Examining the Impact of Innovation Forms on Sustainable Economic Performance: The Influence of Family Management

The aim of this research is to explore the effect that innovation, as a potential source of sustained competitive advantage and firm growth, has on the achievement of sustainable economic performance. In particular, this paper empirically examines the influence of four innovation forms (intramural R&D, extramural R&D, product innovation, and process innovation) on firms’ sustainable economic performance, considering the moderating effect of family involvement in management. To test the hypotheses, random-effects regression analyses are applied to a longitudinal sample of 598 Spanish private manufacturing firms throughout the 2006–2015 period. The results show a negative effect of intramural and extramural R&D on sustainable economic performance and a positive effect of process innovation on sustainable economic performance. Moreover, a reinforced relationship between process innovation and sustainable economic performance is also revealed when family involvement in management acts as a moderator. The findings make several contributions to research and practice

Desert America: Boom and Bust in the New Old West

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Cálculo de órbitas periódicas en sistemas de Lotka-Volterra

En la vida real existen ecosistemas en los que dos o más especies interactúan por su supervivencia ya sean por ser depredador y presa o compitan por el mismo alimento, el cálculo de las densidades de población de estas especies es muy importante en el sentido biológico para su estudio. En especial, son de gran interés encontrar ecosistemas donde las densidades de población, a través del tiempo, repitan ciertos patrones cíclicos. En este trabajo vamos a estudiar diversos sistemas de Lotka-Volterra (tanto lineales como no lineales) en los que interactúan dos o tres especies y nos centraremos en los sistemas que contengan soluciones periódicas o ciclos límites. Después explicaremos el método perturbado de Poincaré-Lindstedt para el cálculo de soluciones periódicas y lo aplicaremos a algunos sistemas ya analizados que contengan soluciones periódicas para poder obtener dichas soluciones y ver que el método funciona

Equilibrium with limited-recourse collateralized loans

We address a general equilibrium model with limited-recourse collateralized loans. Borrowers are burden to constitute physical collateral guarantees, which are repossessed in case of default and delivered to the associated lenders. In addition, lenders may receive payments over collateral values, since debtor's wealth (physical and financial) can be garnished when commitments are not fully honored. The reimbursement of resources is proportional to the size of claims.Collateralized assets; Bankruptcy, Limited-recourse loans; Equilibrium existence.

Las humanidades digitales como aliadas de la historia del diseño: el caso de la cronología de la historia de EINA (1967-2017)

As part of the 50th anniversary of EINA Centre Universitari de Disseny i Art de Barcelona, the History and Design Studies Research Group (GRHED) and the EINA Archive have produced a chronology that summarises the fifty years of the institution's history, from its foundation at the height of Francoism to the present day. It is an informational project, but one that, without neglecting academic rigour, aims to place EINA in the historical-social and cultural setting of the last five decades. The first part of the chronology, corresponding to the period between 1953 and 1980, places the background, the founding and the early years of the school in the context of a Francoist Spain that, more than a decade after the end of the Civil War and the initial severe repression, has relaxed slightly, favouring a more propitious scenario for the arrival of new educational experiences whose principles incorporate the ideas of progress and modernisation of society. Another of its main characteristics is the fact of having been undertaken from the perspective of the digital humanities. The digital humanities are an area of research, teaching and creation in which the studies of the different disciplines related to human culture and computer science converge, tackling projects such as the design and implementation of collections and digital repertories, the analysis and visualisation of large volumes of cultural data, and digital publishing in new formats of academic production in the humanities. The aim of the paper is to place the EINA chronology project in the context of the digital humanities, addressing aspects that range from the conception of the initial proposal to its final design

Analysis of searching mechanisms in hierarchical p2p based overlay networks

Proceedings of: The 6th Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop (Med Hoc Net 2007. (Corfu, Greece), June 2007This work presents a study of searching mechanisms in Peer-to-Peer (p2p) networks. The aim of this research line is to analyse cross-searching mechanisms that will allow the hierarchical interconnection of p2p networks. A set of relevant metrics for interconnection scenarios are defined to evaluate scalability, robustness and routing latency.This work has been partially supported by the European Union under the IST Content (FP6-2006-IST-507295) project and by the Madrid regional government under the Biogridnet (CAM, S-0505/TIC-0101) project.Publicad

Acerca de la Filosofía. Las posibilidades radicales de un antiguo modo de ejercer el Pensamiento

Este Texto Ofrece Una Visión De Conjunto De Lo Que Es La Filosofía. Se Busca Unaexposición De Los Puntos Fundamentales Que Definen Esta Actividad, Atendiendo Alos Aspectos Constitutivos De La Misma. Desde La Propia Filosofía, Se Lleva Acabo Una Exposición De Sus Contenidos Fundamentales Y De La Manera De Tratarlos.En Resumidas Cuentas, Este Texto Es Una Respuesta Para Todos Aquellos Profanosen La Materia, Que Preguntan Al Estudiante O Al Experto En Filosofía "¿Qué Es Lafilosofía?"

Acercamiento a las posibilidades significativas de la palabra y el silencio

En este texto buscamos acercarnos a dos "realidades" fundamentales en la existencia humana: la palabra y el silencio. Desde la filosofía intentaremos llevar a cabo una reflexión que se aproxime a algunas de las profundidades expresivas más significativas de ambos fenómenos.In this text we look for an approach to two fundamental "realities" in the human existence: word and silence. From philosophy we'll try to make a reflection on some of more significative expresive deepnesses of both phenomenons