Browsing Ciències Econòmiques i Socials by Subject "37"
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Analysis of training programs related to Quality Management System: the Spanish case
(International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, 2017)The purpose of this paper is to identifying, discussing and analyzing the existing education and training programs related to quality management system (QMS) in Spain. Exhaustive search of the education ... -
Closing the middle-skills gap widened by digitalization: how technical universities can contribute through Challenge-Based Learning
(Studies in Higher Education, 2022)The digitalization of operations is disrupting frontline technical jobs, entailing new competency needs currently not being met by upper secondary education and corporate training programs. To discuss ... -
Computers and students' achievement: an analysis of the one laptop per child program in Catalonia
(International Journal of Educational Research, 2018)We analyse the impact of a One Laptop per Child program introduced by the Catalan government on student achievement. Using longitudinal population data for students in secondary education during the ... -
¿Cuál es el desempeño de las universidades socialmente responsables? El caso de las universidades españolas
(TEC Empresarial, 2021-08-06)La Responsabilidad Social Universitaria (RSU) es una estrategia de dirección de la universidad que proponen tanto organismos internacionales, por ejemplo, la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) y ... -
A Delphi study on Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) applied on Computer Science (CS) skills
(International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology (IJEDICT), 2012)Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) is a new pedagogical domain aiming to study the usage of information and communication technologies to support teaching and learning. The following study investigated ... -
Disentangling the socio-technical impacts of digitalization: What changes for shop-floor decision-makers?
(International Journal of Production Economics, 2024)With the diffusion of Industry 4.0 technologies, firms can decentralize operational decisions, fostering a data-driven Digital Transformation (DT) across all organizational levels. Digitalized shopfloors ... -
The driving forces behind the falling labour share and persistent unemployment in Japan
(Pacific Economic Review, 2011)Like in most advanced countries, the labour income share in Japan has been falling since the mid-1970s. However, in contrast to other advanced economies, Japan experienced an exceptional recessive period ... -
Fulfilment of expectations on students’ perceived quality in the Catalan higher education system
(Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, 2020)This study provides an innovative approach to the analysis of the antecedents of satisfaction. A discussion about different types of expectations and their configurations is presented, providing a new ... -
Globalization, welfare, and the attitudes toward higher education
(Economic Modelling, 2019)In this paper we study how the attitudes toward higher education may affect labor market outcomes in the context of globalization. In particular, we show that different educational attitudes are responsible ... -
Higher education students’ perceptions of ChatGPT: a global study of early reactions
(PLoS ONE, 2025)The paper presents the most comprehensive and large-scale global study to date on how higher education students perceived the use of ChatGPT in early 2024. With a sample of 23,218 students from 109 ... -
ICT skills gap in Spain: before and after a decade of harmonizing the European Higher Education Area
(Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 2019)This study examines the impact that the implementation of the European Higher Education Area has had on engineers in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector. Specifically, we focus on ... -
The impact of SMS messages on young people's participation in recycling campaigns
(Comunicación y Sociedad, 2014)Waste has become a real problem in developed countries; in Spain, municipal waste generated is higher than the European average. To encourage real change in citizens’ behaviour in order to achieve a ... -
Las instituciones argentinas de educación superior, ¿impulsan la sostenibilidad?
(Revista Andina de Educación, 2024)Este estudio aborda cómo las instituciones argentinas de educación superior integran la sostenibilidad en sus programas educativos, de modo alineado con la Agenda 2030 y la Ley 27621 de Educación Ambiental ... -
Integrating sustainability in the business administration and management curriculum: a sustainability competencies map
(Sustainability, 2021)This study presents a sustainability competencies map (SCM) for Business Administration and Management (BAM) disciplines as a tool to support education in sustainability at the university level. The ... -
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 ... -
Levering up performance through quality and knowledge creation
(International Journal for Quality Research, 2020)The objective of this research is to explore the relationships between values, values’ fit, and quality management with organizational performance, and to investigate the mediating role of knowledge ... -
Perspectivas sobre la Sostenibilidad en la Educación Superior: un análisis comparativo entre Argentina, España y Perú
(Revista de Investigación en Educación, 2024)La sostenibilidad en la Educación Superior se ha convertido en un tema destacado a nivel global, el estudio analiza cómo Argentina, España y Perú abordan esta temática. Utilizando la participación de ... -
Profile and performance of the university research groups
(International Journal of Management in Education, 2010)This paper profiles the 'research groups' at the University of Barcelona in order to identify the key success factors of the best groups. A factor analysis was carried out to determine the groups' ... -
Project managers as knowledge workers: competencies for effective project management in developing countries
(Administrative Sciences, 2021)Studies have shown that project managers are responsible for the successful management of various projects. Increasingly, this success depends on the project manager being a knowledge worker (KW)—i.e., ... -
The role of universities in shaping the evolution of Silicon Valley’s ecosystem of innovation
(Triple Helix Journal, 2020)Universities play a unique role in ecosystems of innovation. They interact with the other agents of the Triple Helix model, developing their functions in relation to each other and together with industry ...
