The knowledge in the present economic crisis constitutes thedifferential factor in the international markets competition. For thisreason, it is considered among economy theoreticians like the uniqueassets that is appraise with its use. The outstanding multinationalcompanies with presence in the...

This paper calculates the efficiency of senior residences in Saragossa and province by means of the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The study of the efficiency has been divided in two stages: in the first one the efficiency of the productive system of senior residences is calculated and...

Este estudio presenta evidencia empírica sobre los determinantes de la adopción de certificaciones internacionales de calidad (ISO) y sus efectos sobre el desempeño de las empresas argentinas en los años 2006 y 2010. Los resultados indican que las firmas exportadoras, extranjeras y de mayor...

The dynamic nano is a new market where different actors interact: the technoscientific practice, the government, the investors and the users. This work use the literature on market design to analyse the specific market of “nanocarriers”.

The aim of this paper is to present, in a comparative view, the results of the Survey: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) which was carried out by the Department of Economics (FCS-UDELAR) in 2006 to respondents older than 17 years and to private companies in the industry, commerce and...

This quality management model has been thought for country family-owned enterprises. These families have empirical knowledge, but they have ignorance about management process, quality process and marketing. This model is pretending to give them the advantage of the process systematization;...

This paper analyses the dimensions of the adapted EFQM model applied to Agricultural Credit Banks in the Valencia Region in order to study their behaviour, the relationship between these dimensions, and the relationship with results such as progress in trade and business results. It has been...

El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar el impacto de la rotación obligatoria de firmas en la calidad de la auditoría. Dos argumentos opuestos han alimentado el debate sobre la conveniencia de esta medida. Sus defensores argumentan que esta medida refuerza la independencia del auditor y, por...

Este trabajo presenta un estudio sobre el proceso de formación de precios en el mercado de carburantes y combustibles de automoción dentro del sector petrolífero español, en el marco de las relaciones verticales entre empresas. La competencia en precios en el mercado verticalmente...

Due to the growth in markets, social economy enterprises are seeking a competitive advantage through economies of scale. In this regard, these enterprises should pursue the coordinated implementation of shared quality management strategies within groups. Accordingly, quality benchmarking through...