The reasons for the strong rise in the securitization phenomenon up until the start of the “subprime crisis” need to be analysed. According to many authors, they mainly stem from its offering the possibility of generating fixed yield securities with the highest rating and a low risk premium,...

This paper seeks to analyze the influence investment in that investment in intangible resources, specifically training and advertising, has on the corporate market value. A sample of the main Spanish companies, those quoted on the IBEX-35, revealed that both investing in training and in...

The ongoing globalisation process has not put an end to international financial crises. On the contrary, it seems to have contributed to their appearance and to accentuating their degrees of unpredictability. In this context, the main objective of the present study is to establish whether the...

Being competitive requires continuously performing product and process innovations nowadays. Because of this reason, the absorption of externally generated R&D is increasingly important for companies. It is well known that companies differ regarding their aptitude for knowledge absorption. This...

En la actualidad, es comúnmente aceptado que la dotación de recursos y capacidades de carácter intangible se ha convertido en el elemento diferenciador entre empresas. Sin embargo, sólo un grupo reducido permiten la obtención de una ventaja competitiva siendo son la fuente principal de...

The ongoing globalisation process has not put an end to international financial crises. On the contrary, it seems to have contributed to their appearance and to accentuating their degrees of unpredictability. In this context, the main objective of the present study is to establish whether the...

The ongoing globalisation process has not put an end to international financial crises. On the contrary, it seems to have contributed to their appearance and to accentuating their degrees of unpredictability. In this context, the main objective of the present study is to establish whether the...