The number of scientific publications studying open innovation (OI) and tourism has increased since the first concept appeared. Nevertheless, there is still a gap regarding the science mapping and performance analysis of these two concepts. Although there are studies that focus on open...

This paper analyzes the determinants of business failure through a binomial logistic model for a sample of 223 Spanish innovative companies and the year 2006. The results show that profitability, guarantees, efficiency and age of firms negatively influence the probability of failure. Innovation...

The research on happiness has raised the need to take into account other factors than income if the objectives are to maximize social welfare and to improve the quality of life. Our work has two aims. First, we study the link between happiness and other related concepts as utility and quality of...

En la última década, la falta de empleo ha mermado la economía de los países miembros de la Unión Europea, que se trazó como objetivo estratégico para la primera década del siglo XXI convertirse en una economía competitiva y dinámica basada en el conocimiento (Consejo de Lisboa, 2000)....

En este trabajo se estudian los determinantes individuales del capital social en España. El capital social influye en el desarrollo económico, tal y como demuestran numerosos estudios, y se puede definir como la confianza, tanto interpersonal como institucional, y los aspectos positivos de las...

El papel de la ayuda al desarrollo en el crecimiento de las economías latinoamericanas ha sido objeto de numerosos estudios, provenientes en muchos casos de investigadores del Banco Mundial, así en los trabajos de P. Boone (1994), P Mosley (1995), Hadji-Michael et al (1995), Feizioglu et al...

In this paper, we empirically explore how the often reported relationship between overeducation and wages can best be understood. Exploiting the newly published Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) data (OECD 2013), we are able to achieve a better estimation of...

We analyse the effects of school autonomy on the quality of education in Jordan and Tunisia, by using the OECD PISA 2009 database. Results reveal that most autonomy related variables are not significant. Accordingly, schools with more autonomy management and facing more competition do not lead...