VIII DEMO Workshop 2014

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MMOBE/DEMO Workshop (UIB, UPNa, UAB)

 

Barcelona, Monday, June 16th 2014
Room: Sala de Graus (B3/012) Facultat d’Economia i Empresa UAB

15:00h. Welcome. Magda Solà and Miguel García-Cestona (U. Autònoma Barcelona)

15:05 h. Session 1, Chair Emili Grifell (U. Autònoma de Barcelona)

Jonathan Calleja-Blanco (DEMO Program)
“Group vs. Country Effects on the Performance of the European Automobile Production Plants
Discussant
: Cecilio Mar-Molinero (U. Autònoma de Barcelona):

Sofía Peña (DEMO Program)
"A decomposition of energy intensity change
in Spanish manufacturing"
Discussant: Emili Grifell (U. Autònoma de Barcelona)

16:30 h. Session 2, Chair Alberto Bayo (U. Pública de Navarra) 1st year DEMO

Shahin Ashkiani (DEMO Program)
Zero weights and multiple solutions in DEA,
 a consequence of degeneracy in Linear Programming

Discussant: Diego Prior (U. Autònoma de Barcelona)

17:00 h. Coffee break

17:30 h. Session 2, Chair Cecilio Mar-Molinero (U. Autònoma de Barcelona):

Elio Shijaku (DEMO Program)
Exploring dynamic embeddedness: a network analysis
of the global pharmaceutical industry, 1991-2012

Discussant: Lluís Bru (U. Illes Balears)

José Luis Massón-Guerra (DEMO Program)
“Regional Entrepreneurship Capital and Firm’s Total Factor Productivity”
Discussant: Teresa García Marco (U. Pública de Navarra)

19:00 h. Session 3, Chair Rafel Crespí (U. Illes Balears)

Vicente Salas (U. de Zaragoza)
“Employee Participation, Commitment and Organizations"

20:00h. End of first-day sessions 

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Barcelona, Tuesday, June 17th 2014
Room: Sala de Graus (B3/012) Facultat d’Economia i Empresa UAB

 

9:15 h. Session 4, Chair: Jordi Brandts (CSIC, UAB)

José Mª Ortiz (DEMO Program)
The problem of giving rights just to one worker: An experiment”
Discussant
: Alberto Bayo (U. Pública de Navarra)

Maya Dori (DEMO Program)
“Product life cycle and product portfolio dynamics”
Discussant
: Rafel Crespí (U. Illes Balears)

 

10:45 -11:05 h. Coffee break

11:05 h. Session 5, Chair: Pere Ortín (U. Autònoma de Barcelona):

Víctor Martín Sánchez (DEMO Program)
“Entrepreneurial Growth aspirations and population density:
a human capital approach”

Discussant: Josep Rialp (U. Autònoma de Barcelona)

12:00 h. Session 6, Public Defense PhD Thesis.

Martí Sagarra (DEMO Program)
The Twilight Years of the Spanish Cajas:
Governance, Risk Behaviour and Growth on the Eve of the Crisis

 

Thesis Committee: Vicente Salas (U. de Zaragoza)

Aleksandra Gregoric (Copenhagen Business School)

Javier Callealta (U. Alcalá de Henares)

 

 

 

13.45 h. (temptative) Announcements. Final Remarks.

14:00 h. Lunch.