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    From Being NICE to Being Tired: Essays in Health Economics 

    Serra-Burriel, Miquel (Date of defense: 2019-07-05)

    This document is a summary of the first steps of my journey into academic research. The dissertation provides in-depth analysis of the theoretical basis of the British National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) ...

    Impacto Científico, Político y Social de la Formación del Profesorado Basada en Actuaciones Docentes de Éxito: El caso de la tertulia pedagógica dialógica “A hombros de los Gigantes” de Valencia 

    Roca Campos, Esther (Date of defense: 2018-07-30)

    Históricamente se ha considerado la formación del profesorado, tanto inicial como continua, un factor clave para la educación. Actualmente este interés ha revertido en el incremento de estudios que valoran qué formación ...

    El sector assegurador espanyol i les seves inversions, 1984 – 2015 

    Camprubí i Baiges, Ferran (Date of defense: 2019-06-26)

    Aquesta tesi doctoral tracta sobre l’estudi de les inversions del sector assegurador espanyol en el període cronològic 1984-2015. El marc temporal ve delimitat pels canvis legislatius. De manera resumida, els objectius ...

    El ciclo de desindustrialización de la Argentina y sus consecuencias estructurales. Un análisis de la etapa 1976-2010 

    Herrera Bartis, Germán (Date of defense: 2019-02-08)

    Esta investigación se propuso como objetivo principal analizar los aspectos centrales que caracterizaron al proceso de desindustrialización de la Argentina entre 1976 y 2010. A lo largo de los cinco capítulos que componen ...

    Essays on the Economics of Obesity 

    Raftopoulou, Athina (Date of defense: 2019-01-28)

    This thesis comprises five chapters in total, starting with a general introduction that raises the issue of obesity as well as a brief description of the basic research questions of the dissertation, three main chapters ...

    Building knowledge in performance measurement and management: A critical realist approach 

    Armstrong, Ryan (Date of defense: 2018-12-19)

    Within management and organizational studies, researchers and practitioners alike have maintained a constant interest in the topic performance management as a means of improving individual and organizational performance. ...

    Familias monoparentales y responsabilidad parental. Análisis sociojurídico 

    Di Nella, Dino (Date of defense: 2018-10-10)

    El objetivo general de esta tesis es efectuar un análisis sociojurídico crítico de las familias monoparentales y la responsabilidad parental, a través de una experiencia de investigación acción participativa para el diseño, ...

    The processes of knowledge management: A bibliometric evolution and assessment models based on ICTs for SMEs 

    Gaviria Marín, Magaly (Date of defense: 2018-12-21)

    Esta tesis doctoral se presenta como un compendio de cuatro contribuciones científicas que contribuyen al campo de la gestión del conocimiento. Se presentan dos capítulos teóricos que utilizan metodologías y herramientas ...

    Innovation through Cross-Fertilization: Serious games and gamification in the EU-funded research projects 

    González-Piñero, Manel (Date of defense: 2018-11-07)

    [eng] In recent years, ecosystems of innovation have gained substantial momentum in academic research. As a response to recent calls in open innovation literature for novel research, this doctoral thesis extends the study ...

    Essays on Brazilian Political Economy 

    Cavalcanti, Francisco de Lima (Date of defense: 2018-06-18)

    The article 1 addresses the role of political parties and studies whether popularity shocks are crucial for electoral accountability beyond their effects on voter behavior. It specifically examines the impact of the ...

    Innovation processes in creative industries: new practices and the use of technology in the digital entertainment industry 

    Granados Sánchez, Cristian (Date of defense: 2018-11-07)

    In the last few decades Creative Industries (CIs) have been gaining ground as an important topic in academic and political agendas. CIs have their origin in creativity and individual talent to produce content, services or ...

    Essays on informal labor markets 

    Vega Núñez, Adriana Patricia (Date of defense: 2018-10-18)

    The dissertation deals with the analysis of informality in developing countries considering both the worker’s and the firm’s perspective. Within a context of a strong presence of this phenomenon in the majority of South ...

    Café, Revolución Verde, regulación y liberalización del mercado: Costa Rica (1950-2017) 

    Montero Mora, Andrea (Date of defense: 2018-09-13)

    Esta tesis analiza la evolución del sector cafetalero en Costa Rica en el contexto de la Revolución Verde, la regulación y la liberalización del mercado (1950-2017). Aborda una serie de variables agroecológicas, técnicas, ...

    Cyclical Patterns and Sustainability of Fiscal Policy at Regional Level: the Spanish Case 

    Mussons, Joan Maria (Date of defense: 2018-07-12)

    Concerns over sustainability and the cyclical pattern of public finances have been especially great since the onset of the global financial crisis. This thesis comprises four essays which aim to examine those concerns with ...

    Essays on Urban Economics 

    González Pampillón, Nicolás (Date of defense: 2018-06-25)

    This thesis contributes with empirical evidence on policies that attempt to reduce spatial inequalities and also studying the drivers of residential segregation. Specifically, the second chapter assesses the impact on ...

    Public-Private Partnerships in Roads: Economic and Policy Analyses 

    Bel-Piñana, Paula (Date of defense: 2018-07-10)

    In recent decades, public-private partnerships has converted in an alternative way of providing transport infrastructures that has been traditional delivered by public sector. Between 1990 and 2017, governments all over ...

    Essays on Industrial Policy, Structural Change, and International Trade 

    Hollstein, Till Ferdinand (Date of defense: 2018-09-21)

    The purpose of the thesis is to investigate the impact of patterns of trade on the structural composition of an economy. We show that trade affects an economy’s productivity by shifting labor across broad sectors and ...

    Three Essays on Agglomeration Economies in Ecuador 

    Obaco Álvarez, Moisés Lenyn (Date of defense: 2018-09-25)

    This thesis focuses on analyzing agglomeration effects in Ecuador. The thesis is divided into five chapters. The first chapter is an introductory chapter where it is focused on the motivation of the case study and the ...

    El modelo de simulación perceptual integrado: una herramienta para la toma de decisiones de posicionamiento de marca 

    Aymerich Martinez, Jordi (Date of defense: 2007-04-11)

    El presente trabajo se estructura en dos bloques claramente diferenciados: el primero presenta un panorama teórico de la situación actual de la disciplina de Marketing, especialmente centrado en la imagen de Marca. El ...

    Essays on Regional Labour Markets in Spain 

    Melguizo Cháfer, Celia (Date of defense: 2018-07-09)

    This thesis analyses the impact of the recession on the regional labour markets in Spain by considering three different aspects: the regional unemployment sensitivity to economic variations, the minimum wage effect on youth ...