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UK and Spanish banks performances before, during and after the financial crisis: consumer behavior and attitudes to personal risk
(Journal of Applied Economics and Business, 2014-12)This paper analyzes and compares the UK and Spanish banks performances before, during and after the financial crisis with a focus on the trend of ATMs, payment cards and accepted devices, ROA and ROE. ... -
Understanding perceived availability and importance of tobacco control interventions to inform European adoption of a UK economic model: a cross-sectional study
(BMC Health Services Research, 2018-02-14)Background: The evidence on the extent to which stakeholders in different European countries agree with availability and importance of tobacco-control interventions is limited. This study assessed and ... -
Unemployment in Japan: a look at the lost decade
(Asia Pacific Journal of Economics and Business, 2008)The ‘lost decade’ in Japan was a period of steep surge in unemployment. It started in 1991 with the unemployment rate at 2.1%, and ended in 2002 when it reached a historical maximum of 5.5%. To assess ... -
UnivQual: a holistic scale to assess student perceptions of service quality at universities
(Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, 2017-03-20)The aim of this study is twofold. First, we validate a scale to assess the quality of the university experienced by students (UnivQual). Three main dimensions are envisioned: (i) “curriculum”, which ... -
Unmasking the barriers to financing social enterprises
(VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 2022)The institutional complexity of social enterprises (SEs) often hinders their access to financing from conventional investors. To align the interests of SEs and their investors, innovative investment ... -
La utilización de estrategias SEO en el sector de la venta de libros
(Intangible Capital, 2009-07)La saturación de los medios de comunicación y el avance de las nuevas tecnologías de la información y de la comunicación han consolidado Internet como un nuevo canal comercial y de marketing. En este ... -
La versatilidad del método de la clase invertida: estudio de un caso de aplicación durante la crisis de la COVID-19
(Revista de Docencia Universitaria, 2020)Este artículo discute sobre la versatilidad del método de la clase invertida, entendida como la capacidad de adaptación con éxito a disciplinas de complejidad e índole muy diversa. Partiendo del análisis ... -
Viveros de empresas en Cataluña: tradicionales y especializados
(Boletín Económico de ICE, 2005)A través del presente estudio empírico se detecta que existen dos tipos de viveros de empresas. Los viveros tradicionales se centran en la promoción de nuevas empresas que desde un buen inicio tengan ... -
What do freshmen know about sustainability? Analysing the skill gap among university business administration students
(Sustainability, 2021)This study aims at creating and validating an instrument to assess the level of mastery in sustainability competencies of freshmen students in business-related studies. To reach this goal, a questionnaire ... -
What do we know about co-working spaces? Trends and challenges ahead
(Sustainability, 2021-01)Co-working spaces (CWSs) have emerged as a distinctive phenomenon in the sharing economy. They are collaborative environments that feed innovation and creativity under the slogan “working alone together”. ... -
What drives project management success in developing countries? The case of Ghana
(TEC Empresarial, 2022)Many projects in developing countries (DCs) have been recognised as crucial forces for poverty reduction and making people’s lives easier. Despite their relevance, projects in these countries typically ...