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Purchasing behaviour in an online supermarket: the applicability of E-S-QUAL
(International Journal of Market Research, 2010)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is twofold: (i) to assess the applicability of the four dimensions of online service quality as proposed in the E-S-QUAL scale to the setting of an online supermarket; ... -
Purpose Implementation: Conceptualization and Measurement
(Sustainability, 2021)Understanding what drives effective purpose implementation is the key to making more sustainable organizations. Most studies on the subject of purpose focus on two of its dimensions: formulation (knowledge) ... -
Purpose in corporate governance: the path towards a more sustainable world
(Sustainability, 2022)In order to give a more realistic view of how ESG and sustainability are developed in organisations, this paper explores the development of purpose in corporate governance and the challenges faced. The ... -
Quality management systems: one step forward on the paper industry
(International Journal for Quality Research, 2013)The objective of this article is double: firstly is to show the standards ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 evolution and secondly evolution and situation in the pulp and paper sector during the last years. We ... -
Quality management: a compulsory requirement to achieve effectiveness
(Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, 2018-11-27)Quality management (QM), knowledge management (KM), and organisational culture make up critical resources for sustained competitive advantage of the organisation. Individually, each contributes to ... -
¿Qué competencias facilitan la internacionalización de las empresas de base tecnológica? Un análisis exploratorio
(Economía Industrial, 2011-04)Los imperativos de la globalidad obligan a las empresas a perseguir mercados internacio-nales incluso desde su creación. Las denominadas «empresas nacidas globales» del inglés born global companies (de ... -
Reasons to adopt ISO 50001 energy management system
(Sustainability, 2017-09-27)The main aim of this paper is to analyze the relationships between the corporate motivations that lead organizations to establish the ISO 50001 Energy Management System (EnMS) standard, and the difficulties ... -
Relationship between Internationalization and Quality of University Research
(Review of International Comparative Management, 2013-05)This paper has twofold aim: (i) profiling the “research groups” at the University of Barcelona (UB) in order to identify the key success factors of the groups that could be labeled as “Excellent”; (ii) ... -
Research can be integrated into public health policy-making: global lessons for and from Spanish economic evaluations
(Health Research Policy and Systems, 2022)WHO promotes the use of research in policy-making to drive improvements in health, including in achieving Sustainable Development Goals such as tobacco control. The European Union’s new €95 billion ... -
Resource utilization and outcomes in emergency general surgery during the COVID19 pandemic: an observational cost analysis
(PLoS One, 2021)Background: Over the course of the COVID19 pandemic, global healthcare delivery has declined. Surgery is one of the most resource-intensive area of medicine; loss of surgical care has had untold health ... -
Robotización, ¿sólo cambiará el empleo?
(Revista Empresa y Humanismo, 2020)La primera revolución industrial fue la del motor de vapor, la segunda la de la electricidad y las cadenas de montaje, la tercera, la de los ordenadores iniciada en 1960 y que llega a nuestros días ... -
Service quality assessment of public transport and the implication role of demographic characteristics
(Public Transport, 2015-12)This paper first proposes scales to evaluate customers’ perceived service quality in public transport then identify the demographic characteristics factors that may influence customer perceived service ... -
Single-site strategic capacity planning considering renewal, maintenance, inventory, taxes and cash flow management
(Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2016-07)This paper deals with strategic capacity planning of a single-site manufacturing system. We propose a MILP model that includes relevant business aspects and possibilities, some of which are only partially ... -
Social Accountability 8000 standard certification: analysis of worldwide diffusion
(Journal of cleaner production, 2015-04-15)This study analyzes the worldwide diffusion of the Social Accountability 8000 standard certification in sixty-five countries and sixty-six activity sectors from 1999 to 2011. The logistic curve model ... -
Social, economic and family factors associated with binge drinking in Spanish adolescents
(BMC Public Health, 2020)Background: The main aim of this study was to determine the socioeconomic and family factors associated with binge drinking (BD) in Spanish adolescents who participated in a web-based computer intervention ... -
¿Son las universidades socialmente responsables?
(Archivos Analíticos de Políticas Educativas, 2021)La importancia de la responsabilidad social universitaria (RSU) viene dada por el compromiso que asumela universidad frente a sus grupos de interés. Producto de esta importancia es la realización de la ... -
Spanish e-consumer segmentation and positioning in virtual supermarkets sector
(International Journal of Marketing Studies, 2011)This article analyses different factors that influence the purchasing behaviour of online supermarket customers. These factors are related to both the appearance of the website as well as the processes ... -
Spanish muslims’ halal food purchase intention
(International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 2020)The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors that influence purchase intention of halal food among spanish muslim consumers. Data were obtained from a survey of 228 consumers living in various ... -
Staffing policies of leading professional service firms
(Intangible Capital, 2019)Purpose: The aim of this study is to analyse the prevalence of the staffing policies associated with the characteristics of the two basic types of organisational configurations identified by Institutional ... -
Still implementing ISO 14000 for the same reasons?
(International Journal for Quality Research, 2019)Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to (1) identify and classify the main motives that underpin the theoretical and empirical studies of ISO 14000, and (2) to analyze the evolution of these motives ...