Spanish economy
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Services in the European Economy: Challenges and Policy Implications
Luis Rubalcaba, professor at the University of Alcalá de Henares, has conducted research entitled “Services in the European economy: challenges and economic policy implications” with the sponsorship of the Rafael del Pino Foundation within the framework of the research agreement signed by the Foundation and the researcher on 23 December.
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Factor productivity in non-financial companies
On 19 December 2005, the Foundation agreed to provide financial support for the project presented by Professors Juan Jesús Fernández Cainzos and Javier Prado Domínguez, whose objective is to analyse the processes of economic globalisation and integration and their impact on organisational transformations and the factor and productive specialisation of companies.
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Business with the bottom of the pyramid
On 12 December 2006, the Director of the Foundation signed a research agreement with professors Juan Luís Martínez and María Carbonell, the basic purpose of which is to validate a model for managing the company's social action. As a result of the research work carried out with the support
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China's dynamism: myth or reality.
On 19 December 2005, the Foundation approved funding for a research project with the Director of the Centre for Industrial Economics at the Business and Science Foundation of the University of Barcelona, Josep Mª Suris, and the collaboration of Professor Jacint Soler. The objective of the proposed study is to analyse
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Comparing efficiency between public and private companies: The case of daily cleaning and solid waste collection companies.
On 26 December 2005, the Director of the Foundation and Professor Gustavo Sánchez García signed a research agreement with the aim of carrying out the aforementioned work. The main objectives of the research are as follows: Many authors have studied the differences between public and private companies from different perspectives.
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The contribution of business services to the economy: Growth, innovation and the market.
On 22 December 2005, the Director of the Foundation signed an agreement with Professor Luís Rubalcaba to support research entitled as above, the result of which will be the publication of a book in English and Spanish, coordinated by Professors Luís Rubalcaba and Henk Kox. This
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The role of competitive dynamism and technological innovation in the evolution of business performance
On 21 December 2005, the Director of the Foundation and Professor Antonio Javier Revilla Torrejón signed a research agreement with the aim of carrying out the aforementioned work. A central area of research in the strategic direction is the study of the determinants of business results. The interest in understanding
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Measuring social value capitalisation
On 23 December 2004, the Director of the Foundation signed a research agreement with Professor Juan Luis Martínez, the basic purpose of which was to analyse the impact of social action on strengthening companies' relationships with their stakeholders and to identify and validate indicators that
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Competitive market analysis
On 28 July 2004, the Foundation signed a research agreement with Professor Jordi Jaumandreu Balanzo to carry out research entitled Competitive Analysis of Markets, which will result in a book published in English by a commercial publisher and in Spanish in the Collection.
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BIAM Macroeconomic Analysis and Projection Project
On 28 February 2006, the Director of the Rafael del Pino Foundation, Amadeo Petitbò, and the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation at the Carlos III University of Madrid, José Manuel Torralba, signed a Scientific Research, Development and Technological Innovation Agreement whose overall objective is to regulate the Foundation's participation as
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Entrepreneurship after privatisation
On 23 December 2004, the Director of the Foundation signed a research agreement with Professor Ana Mª Romero Martínez to carry out research entitled Entrepreneurship in Spanish companies after privatisation: an explanation of the change in efficiency. There were three general objectives of the
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Network externalities in the digital economy
The globalisation of modern market economies has significantly altered business behaviour and encouraged the use of new technologies. Competition has taken on a new dimension and relevant markets have expanded their territorial dimension.