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    Psychological and Personal Antecedents of Purchasing Counterfeit Products (Moderating role of the cognitive system) 

    Pahlevan, Sara (Date of defense: 2024-03-13)

    [eng] In response to the growing global trade in counterfeit goods, researchers and industry professionals in the luxury brand sector are working to combat these practices, safeguard international trade, and support ...

    Essays on Urban Economics 

    Ouasbaa Azzouani, Ghizlen (Date of defense: 2024-03-08)

    [eng] The dissertation examines how rising housing costs and booming tourism affect local economies. The first chapter provides an introduction to the topic. The second chapter studies developers' influence on housing ...

    The development of family policies in a familist welfare state: the Spanish case, 1900-1958 

    Verd Llabrés, Guillem (Date of defense: 2023-11-27)

    [eng] The low development of family policies has been considered a fundamental feature of contemporary southern European welfare states. As a result, family relations and inter-generational solidarity emerged as preferred ...

    Exploring Food System Transformations in Spain (1980-2021) 

    Parajuá Carpintero, Noelia (Date of defense: 2023-12-20)

    [eng] In this PhD Thesis, I examine the transformations of the Spanish food system from 1980 to the present, focusing on its socioeconomic structural changes and their impacts on sustainability and social equity. My research ...

    Digital Content Marketing Strategies for resource optimisation in e-Government platforms 

    Guzmán Ordóñez, Anabel (Date of defense: 2024-01-22)

    [eng] The use of new technologies, especially social media, has played a vital role in government efforts to coordinate responses to extraordinary events such as the pandemic and ensure public collaboration during this ...

    Land revenue, inequality and development in colonial India (1880-1910) 

    Caum-Julio, Jordi (Date of defense: 2023-04-27)

    [eng] The determinants of economic development have been largely studied in social sciences. Researchers have mostly pointed at geographic (Roy, 2014; Sachs and Warner, 2001) and institutional factors (Acemoglu et al., ...

    The Re-emergence of the Chinese Economy: Internationalization and Technological Catch-up in the Automobile Industry (1953-2018) 

    Jia Zheng, Yuan (Date of defense: 2023-05-31)

    [eng] Over the last four decades, China has emerged as the world's main economic actor. This thesis aims to provide a new understanding of the re-emergence of the Chinese economy. The main hypothesis is that this process ...

    Strategic recovery for digitally underdeveloped sharing economy components: Coworking spaces’ digitalization in time of pandemic 

    Saka, Tugce Nuray (Date of defense: 2024-01-09)

    [eng] COVID-19 crisis marked a milestone for all organizations to reconsider digitalization priorities. Coworking spaces, as digitally underdeveloped components of the sharing economy, carried out a series of digital ...

    Essays on Redistribution 

    Serra-Sala, Clàudia (Date of defense: 2023-12-11)

    [eng] This dissertation contributes to this debate by studying redistribution from three different perspectives. The first chapter provides an introduction to the topic. The second and third chapters explore redistribution ...

    Essays on the Relationship between the Integration of Management Systems and Sustainability 

    Ronalter, Louis Maximilian (Date of defense: 2023-12-01)

    [eng] This thesis explores the intersection of (integrated) management systems (MSs) and sustainability, aiming to provide insights into how organisations can foster their corporate sustainability performance (CSP). It ...

    Essays on political economy and matching markets 

    Domènech i Gironell, Gerard (Date of defense: 2023-11-22)

    [eng] In the thesis I make use of the tools provided by game theory to study the incentives of members of a variety of institutions. The three works that make up for the core of the dissertation, stress the importance of ...

    An Analysis of Factors for Preventing and Detecting Corruption: Evidence in Indonesia Village Government 

    Putri, Caesar Marga (Date of defense: 2023-11-30)

    [eng] The enactment of Village Law No 6 of 2014 is intended for village decentralisation which allows the village government to manage the village under regency and ministry regulations. Its purpose is to increase community ...

    Empirical Essays on Economics and Language 

    Mallén Alberdi, Bernat (Date of defense: 2023-11-21)

    [eng] This thesis presents three essays on Economics and Language, in chapter 2, 3 and 4, with a previous general introduction and a final conclusión. In the first article (chapter 2), together with my advisor Antonio Di ...

    La sostenibilidad social de los sistemas agroalimentarios: Análisis comparativo para una visión integradora de la agricultura 

    Capdevila Murillo, Carmen (Date of defense: 2023-10-30)

    [spa] Existe un amplio consenso sobre el papel que desempeñan los sistemas agroalimentarios en los cambios medioambientales globales, en especial, sobre los impactos derivados del modelo agroindustrial. Por ello, la ...

    Essays on Firm Behavior in International Trade 

    Cilekoglu, Akin A. (Date of defense: 2023-11-13)

    [eng] International trade experienced an unprecedented growth and the world economy has been more integrated than ever before in the last decades. During this period, access to international trade helped firms to produce ...

    It is all about Services: Disentangling the Nature of Service Firms and their Internationalization Process 

    Espinet Patcho, Adriana (Date of defense: 2023-11-08)

    [eng] The development of service industries across the globe has triggered a rising interest in the management and business literature. The comprehension of services and their international expansion has increased notably ...

    Exploring the Role of Third Party Logistic (TPL) Companies as Enablers for Collaborative Systems and Blue Ocean Strategy in Supply Chain Management 

    Hargous Pretel, Bernardo Andrés (Date of defense: 2023-11-10)

    [eng] This doctoral thesis investigates the potential of third-party logistics (TPL) companies as key facilitators of collaborative systems and the implementation of the blue ocean strategy within the realm of supply chain ...

    Essays on Public Economics and Public Policy Evaluation – Methods and Applications 

    Mazaira Font, Ferran A. (Date of defense: 2023-09-29)

    [eng] Economic policies and institutional design and decision-making vary greatly accross countries. Germany, the US and Canada, are federal states, where decision-making and economic policies are highly decentralized, ...

    L’homonacionalisme a Europa: una mirada quantitativa des dels valors 

    Freude, Leon (Date of defense: 2023-09-05)

    [cat] En un context de creixement de l’ultraconservadorisme a Europa, aquesta tesi doctoral tracta i analitza els valors homonacionalistes. L’homonacionalisme és un concepte complex i multifacètic apuntat per Jasbir Puar ...

    The emerging landscape of Social Media Data Collection: anticipating trends and addressing future challenges 

    Sáez Ortuño, Laura (Date of defense: 2023-09-21)

    [spa] Las redes sociales se han convertido en una herramienta poderosa para crear y compartir contenido generado por usuarios en todo internet. El amplio uso de las redes sociales ha llevado a generar una enorme cantidad ...