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El modelo de la Economía del Bien Común. Un estudio empírico sobre su aplicación a la empresa privada
2019
La Economía del Bien Común es un modelo económico que nace en el 2010 en Austria de la mano del profesor de economía y activista Christian Felber con el fin de medir la contribución al bien común por parte de la economía y las organizaciones. Después de 10 años de implantación en un número amplio de empresas, en el presente trabajo se realiza un estudio empírico sobre el perfil de las empresas que lo han implantado y sobre el éxito de su implantación en España y su comparación con otros países europeos. Para ello se realiza un trabajo de campo consistente en el envío de un cuestionario y posterior explotación a una muestra de empresas que han implementado el Balance del Bien Común durante e…
Nonlinearity in intergenerational income transmission: A cross-country analysis
2016
Abstract The aim of this paper is to explore nonlinearity in intergenerational income transmission. We use a set of occupational tables in different countries to test nonlinearity. We also empirically address how policy variables can affect nonlinearity. Our findings suggest that concavity is supported in those societies with less credit constraints, but with more poverty and income inequality; education has an increasing effect on convexity.
Biohit: A Global, Family–Owned Company Embarking on a New Phase
2014
This case concerns Biohit, a family–owned biotechnology company established in Finland in 1988, selling liquid handling and diagnostics products in the global market. The case also describes the entrepreneurial career of Biohit's CEO Osmo Suovaniemi, since the company is mainly based on the know–how that Osmo gained as owner–manager of his two earlier companies, Labsystems and Eflab, during the 1970s and 1980s. Hence, this case describes the prior and initial phases of Biohit, examining also its commitment to innovation and its management practices. The case ends with the situation as of March 2010 and includes the reflections of Biohit's managers on the future of the company. At this poin…
Non-linearities and partial analysis
1995
Abstract This paper argues that, where there are non-linearities, the fundamental postulate of partial analysis — the principle of the negligibility of indirect effects — may be undermined: any feedback effects, however seemingly negligible, may have profound implications.
Temporary contracts and young women in Spain
2008
In this article we analyse the determinants of temporary employment through a balanced panel of workers from 1995 to 2000. First, we estimate a panel with 1267 individuals with ages ranging from 16 to 65 years. We obtain that the probability of having a temporary contract increases for people younger than 46 years old. Secondly, we estimate separately the sample of people younger than 46 years old and we obtain that the probability of temporality increases for young people with university level of education. More interestedly, the probability of being in a temporary contract is smaller for young women that for young men in Spain.
China’s urban century. Governance, environment and socio-economic imperatives
2019
TERRORISM AND INTERNATIONAL TOURISM: NEW EVIDENCE
2008
This paper analyses the impact of terrorist activity on international tourist flows. To this end, we have estimated a cross‐sectional gravity equation for tourism from the G‐7 countries to a sample of 134 destinations over the period 2001–2003. Within this framework, we evaluate the deviation from ‘normal’ tourist flows due to terrorist activity, which is considered as negative advertising for the affected country. The analysis suggests that both domestic victims and international attacks are relevant factors when foreign tourists make their choice. This result is robust under alternative specifications. Moreover, the impact of terrorism is more severe in developing countries. The author is…
The Euro and the Dollar in a Globalized Economy - Edited by J. Roy and P. Gomis-Porqueras
2009
Cost and profit efficiency in European banks
2002
El analisis de ratios contables como indicadores de competitividad ha sido completado y ocasionalmente revisado por la creciente utilizacion de indicadores mas sofisticados de eficiencia. En los ultimos anos, mas de un centenar de trabajos han analizado la eficiencia de las instituciones financieras, centrandose mayoritariamente en la vertiente de los costes. Sin embargo, los escasos estudios que estiman funciones frontera de beneficios obtienen niveles de eficiencia en beneficios mucho menores que en costes, lo que implica la existencia de importantes ineficiencias en la vertiente de los ingresos. Ademas, son pocos los estudios que realizan comparaciones a nivel internacional, y ninguno de…
Cooperativas de crédito y banca social: viejas y nuevas respuestas éticas y solidarias a problemas de siempre
2013
Entre el origen de las cooperativas de crédito y la nueva 'banca social' median unos cien años, en los que los sistemas bancarios han sufrido una transformación extraordinaria. A pesar de sus diferencias, ambos tipos de instituciones surgieron por unos motivos semejantes: la exclusión financiera de colectivos vulnerables y la necesidad de respuestas éticas, solidarias y responsables. Esas necesidades han cobrado protagonismo con la actual crisis financiera, económica y social, en la que se aprecia un deterioro de los valores elementales y, en consecuencia, una extensión del descrédito de las entidades bancarias. En esta situación, se revaloriza el papel del crédito cooperativo y de la 'banc…