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La competitividad de las regiones españolas ante la economía del conocimiento

2017

La sociedad española no puede aspirar simplemente a regresar a la situación previa a la reciente crisis, en que el crecimiento se asentaba sobre un modelo de baja productividad, condicionado por un peso insuficiente del capital vinculado a las tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC), y un esfuerzo limitado en I+D. Ha surgido así un consenso sobre la necesaria modificación de ciertos rasgos de este modelo para asentarlo sobre bases más sólidas –la denominada economía del conocimiento– que garanticen mejoras en la productividad y mayores niveles de bienestar social. El objetivo de esta obra es valorar en qué medida las regiones españolas se encuentran preparadas para aprovech…

Cambio tecnológico y transformación de sistemas industriales localizados: la industria cerámica española

1999

La transformación experimentada por la industria cerámica española constituye una interesante ilustración de la relación entre las discontinuidades tecnológicas y los cambios en las ventajas competitivas de empresas y territorios. Este artículo pretende explicar, de forma estilizada, la transición de un sistema industrial localizado desde una posición tecnológicamente subordinada a otra vanguardista a nivel mundial. Cuatro cuestiones destacan especialmente. En primer lugar, la naturaleza de la discontinuidad tecnológica en la explicación de la dirección del cambio. En segundo, el efecto inducido de dicho cambio sobre la estructura del sector verticalmente integrado y la organización y estra…

Efficiency analysis of small franchise enterprises through a DEA metafrontier model

2012

Spain has over 1000 franchises with more than 65,700 establishments in a wide range of economic sectors and a global turnover of over €19,000 million (2011). These figures confirm the importance of franchises in the Spanish economy. Consequently, an understanding of the economic and technical efficiency of franchises can help managers to optimise resources and take correct decisions. Traditional efficiency models require that the units being assessed operate with the same technology. As franchises reach many different sectors (travel agencies, catering companies, fashion firms, etc.) their relative efficiency is analysed using a non-concave metafrontier approach, which is based on data enve…

Attracting Major Sporting Events: The Role of Local Residents

2006

Abstract The decision where to host major sports events is the result of a political process, involving local and national politicians as well as national and international sport governing bodies. Politicians and local/national sport governing bodies decide whether to apply for an event, while international sports governing bodies select the host cities (nations). Local and national residents play an important role in this process as their opinion will influence whether the political system supports the application and is willing to fund the event. Many event impacts have characteristics of public goods and externalities. This represents a potential welfare economic rationale for the public…

Quality management in the public sector accounting department - (un)avoidable quality costs and unlikely financial impacts

2017

This paper investigates the nature of quality costs and the likelihood of their having financial impacts in the public sector. An illustrative quality development case project in an accounting department of a Finnish city administration is presented. The empirical data includes answers to a qualitative project question sheet, workshop material and participative observation. Quality problems are classified according to their quality cost category and the extent to which they are avoidable. Some of the quality costs proved unavoidable and some are likely to lack financial impact, exhibiting sticky cost behaviour. The study indicates that certain prevention and appraisal costs in the public se…

2019

Abstract As the use of digitalization and automated decision-making becomes more common in the public sector, civil servants and clients find themselves in an environment where automation and robot technology can be expected to make dramatic changes. Social service delivery in Trelleborg, Sweden, is the setting for a case study of the goals, policies, procedures, and responses to a change in how social assistance is delivered using automated decision-making. Interviews with politicians and professionals complemented with government documents and reports provide the empirical data for the analysis. Four value positions: Professionalism, Efficiency, Service, and Engagement, are used as the an…

Evaluating European Union support for innovation in Spanish small and medium enterprises

2009

Finding funding is one of the main problems small and medium enterprises (SMEs) face, which is why the European Union has set up programmes to support SME development. This paper has two objectives: firstly, to describe the different European funding programmes available to Spanish firms; secondly, to present an empirical study on the use Spanish SMEs (and especially, SMEs in the service sector) make of these programmes in order to innovate, together with an analysis of the importance these funding programmes have on SME innovation.

La situación de los sociólogos españoles en el sector privado: implicaciones para la práctica y el desarrollo profesional

2016

The aim of this paper is to broadly outline itineraries of employment insertion of the sociologists, and have greater knowledge of the professional reality of this group in the private sector, in an attempt to inquire about the “job”. And knowing the professional identity of sociologists in the private sector, and the place they occupy. This issue is considered necessary both to identify needs or gaps to overcome in the future to face and adjust the professional reality as well as to meet the demands of future graduates in their practice and professional development. And all this, from the results obtained by empirical work from a questionnaire to meet the professional situation of Spanish …

Why do Third Sector Employees Intend to Remain or Leave their Workplace?

2016

Third sector employees have claimed to enjoy high job satisfaction and low turnover intentions because their work is considered intrinsically rewarding. Employees have strong motivation for public service and they consider the organization’s goals as their own. This makes work meaningful and thus reduces turnover intentions. Changes in the third sector institutional environment, however, have intensified the working environment. This probably undermines job quality and thus increases turnover intentions. The analysis conducted among Finnish third sector employees showed that third sector employees report more turnover intentions than their counterparts in the public or private sector. This …

Marchés du travail et disparités régionales en Pologne

2001

This article evaluates empirically the effect o f market introduction on the level o f regional inequalities and on the polarisation o f economic activities in Poland. We note an increase o f the disparities between regions over the relevant period. The re-polarisation process cannot been explained by a spatial re-allocation of labour force but rather results o f the differentiation of sectoral restructuring between regions the regional diversity o f sectoral adaptation. The search for agglomeration economies explains the spatial concentration o f services and o f added value in the regions where the biggest cities are located. A cumulative process o f agglomeration is observed. Therefore, …