The Contribution of Global Alliances to Airlines’ Environmental Performance

Global alliances have traditionally been related to improvements in the economic and operational performances of companies, particularly in the airline industry. However, we still do not know the effect of the participation in this kind of multilateral agreement on the environmental performance of airlines. The main aim of this work is to analyze whether the alliance membership of airlines has an effect upon their environmental performance, and if so, whether or not the characteristics of the global alliance, as well as the business model of the airline, may influence this relation to a greater or lesser extent. The results of regression and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) in a sample of 252 airlines (58 included in one of the three global alliances: Star Alliance, Oneworld, and SkyTeam) show a strong and inverse relationship between environmental performance and belonging to an alliance. The paper also shows empirical evidence of the influence of the business model of the airline on environmental performance. These results suggest important implications for managers facing challenges regarding sustainability

Evolutionary Studies in Business: A Presentation of a New Journal

The Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business is a new open access journal led by an international interdisciplinary team of scholars located in eight institutions from three continents who wants to attract contributions that help shed light on the new questions, challenges, methodologies and realities, faced by businesses in an evolutionary perspective. The journal calls particularly for review essays that deal with new research topics about business, and provide useful overviews of the key ideas, scholars, and debates about important research topics concerning business and its environment. The strategic areas of interest for submissions from authors are: Management Challenges, Entrepreneurship, Science and Business, Creative Industries, International Business, Business History, and Latin American Businesses. JESB will also publish articles about relevant online resources that contain information of interest to academic scholars and business practitioners

L'àtom d'Schrödinger

El paper central d’Schrödinger en l’adveniment de la Mecànica Quàntica és àmpliament reconegut pel relat històric oficial. Menys conegudes són, però, les grans diferències que va mantenir amb el corrent majoritari de la física teòrica un cop establerta aquesta teoria. La seva lluita (1935-1961) es va centrar en revisar les bases de la teoria quàntica, posant especial èmfasi en la interpretació. En aquest article elaborem un esquema històric dels arguments que va aportar, principalment en relació amb la qüestió de la constitució elemental de la matèria. Argumentem que les idees tardanes d’Schrödinger, sovint malinterpretades, poden aportar contingut útil a un debat encara vigent. The central role of Schrödinger in the birth of Quantum Mechanics is widely acknowledged by the official historical accounts. However, his refusal of the main stream in theoretical physics once the quantum theory was established is less known. His struggle (1935-1961) focused in revisiting the foundations of the quantum theory, with special stress on interpretation. In this paper we give a historical outline of his claims, specially with regard to the elementary constitution of matter. We argue that the latter ideas of Schrödinger, often misunderstood, can provide useful insight into a debate which is still alive.

Análisis del comportamiento en las relaciones sentimentales a través de Facebook de los alumnos de la carrera de Comunicación Audiovisual de la EPSG

Investigación y análisis acerca de cómo afectan los servicios de comunicación online en cuanto a las relaciones sentimentales de los usuarios que las frecuentan y particularmente en los alumnos de Comunicación Audiovisual del Campus de Gandia y la red social Facebook.Pérez Valls, MJ. (2014). Análisis del comportamiento en las relaciones sentimentales a través de Facebook de los alumnos de la carrera de Comunicación Audiovisual de la EPSG. Universitat Politècnica de València. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/46934Archivo delegad