Shalom Schwartz's Theory of Basic Human Values is one of the most commonly used and tested transcultural theories in the field of behavioural research. This theory has been refined since the 1980s to reach its most recent version, from 2012. The underlying reason for this theory's continuous evolution is that it assumes that values form a circular motivational continuum, meaning that the items do not have exact limits between the values and thus have a shared load on more than one, giving rise to multicollinearity. Additionally, measuring as they do different aspects, each value is multidimensional, thereby reducing internal consistency coefficients. The refined version represents an attempt to reduce or even eliminate these problems. Nevertheless, to date, on only one occasion has a confirmatory factor analysis been performed to permit validation of this refined version's third-order structuring. The objective of this study is, then, to perform a validation analysis of said structuring, albeit in a different social context and for another geographical scope of action.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to analyse the role of short-term rental platforms in tourists’ revisit intentions, focusing on the ability of these platforms to create memorable tourism experiences (MTEs). It examines guests’ perceived hospitality as a key variable in shaping MTEs and investigates whether these experiences influence the decision to revisit the destination. For this purpose, a theoretical model grounded in the stimulus-organism-response theory is proposed. The model is based on hypothesised relationships among four constructs, namely MTEs, hospitality, place attachment and revisit intention. Design/methodology/approach: These relationships are explored using a sample of 369 international visitors staying in peer-to-peer accommodation in Barcelona, Spain. Data were collected in 2022 from a street survey of international visitors to Barcelona staying in peer-to-peer accommodation. A predictive model was employed to explain the relationship between MTEs created during stays, hospitality and visitors’ intention to return. Findings: The study highlights that for tourists staying in peer-to-peer accommodation, perceived hospitality serves as a precursor to MTEs. All dimensions of MTEs investigated contribute positively to the formation of such experiences. MTEs, in turn, influence the intention to revisit the city in the future, with place attachment mediating this relationship. In this regard, the study shows that guests associate perceived hospitality with feelings of place attachment, which act as drivers in the creation of MTEs, thus motivating a return visit to the destination. The article puts forward several practical implications for local authorities, hosts and platform companies, aimed at harnessing the benefits of offered hospitality while mitigating the undesirable effects of host professionalisation. Originality/value: This paper explores how hospitality shapes MTEs and encourages revisit intentions. It highlights that guests find non-professional hosts more hospitable, fostering authentic connections and place attachment. These insights are crucial as short-term rentals become more professionalised, potentially reducing unique, personalised experiences. The paper suggests strategies to preserve these authentic interactions and promote tourism satisfaction and sustainability, counteracting the increasing professionalisation of the industry.

Local digital currencies (LDCs) can be defined as technological platforms in which transactions occur between users without the use of any form of official tender. Although there is empirical evidence with regard to the sustainable development-related benefits of this type of currency, its use is still highly marginal and incipient, with relatively short lifecycles. To understand why LDCs have not gained a firmer footing or implementation in society and subsequently gain the ability to define a series of actions making this possible, an integrated model has been developed. Based on a review of the available literature, this model permits an analysis of the perceptions, beliefs, and attitudinal factors impacting upon the process of adopting this kind of currency. Based on a sample of 1559 subjects, the results obtained from the structural equation modelling performed provide important conclusions in terms of both the theory and the management of LDC-based communities, whether this is for the creation of new communities or the attraction of new users, or to consolidate existing communities or the participation of users once they have registered with them. Perceptions (attitude, subjective regulation, and perceived control), beliefs (compatibility, perceived utility, interpersonal influences, self-efficacy, and enabling conditions) and previous experience have a significant influence on the intention to be part of a community based on a local digital currency, with all that this implies for the defining of strategies to promote the use of LDCs.

En este artículo se presentan y analizan las monedas complementarias: concepción, características, tipologías, situación actual, evolución e influencia sobre el sistema monetario. Desde enfoques teóricos, a casos reales e incluso estudios científicos, todos los traba- jos referenciados en este artículo analizan y demuestran las bondades de las monedas complementarias, así como su capacidad de influencia en la sostenibilidad de la vida en el planeta Tierra, tanto a nivel social como económico y ambiental.

The main objective of this work, through a literature review, is to contextualize the importance of fashion consumer behavior towards a more sustainable economy, emphasizing the sharing economy as an alternative to fast fashion through virtual networks, and therefore also highlights the use that consumers make of new technologies (social networks, mobile applications, or collaborative platforms). The specific objectives are none other than showing the need to contribute to the reduction of pollution, damage to the environment and the overconsumption of natural resources (water, energy, or materials) involved in the manufacture of clothing. All this linked to consumer behavior, innovation, electronic commerce, the sharing economy, and the entrepreneurship of the social and solidarity economy. It is for this reason that this work is approached from a perspective that can help to promote the exchange of fashion, examining the antecedents of the intention of consumers to participate in virtual fashion networks. The consolidation of the sharing economy in the fashion industry could offer social, economic, and environmental benefits, so this research also wants to highlight the convenience of identifying and analyzing the different beliefs of people with similar behaviors using this type of virtual fashion networks and platforms, and that, due to the confinement of COVID-19, seems to have increased exponentially. The value that is provided is to establish a common framework for discussion, within which the research has been carried out, since there is still much to analyze about consumer behavior in this context, and therefore the future of research in this area must bring together social, economic, and technological research to provide a more holistic understanding. It is desirable that sustainability and the need for more sustainable consumption are a motivating influence for future research on the sharing economy related to fast fashion and virtual consumer behavior.

Puertos del Estado (the State Ports of Spain), the seven Spanish maritime engineering laboratories (Universities of La Coruña and Cantabria, Polytechnic Universities of Valencia, Barcelona and Madrid, and the laboratories CEDEX and INHA) and the University of Granada have been working together on the influence of wave reflection on the stability of rubble-mound breakwaters. With several laboratories working together, it is of great importance to ensure that their results are fully comparable. With this in view, and prior to performing the tests, all factors that could have a bearing on the experimental results were analyzed. This has resulted in a standard methodology for running the tests, which is the object of this paper.