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Measuring Indonesian young consumers’ halal purchase intention of foreign-branded food products
(Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2024)This article is among the few focusing on halal young consumer behavior in Indonesia. The focus is to examine the topic of halal food product purchase intention. Here, we focus specifically on Muslim ... -
La deslocalització de serveis: una perspectiva global i local
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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 ... -
The fading 1990s in Japan: driving forces behind the unemployment upsurge
(International Review of Economics & Finance, 2009)This paper sheds new light on the causes of the unemployment upsurge in Japan during the “fading 1990s”, an unprecedented period of structural crisis. We estimate a labor market model and identify the ... -
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 ... -
Deslocalizaciones y productividad. ¿Una oportunidad para España?
(Papeles de Economía Española, 2012)En este artículo describimos las últimas tendencias en materia de deslocalizaciones a nivel mundial y en particular para el caso español. De esta manera, hacemos referencia a los distintos sectores ... -
More alike than different: the Spanish and Irish labour markets before and after the crisis
(IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2012)Spain and Ireland might seem at first to feature very different labour markets, which go from very tight to very flexible labour conditions. Our analysis, however, goes beyond this simplistic argument ... -
Employment effects of offshoring across sectors and occupations in Japan
(Asian Economic Journal, 2012)In the case of Japan, the studies conducted so far focus alone on firm-level data and delve into the productivity effects and the skill upgrading between skilled and unskilled workers. Here, we carry ... -
Low-skill offshoring and welfare compensation policies
(Economic Modelling, 2016)We analyze the effects of low-skill offshoring on welfare. In the context of a matching model with different possible equilibria we discuss three alternative policies that could potentially outweigh the ... -
Bubble economics and structural change: the cases of Spain and France compared
(Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 2018)This paper delves into the recent events that led to the formation of the housing bubble in Spain and the resulting structural change that is arguably needed to put the economy back into the right track. ... -
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 ... -
On blockchains, cryptos, and media of exchange. Not there (yet)
(International Journal of Intellectual Property Management, 2021)Ever since the inception of the blockchain technology and bitcoin (Nakamoto, 2009), the first and foremost of so-called cryptocurrencies, the prospect within the 'crypto' community has been one of growing ... -
Offshoring, Welfare, and Flexibility in the Context of US Protectionism
(International Economic Journal, 2021)We reexamine the effects of offshoring in the US economy in the aftermath of the 2008 crisis. We use a matching model with endogenous adjustment of educational skills while distinguishing between ... -
To comply or not to comply? How a UEFA wage-to-revenue requirement might affect the sport and managerial performance of soccer clubs
(Managerial and Decision Economics, 2023)This paper evaluates the soccer clubs' compliance with a potential wage-to-revenue requirement by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and studies the effect on sport achievements resulting ... -
Too hot and too close. Bitcoin and gold dynamics during COVID times
(Studies in Economics and Finance, 2023)Purpose: This paper aims to analyze the connectedness between bitcoin (BTC) and other traditional assets (e.g. metals) in times of financial turbulence like the COVID pandemic. The purpose is to see to ... -
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 ... -
Nexus between strategic fit and social mission accomplishment in social enterprises: does organizational form matter?
(Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022)Organizations commonly use their mission statement as a strategic tool. In social enterprises the mission contains social and economic elements (hybrid mission). Centrality of the social component of ... -
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 ... -
The nascence of a springboard subsidiary: drivers of the evolution of a subsidiary role
(Management Decision, 2022)Purpose: The aim of this study is to explore the drivers of the evolution of a subsidiary’s strategic role from an ordinary subsidiary into a springboard subsidiary in multinational corporations, paying ... -
La innovación aplicada a la financiación de las empresas de la economía social. El caso de las inversiones de impacto
(2020)La crisis económica y financiera ha provocado una creciente desconfianza en el sistema capita-lista. En los años posteriores a la crisis, surgieron diferentes iniciativas de inversores de capitales para ...