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How can higher education increase the employability of university students? We present a case study on an innovative training itinerary aimed to promote the participation of teaching staff to stimulate the creativity of students and enhance their employability skills. Students acquire the entrepreneurship competences by applying the problem-solving methodology to their innovative projects based on sustainable development. The participation in the contest shows a growing importance, with topics ranging from the more technical ones, such as nutrition innovation, science innovation, or sustainability, to the social projects, related to social services, inclusion, or services against gender violence, harassment, and bullying. The percentage of multidisciplinary teams increased from 38% in 2015 to 76% in 2019 and even more in finalist teams, a positive trend in improving soft skills. According to some testimonies, the acquisition of these entrepreneurship competences partially compensates for students’ lack of professional experience by enriching their curriculum vitae (CV) and, for some students, lays the groundwork for establishing a real business after their participation in the contest.
Cristina Pardo-Garcia; Maja Barac. Promoting Employability in Higher Education: A Case Study on Boosting Entrepreneurship Skills. Sustainability 2020, 12, 4004 .
AMA StyleCristina Pardo-Garcia, Maja Barac. Promoting Employability in Higher Education: A Case Study on Boosting Entrepreneurship Skills. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (10):4004.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCristina Pardo-Garcia; Maja Barac. 2020. "Promoting Employability in Higher Education: A Case Study on Boosting Entrepreneurship Skills." Sustainability 12, no. 10: 4004.
M.I. López Rodríguez; Maja Barac. Inequality of Spanish Household Expenditure for the 2006–2016 Period — are we Converging? Economy of Region 2019, 15, 780 -790.
AMA StyleM.I. López Rodríguez, Maja Barac. Inequality of Spanish Household Expenditure for the 2006–2016 Period — are we Converging? Economy of Region. 2019; 15 (3):780-790.
Chicago/Turabian StyleM.I. López Rodríguez; Maja Barac. 2019. "Inequality of Spanish Household Expenditure for the 2006–2016 Period — are we Converging?" Economy of Region 15, no. 3: 780-790.
The implementation of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Spanish universities has been accompanied by a review of the teaching methodologies used. These methodologies incorporating, in many cases, new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). The ICT of Audience Response Systems (ARS), Clickers, and videos (mUVies) were used in a quantitative subject of a degree offered by the Universitat de València (UV), in an attempt to mitigate the low teaching load of the same and provide students with support material inside and outside the classroom. The work presented examines the students' perception of the use of these ICTs in their learning process and also the volume of work involved in its implementation. Using descriptive and inferential analyses of the opinions obtained in the ICT surveys and the results of the continuous assessment and the final exam, we conclude that the students valued the use of both ICTs very positively with average score higher than 8 (out of 10), rating better the VIDEOS-mUVies than Clickers. As for the volume of work that the implementation of ICTs, this is estimated at about 7.5 hours for students and about 132.5 hours for teachers.
Maria Isabel López-Rodríguez; Maja Barac. Valoración del alumnado sobre el uso de clickers y vídeo tutoriales en la educación superior. Research in Education and Learning Innovation Archives 2019, 19 -44.
AMA StyleMaria Isabel López-Rodríguez, Maja Barac. Valoración del alumnado sobre el uso de clickers y vídeo tutoriales en la educación superior. Research in Education and Learning Innovation Archives. 2019; (22):19-44.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaria Isabel López-Rodríguez; Maja Barac. 2019. "Valoración del alumnado sobre el uso de clickers y vídeo tutoriales en la educación superior." Research in Education and Learning Innovation Archives , no. 22: 19-44.
We examine the exports versus foreign direct investment (FDI) decision under demand uncertainty for an asymmetric cost duopoly. One of the firms can lead entry before demand realization or retain flexibility enjoying an informational advantage. When the time value of information is small and for sufficiently low investment costs, follow‐the‐leader behavior in FDI arises. Relatively high investment (fixed) costs result in follow‐the‐leader exporting behavior. When the time value of information becomes significant, the potential leader will opt for a wait‐and‐see strategy. For intermediate values of investment costs, the efficient firm invests, while the rival chooses to export.
Maja Barac; Rafael Moner-Colonques. To lead or to wait? An application to internationalization strategies under demand uncertainty. Managerial and Decision Economics 2019, 40, 559 -568.
AMA StyleMaja Barac, Rafael Moner-Colonques. To lead or to wait? An application to internationalization strategies under demand uncertainty. Managerial and Decision Economics. 2019; 40 (5):559-568.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaja Barac; Rafael Moner-Colonques. 2019. "To lead or to wait? An application to internationalization strategies under demand uncertainty." Managerial and Decision Economics 40, no. 5: 559-568.
The economic importance of sheep farming is somewhat reduced from a macroeconomic point of view and only makes up a small part of agrarian income and employment. The quantitative macroeconomic evidence shows that the activity of traditional sheep farming is not profitable enough, while the trends seem to be moving toward a reduction in the number of farms, in their concentration and in their intensification. The paper presents the research results with the focus on voactional motiations of farmer.
Raúl de Arriba; Maja Barac. Homo Economicus and the Shepherd: the Traditional Sheep Farmer Facing the Modernisation (or Intensification) of European Livestock. Eastern European Countryside 2018, 24, 171 -187.
AMA StyleRaúl de Arriba, Maja Barac. Homo Economicus and the Shepherd: the Traditional Sheep Farmer Facing the Modernisation (or Intensification) of European Livestock. Eastern European Countryside. 2018; 24 (1):171-187.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRaúl de Arriba; Maja Barac. 2018. "Homo Economicus and the Shepherd: the Traditional Sheep Farmer Facing the Modernisation (or Intensification) of European Livestock." Eastern European Countryside 24, no. 1: 171-187.
Cristina Pardo-Garcia; Maja Barac. A proposal for reducing unemployment in the tertiary sector through changing time usage. The Spanish case. SOCIOLOGIA DEL LAVORO 2018, 156 -174.
AMA StyleCristina Pardo-Garcia, Maja Barac. A proposal for reducing unemployment in the tertiary sector through changing time usage. The Spanish case. SOCIOLOGIA DEL LAVORO. 2018; (149):156-174.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCristina Pardo-Garcia; Maja Barac. 2018. "A proposal for reducing unemployment in the tertiary sector through changing time usage. The Spanish case." SOCIOLOGIA DEL LAVORO , no. 149: 156-174.
This paper examines the foreign direct investment (FDI) versus exports decision of foreign oligopolistic firms under cost heterogeneity. An additional motivation for firms to invest abroad is the technological sourcing via spillovers, which flow from the host more efficient firm to foreign less advantaged firms.For intermediate values of the set-up costs associated with FDI entry, it is shown that foreign firms choose opposite entry strategies. An equilibrium where the less efficient foreign firm exports whereas the more efficient invests is more likely to happen when foreign firms become more heterogeneous, the larger the trade costs and not too big oligopolistic profitability. Interestingly, the opposite may also be an equilibrium thus finding that the more efficient firm does not choose to invest, a result that emphasizes the relevance of the strategic setting under consideration. The latter result identifies a market failure since welfare in the host market is higher when both firms undertake FDI; a finding that calls attention to how appropriate are host government policies towards internationalization strategies.
Maja Barac; Rafael Moner-Colonques. INTERNATIONALIZATION STRATEGIES IN OLIGOPOLY WITH HETEROGENEOUS FIRMS. Bulletin of Economic Research 2016, 68, 66 -77.
AMA StyleMaja Barac, Rafael Moner-Colonques. INTERNATIONALIZATION STRATEGIES IN OLIGOPOLY WITH HETEROGENEOUS FIRMS. Bulletin of Economic Research. 2016; 68 (S1):66-77.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaja Barac; Rafael Moner-Colonques. 2016. "INTERNATIONALIZATION STRATEGIES IN OLIGOPOLY WITH HETEROGENEOUS FIRMS." Bulletin of Economic Research 68, no. S1: 66-77.