The Department of Financial Economics I at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has analysed why family firms in general are reluctant to use big data technology:
The UPV/EHU has concluded that family firms’ decisions regarding whether or not to implement big data technology depends on their reference point in decision-making: when family control and …
MorePompeu Fabra University (UPF), created on June 18, 1990, is a public university located in Barcelona. In 2010, it obtained the qualification of Campus of International Excellence from the Ministry of Education. According to the Times Higher Education ranking, UPF is one of the seven fastest growing young universities in the world and also ranks …
MoreRamon Llull University is a private university based in Barcelona. Founded on March 1, 1990 and approved by the Parliament of Catalonia on May 10, 1991, it is a federation of entities with a long history under the umbrella of the Ramon Llull University Private Foundation. Private non-profit Christian-inspired university, it was the first private …
MoreThe International University of Catalonia (UIC Barcelona) is a private university based in Barcelona created in 1997 and recognized by the Parliament of Catalonia by Law 11/1997, of October 1. It is part of the Xarxa Vives d’Universitats. It has two campuses, one in Barcelona and the other in Sant Cugat del Vallès.
At the moment …
MoreThe Polytechnic University of Catalonia BarcelonaTech (UPC, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) is a public research and higher education institution specializing in engineering, architecture and science (Barcelona). It has centers and facilities in Barcelona, Castelldefels, Manresa, Sant Cugat del Valles, Tarrassa and Vilanova i la Geltrú. It is the largest technical university in Catalonia, in 2020 …
MoreAbat Oliba CEU University is a private non-profit, Catholic-inspired university located in Barcelona. It was founded in 1973 as the Abat Oliba University College. 25 of June of 2003 the Parliament of Catalonia approved its conversion in University Abbot Oliba CEU.
The university adopts the name of Abbot Oliba, count of Berga and Ripoll, bishop of …
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With regard to regulated education, the Constitution states that there is a distribution of powers in educational matters among the various entities and administrations present in Spain. In this way, the General State Administration reserves the exclusive purpose to regulate the structure of the different educational levels and the conditions for …
MoreSeveral lecturers and researchers of the University of Barcelona take part in this year’s edition of Vila Pensa, a festival on the thought, created in Vilafranca del Penedès, following the model of Barcelona Pensa and whose aim is to bring philosophy closer to citizens.
With the motto “Are we human?”, experts such as Montserrat Camps, Nemrod …
MoreThe University of Barcelona is listed as the first Spanish university in the 2021 edition of the QS World University Rankings, in which it holds the 183d world position among more than 1,600 higher education institutions.
Among the Spanish universities, the University of Barcelona is followed by the Autonomous University of Madrid (200), the Complutense University …
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On Wednesday 27 May, the CYD Foundation published the overall results of the 2020 Spanish university ranking. This tool can be used to measure and compare the quality of the Spanish university system by conducting an indicator analysis, classified by performance groups and separated into six different dimensions: “Teaching and Learning”; “Research”; …
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