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On staggered prices and optimal inflation
(Elsevier, 2019) Artículo / ArtikuluaThis paper computes the steady-state optimal rate of inflation in a model with monopolistic competition under two different sticky-price specifications, Calvo (1983) and Taylor (1980).The optimal rate of inflation is ... -
On the use of biased-randomized algorithms for solving non-smooth optimization problems
Soft constraints are quite common in real-life applications. For example, in freight transportation, the fleet size can be enlarged by outsourcing part of the distribution service and some deliveries to customers can be ... -
Open innovation in the food and beverage industry
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to extend the knowledge into the relationship between open innovation (OI) and firm’s innovative performance. Specifically, the authors aim to determine whether the benefits of OI ... -
Optimizing energy consumption in transportation: literature review, insights, and research opportunities
From airplanes to electric vehicles and trains, modern transportation systems require large quantities of energy. These vast amounts of energy have to be produced somewhere—ideally by using sustainable sources—and then ... -
Product/process definition, technology adoption and workforce qualification: impact on performance
This paper analyses the impact of manufacturing technologies (MTs) and workers' qualifications on labour productivity and flexibility, taking into account the product-process (P-P) strategy adopted by the company. This ... -
Profiting from collaborative innovation practices: identifying organizational success factors along the process
Research on innovation management has pointed out that the capitalization of collaborative innovation practices is influenced by firms' internal context. This paper aims to answer the following question: which organizational ... -
Quality of government and regional resilience in the European Union. Evidence from the Great Recession
(Wiley, 2019) Artículo / ArtikuluaThis paper examines the relationship between quality of government and regional resilience in the European Union during the Great Recession. The results show that the quality of government is an important factor when shaping ... -
Revisiting quality television: audience perceptions
This article analyzes what the audience understands by the concept of quality as applied to television channels. This research also examines the influence of the perceived quality of the different programs broadcasted by ... -
The river’s light: water needs for thermoelectric power generation in the Ebro river basin, 1969–2015
Water is essential for almost all energy processes. This paper analyses the evolution of the cooling water needs of thermal power plants in the Ebro River basin, the largest contributor to the Spanish electricity grid, ... -
The role of entrepreneurial orientation and family control of the firm in the economic recovery of underperforming firms
Objetivo – El artículo analiza cómo la orientación emprendedora y el control familiar de la empresa influyen en el desempeño de las empresas con bajo rendimiento y cómo contribuyen a su recuperación económica. Diseño/met ... -
The role of sentiment and stock characteristics in the translation of analysts’ forecasts into recommendations
(Elsevier, 2019) Artículo / ArtikuluaThe purpose of this paper is to further understanding of the determinants of analysts’ translational effectiveness and, specifically, the role of stock characteristics in the impact of sentiment in the translation of ... -
The role of small bettors in price formation in betting exchanges
(Routledge, 2020) Artículo / ArtikuluaThe presence of small bettors in betting exchanges generates mispricing, which can lead to exploitation by informed traders or result in permanent price deviations. This paper shows that mispricing from this source is also ... -
Siting (and mining) at the border Spain-Portugal nuclear transboundary issues
This article is focused on nuclear transboundary issues between Portugal and Spain, two countries that share a long history of nuclear collaboration and conflict of late, where national borders played a crucial role. The ... -
Spanish wines in the US market: what attributes do US consumers look for in Spanish wines?
(Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, 2017) Artículo / ArtikuluaThis paper analysed the impact of different attributes in Spanish quality wines on United States (US) demand behaviour. A hedonic price model was estimated in order to assess the values that US consumers give Spanish wines. ... -
A survey on the mathematical foundations of axiomatic entropy: representability and orderings
Different abstract versions of entropy, encountered in science, are interpreted in the light of numerical representations of several ordered structures, as total-preorders, interval-orders and semiorders. Intransitivities, ... -
Sustainability for European investors: evidence from a sustainable ranking
La sostenibilidad corporativa implica una amplia perspectiva que sugiere la creación de valor para los stakeholders y requiere desarrollar algunos compromisos a nivel económico, social, ambiental y de gobierno. La medición ... -
A systematic review of sovereign connectedness on emerging economies
(Elsevier, 2019) Artículo / ArtikuluaThis article systematically reviews the academic literature on emerging market contagion in order to summarize what we have learnt about the transmission channels existing in these countries. Given the large body of academic ... -
Topologies for semicontinuous Richter–Peleg multi-utilities
The present paper gives a topological solution to representability problems related to multi-utility, in the field of Decision Theory. Necessary and sufficient topologies for the existence of a semicontinuous and finite ... -
Valuing health using EQ-5D: the impact of chronic diseases on the stock of health
Chronic diseases strongly affect individuals' health status. In aggregate terms, this impact is reflected by the stock of health, which measures the amount of health of a population in a given period of time. The objectives ... -
The weak data on the water–energy nexus in Spain
This paper focuses on the fact that the water–energy nexus remains an irrelevant issue on the energy policy agenda and on the priorities of the energy leaders in Spain. This is a striking fact given that this takes place ...