This paper explores why Spanish banks internationalise and why Latin America has been the main region for the international expansion of BBVA and Santander. It shows that prior to 1986 Spanish banks had a limited presence abroad, and analyses the main drivers of this initial expansion...

This paper analizes the impact of the globalization of Mediterranean horticultural products (MHP). From 1850 onwards, the Mediterranean countries took advantage of the new opportunities that arose to increase their production and trade in MHP. The Spanish case shows how the high elasticity of...

El presente trabajo analiza el proceso de globalización que en la última década experimentaron los productos acuícolas, más concretamente el mejillón. Desde los años setenta España se ha configurado tradicionalmente como uno de los principales países productores y exportadores de este...