Analysis of the impact of growth processes on personal inequality in income distribution and on inequality between countries. Historical determinants of global inequality and the impact of public policies.
Given the economic effects that the provision of accounting/financial information causes, organisations are not indifferent to it. For this reason, they adopt different information strategies, and even modify their actual activities to avoid the undesired effects that the standards may have on them. They also engage in lobbying practices to influence the bodies that issue standards in order to influence their design. Like the previous one, this is a consolidated research line.
This line studies the agricultural transformations in contemporary Spain, with the aim of influencing recent debates on the degree of development of the primary sector, its characteristics and its contribution to the industrialisation process.
Study how SMEs, because of their size, can obtain greater flexibility to adapt to changes in the environment, and thus better meet the customers' needs.
Competitor analysis, market segmentation, positioning strategy design, creation of perceptual maps of competitors based on their positioning, brand design based on visual identity (form) and message (content).
Innovative activity may require different organizational solutions depending on the objectives of the innovative projects. This line tries to shed light on these problems.
Background, moderators and consequences of marketing and market orientation on the competitiveness of cluster companies.
Perception of belonging and affiliation, influence of the manager's cognitive style, influential aspects in group decision making in the cluster, method of group decision making. Mimicry and managerial perceptions.
Analysis of the different stages of the final customer's purchasing process, with special emphasis on the modelling of the purchasing decision and the internal and/or external variables that influence this decision.
Design and evaluation of local, regional, national and international cultural policies. Cultural planning and creative cities.
Analysis of the relations between the cultural and creative sectors and the development of territories, taking into account social, economic and cultural constraints.
Historical analysis of the profound determinants of economic growth in Europe and Latin America. Relations between institutional change and technological development.
To deepen the entrepreneurial mindset in order to identify and take advantage of new opportunities for value creation. The focus is on the entrepreneur as a value innovator, i.e. one who is able to identify and satisfy an unmet need for an unmet market.
Second-tier and transversal clusters. Economic dynamisation of territories and their external markets.
To some extent, disclosure of non-financial reporting has responded to corporate social responsibility derived from the existence of a "social contract". However, some studies suggest that this is due to an interest in pretending rather than being socially responsible. In view of the new information requirements related mainly to social and environmental information, it is required an exhaustive analysis of the needs of users and the impact that such financial reporting may have on the entities obliged to provide it. This is an emerging research line.
The main objective of this line of research is to analyse the main financial and economic crises and their impact and the economic policy responses adopted after the economic crises in Spain throughout history.
Study of the causes of the economic growth of the Spanish economy and the way out of the vicious circle of backwardness in history. The research deals with different questions to explain economic growth and industrial progress in Spain.
Addressing and understanding the current pressing problems of the global economic scenario and within the framework of the 2030 Agenda.
Application of theoretical literature on education and culture through different methodological approaches. The aim is to generate useful information for the policy-maker based on evidence, by adjusting the evaluation methodology to the educational or cultural policy under analysis. The aim is to apply qualitative and quantitative approaches in a complementary manner to determine the correct design of a policy or its impact on the objectives envisaged by the regulations that allowed its development.
To analyse the characteristics, distinctive features and problems surrounding the creation and management of start-up companies as well as the new support and promotion structures for them, focusing the study on the figure of the entrepreneur or founding team of these technological or innovative companies.
Analysis of entrepreneurship for innovative businesses, its characteristics and study of the different models.
The international entrepreneur. Strategic effectiveness in new companies. Organisational alternatives in bankruptcy environments. Business reorganisation and restructuring. Decline, crisis and turnaround. Second Chance Policies.
Connections between entrepreneurship, innovation and business performance are crucial for the company's competitiveness.
Analyse the qualities, motivations and characteristics of the entrepreneur in the creation of new companies. In particular, we will study those factors that have hindered or caused companies and ventures to fail. Fields of application: new business start-ups, entrepreneurship transnationality.
This research line focuses on problems related to the environment from the perspective of public economics. For instance, it addresses the problem of the spatial dispersion of certain pollutants; the role of public regulation instruments in the fight against pollution and the depletion of natural resources; or the role of taxes related to tourism, road transport or climate change.
Analitzar les noves necessitats de les empreses per a l'assessorament en la direcció estratègica de l'empresa des d'un enfocament sistemàtic.
Strategy analysis of the extension of a consolidated brand, creation of umbrella brands among several competitors, transfer of value and brand image through various communication tools. Brand registration and other legal aspects.
The provision of financial information is extensively regulated. This is intended to enable investors to make more informed decisions and thus to make the capital market function more efficiently. This research line examines how investors react to different forms of reporting and which information is most relevant to them. This is a well-established research line.
Analysis of the agents, markets and institutions that make up the modern financial system, i.e. from its beginnings in the 19th century to the present day.
Concept of gender violence, legal perspective: study of the impact of the Law on Comprehensive Protection Measures against Gender Violence, public policies against gender violence Psychological perspective of gender violence. Feminicide.
Women and the labour market. Socio-economic situation of women. Equality policies. Labour insertion and unpaid work. Wage gap, labour segregation and glass ceiling. Co-responsibility. Budgets with a gender perspective. Gender, social sustainability and ICTs.
Policies for gender equality, against poverty and promotion of social participation at local, national and international levels. Gender and international cooperation, humanitarian action, awareness raising and education for development. Exclusion and marginalisation from a gender perspective.
The study of the impact of the first globalisation (1880-1913) and technology: on the labour market and on pay gap in the first and second globalisation (1980)
Structure, measurement and analysis of governance in the performance of tourist destinations: this line is aimed at the study of public-private collaboration frameworks, systems of participation in decision-making, the study of relations between actors.
Analysis and evaluation of health, care and social services policies, considering equality between people, through gender policies, social inclusion or equality in diversity, as the backbone. This line of research uses different economic evaluation techniques such as cost-benefit analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, cost-utility analysis and cost-efficiency analysis. Aspects of the provision, production, financing or regulation of health services, social services in general, or services aimed at vulnerable groups are evaluated.
Study of the historical evolution of economic theory and its impact on the process of economic development in Spain.
Policy decisions have been and continue to be made for years on the basis of inertia and traditions unsubstantiated by empirical studies. With the aim of incorporating evidence-based information, this line of cross-sectional research has been created. It proposes the application of different parametric (instrumental variables, panel models, difference-in-differences) and non-parametric (quasi-experiments, regression discontinuities) approaches to the evaluation of different public policies.
To investigate the implementation of key aspects in the management of business innovation in order to determine to what extent a more or less innovation-prone behaviour has an impact on and affects the competitiveness of companies and productive sectors and includes the study of innovation indicators.
The factors that drive the international competitiveness of SMEs are analysed. Fundamental aspects of strategic management that allow the internationalisation of the company to be framed in the strategic context. Applications to traditional manufacturing sectors and industrial clusters.
Analitzar motivacions, recursos i condicions per a desenvolupar models de negoci sostenibles social i mediambientalment. Models i formes accessibles a la innovació des d'un punt de vista econòmic (salvar la bretxa de la desigualtat econòmica) com a cognitiu (salvar la bretxa del coneixement)
Strategic decisions in matter of innovation have important implications for the organization.
Analysis of labour dynamics from a comparative perspective.
Analysis of labour dynamics from a territorial perspective, including public policies for territorial development.
Analysis of the processes of regional economic growth in the historical experiences of European and Latin American countries. Impact of growth on territorial inequality. Impact of public policies on regional development in Europe and Latin America.
Use of new technologies in the field of marketing (Internet, social media, mobile telephony, interactive TV, etc.).
Qualitative and quantitative market research to respond to various problems in different fields of action (tourism, services, etc.).
It deals with the analysis of different public policies that use microsimulation as their main instrument. This is a technique that analyses a large number of data from surveys or administrative records in order to obtain useful prescriptions for the decision-maker. In particular, microsimulation of tax and benefit policies (tax-benefit) is used to estimate the results of reforms in certain taxes and/or public benefits. From the analysis of these data, it is possible to obtain adjusted information on the cost of the reform, its effects on poverty, inequality, redistribution and progressivity. It also simulates the response of those affected, from the point of view of their labour, educational or family behaviour.
Deciding factors of multi-localisation, agglomerations, compatriot and activity clusters. Generation and development of international social capital. Networks and guanxi. Distance and localisation-entry strategy.
Innovative activity involves organizational learning and requires effective knowledge management.
Analysis of point-of-sale positioning of tangible products through packaging to stimulate consumption. Key elements in packaging: visual and informative elements (colour, shape, label, images, etc.).
Analysis of the interactions between the productive structure, labour dynamics and public policies.
The main research aim is the quality of accounting information for decision-making and the effects that information can have on the redistribution of wealth, financial stability, and the functioning of markets and the economy in general. The first one is the analysis of those aspects of international accounting regulation. The standardisation process, lobbying interests and the changes and effects of international regulatory changes. The second research line is related to the effect of the characteristics of the entities and their environment on the quality of the accounting information they issue, including aspects pertaining to their corporate governance, management and internal control mechanisms and their institutional environment. The third research line focuses on control mechanisms, including auditor characteristics, audit quality, as well as institutional supervisors.
To analyse the way in which the innovator identifies, accesses, coordinates and deploys the necessary resources to implement their business model based on the dynamic capabilities and orchestration of resources and the study of new phenomena such as Crowd-Sourcing, Open Innovation or Open Science.
The territorial perspective is key to tackling multiple problems and for this reason academic work is carried out related to studies at regional, county and urban level. Theoretical and applied analyses are also carried out from the perspective of Fiscal Federalism. From a theoretical point of view, we analyse which public expenditures should be provided by the different levels of government and also which should be the responsible administration of the different taxes. Regarding applied studies, we analyse the situation of sub-central treasuries in different federal or quasi-federal countries, with special reference to the Spanish case.
Study of SMEs from the resource-based approach to analyse the advantages and disadvantages of SMEs according to their size.
Analysis of the role of human resources in brand positioning.
Theorisation of the Social Economy, the Third Sector, Cooperativism and the plurality of emerging social phenomena linked neither to the public sector nor to the traditional for-profit private sector. Conceptualisation, construction of logical models explaining their systemic functionality and micr
Within social entrepreneurship there is a branch of knowledge that is still little studied: the integration of the most disadvantaged groups or those at risk of social exclusion into the labour market. The main objective is to study the social enterprises that pursue this aim and what are the main obstacles to their integration into the labour market.
Theorisation on models of social innovation, the processes of exaptation and institutionalisation of social innovations, the relationship between social innovation and social movements, territorial innovation systems and their social innovation processes deployed in the territory.
Analysis of spatio-temporal models. To implement geographic information systems for the study of interorganisational relations: configuration, content, container and effect. Positive and negative externalities. Moderating and mediating factors. Knowledge transfer in clusters. Franchised relationships.
Research in the field of various marketing strategies, market orientation and relationship marketing, offline and online strategies.
Corresponding to its complexity and wide range, it focuses on studies and developments concerning strategy (including tactical and operational levels) and all the components involved in the decision-making process, based on normative or descriptive models (mathematical versus psychological), as well as at the individual and group level.
Electoral regulations, parity, political parties. Study on the behaviour of political parties in the design of electoral lists. Positions held by women in politics, parties and institutions.
Social Economy: strategies for sustainable economy and social cohesion. Design of indicators. Design, evaluation and promotion for the implementation of CSR strategies. Dissemination and consolidation of social entrepreneurship. Generation of motivation for entrepreneurship and employment M 3.0.
Instruments in tourism planning and their link with sustainable management: management structures, adaptation of global development frameworks, public policies and territory in planning, efficiency of strategic objectives, resources as a driving force for development.
The impact of international trade on economic growth through the construction of a highly disaggregated database. The higher level of disaggregation makes it possible to distinguish between the number of goods traded, as well as the destinations, and the values (unit quantities and values).
The research and development topics are very broad and include studies of the travel habits or needs of users of a given territory or means of transport, user satisfaction, public transport, the impact of changes in supply, soft modes, freight, logistics, last mile, fares, accessibility, inclusiveness, gender, environment, electric mobility, etc.
Likewise, and even more so in the case of Road Safety, Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) are the object of study and development, as well as other means of land transport, such as rail, tram and metro, as well as maritime and air transport.
Analysis of work-life balance policies that align the interests of workers and achieve their commitment and loyalty, including new working approaches using the positive dimensions of ICTs, networking, virality and connectivity, Smart Work.
Analysis of working and employment conditions, labour relations and labour management policies.
