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Maja Barac
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Leadership in internationalization strategies
2022
This paper examines leadership in internationalization strategies for an asymmetric cost duopoly where firms choose between exports and foreign direct investment (FDI) in a sequential setting. The incentive to lead and to engage in FDI is stronger for the more efficient firm. With sequential choices and the efficient firm playing in advance, it is less likely that firms pick identical internationalization strategies in equilibrium, as compared with simultaneous choices; this is more so for greater cost asymmetry. It also happens for large enough oligopoly profitability when the inefficient firm plays in advance. Follow-the-leader behaviour in FDI arises for low values of the setup cost. Alt…
Valoración del alumnado sobre el uso de clickers y vídeo tutoriales en la educación superior
2019
La puesta en marcha de los grados y postgrados en las universidades españolas ha venido acompañada de una revisión de las metodologías docentes utilizadas y la incorporación en muchos casos de Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (TIC). Tecnologías como las Herramientas de Respuesta de Audiencia (HRA), los Clickers, y los vídeos (mUVies) se utilizaron en una asignatura cuantitativa de un grado ofertado por la Universitat de València (UV), en un intento de paliar la baja carga lectiva de la misma y dotar al alumnado de material de apoyo dentro y fuera del aula. El trabajo que se presenta examina la percepción que el alumnado tuvo del uso de dichas TIC en su proceso de aprendizaje …
Promoting Employability in Higher Education: A Case Study on Boosting Entrepreneurship Skills
2020
How can higher education increase the employability of university students? We present a case study on an innovative training itinerary aimed to promote the participation of teaching staff to stimulate the creativity of students and enhance their employability skills. Students acquire the entrepreneurship competences by applying the problem-solving methodology to their innovative projects based on sustainable development. The participation in the contest shows a growing importance, with topics ranging from the more technical ones, such as nutrition innovation, science innovation, or sustainability, to the social projects, related to social services, inclusion, or services against gender vio…
Inequality of Spanish household expenditure for the 2006-2016 period- are we converging?
2019
The depth and persistence of the Great Recession that started in 2008 had a considerable impact on income distribution and inequality. Therefore, studies of living standards and evolution of income inequality are trend topics nowadays. Our goal was to estimate the impact of the economic crises on household expenditure and the trends and evolution of regional inequality. We applied our analysis to the Spanish case based on Household Budget Survey data from Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE, the National Statistics Institute) and the period of eleven years between 2006 and 2016. A model that showed good results in modelling income was the biparametric gamma model, which is further very u…
INTERNATIONALIZATION STRATEGIES IN OLIGOPOLY WITH HETEROGENEOUS FIRMS
2016
This paper examines the foreign direct investment (FDI) versus exports decision of foreign oligopolistic firms under cost heterogeneity. An additional motivation for firms to invest abroad is the technological sourcing via spillovers, which flow from the host more efficient firm to foreign less advantaged firms. For intermediate values of the set-up costs associated with FDI entry, it is shown that foreign firms choose opposite entry strategies. An equilibrium where the less efficient foreign firm exports whereas the more efficient invests is more likely to happen when foreign firms become more heterogeneous, the larger the trade costs and not too big oligopolistic profitability. Interestin…
To lead or to wait? An application to internationalization strategies under demand uncertainty
2019
We examine the exports versus foreign direct investment (FDI) decision under demand uncertainty for an asymmetric cost duopoly. One of the firms can lead entry before demand realization or retain flexibility enjoying an informational advantage. When the time value of information is small and for sufficiently low investment costs, follow‐the‐leader behavior in FDI arises. Relatively high investment (fixed) costs result in follow‐the‐leader exporting behavior. When the time value of information becomes significant, the potential leader will opt for a wait‐and‐see strategy. For intermediate values of investment costs, the efficient firm invests, while the rival chooses to export.
Mejorando la comprensión de conceptos complejos mediante el uso de los Clickers. Jornadas sobre Sistemas de Votación Electrónica en la Docencia Unive…
2015
Presentación de las actividades y aplicaciones de los Clickers a la docencia de la asignatura de Política Económica I: Políticas instrumentales, analizando el contexto de la implantación del método. Ejemplos de actividades, opinión del alumnado sobre el método, conclusiones, ventajas y desventajas, y coloquio final. Todo ello en el marco de las Jornadas sobre Sistemas de Votación Electrónica en la Docencia Universitaria (JSVE).Producció: Servei de Formació Permanent i Innovació Educativa (http://www.uv.es/sfpie)