Other economic research
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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.
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Explanatory factors for international joint ventures
On 23 December 2004, the Director of the Foundation and Professor Paloma Almodóvar signed a research agreement aimed at analysing the factors that explain the behaviour of international joint ventures (IJVs). In the current economic environment, characterised by globalisation, economic organisations need to
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Services in the European Economy: Challenges and Policy Implications
On 23 December 2004, the Director of the Foundation signed a research agreement with Professor Luis Rubalcaba to carry out research entitled «Services in the European economy: challenges and economic policy implications». The overall objective of the proposed research was to study the activities of
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Organisational learning dynamics in knowledge-intensive firms
On 16 November 2004, the Foundation signed a research agreement with professors Gregorio Martín de Castro and Pedro López Sáez to carry out research entitled Dynamics of Organisational Learning in Knowledge-Intensive Companies, which resulted in the writing of a book published in English by
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Perfect competition and welfare
On 22 January 2004, the Director of the Foundation and Professor Pedro Schwartz signed a research agreement with the aim of writing a book directly in English and publishing it through the UK publisher Edward Elgar, as well as in the Foundation's Economics and Business collection.