anthropological nature of the human beings with the small islands, which, by conditioning ...

    Social Sales: una nueva manera de intermediación turística online 

    Caparrós Vicente, Ana Belén (Date of defense: 2019-02-15)

    The evolution of tourism has experienced different circumstances due to changes in the tourism intermediation system. These changes occurred since the beginning of modern tourism. One of the cyclic changes was the introduction ...

    Turismo de base comunitaria y emprendimiento indígena. El papel de la gobernanza tradicional en la gestión de empresas de base comunitaria turísticas en Oaxaca, México 

    Fernández Aldecua, María José (Date of defense: 2019-02-15)

    This doctoral thesis aims to contribute to the development of an emerging theory of community-based tourism (CBT), defining it as community-driven governance (CDG) and as social entrepreneurship, both analyzed as dimensions ...

    Identifying factors for the customer delight in tourism industry: model and measurement scale 

    Escobar Rivera, Dalilis (Date of defense: 2019-05-24)

    The objective of the present dissertation is to empirically identify customer delight in customer’s most memorable experiences in the context of tourism services. Specifically, the aim of the present dissertation is to ...

    Branding regional destinations: an integrated stakeholders perspective 

    Piva, Elisa (Date of defense: 2019-07-15)

    This doctoral thesis explores the brand development process of regional destinations in depth, focusing on the supply-side perspective and the concept of brand identity, as well as the perceptions of stakeholders involved ...

    Portafoli i arquitectura de marca a les destinacions turístiques: el cas de l’Empordà 

    Gutiérrez Olesti, Jacinta (Date of defense: 2019-07-22)

    There is no doubt that we live in a world of brands. Graphic images, logos and slogans have significant impacts on our daily lives. The brand portfolios of tourist destinations have been growing in the last years. The ...