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What drives consumers to patronise a hedonic social network? an empirical test of consumers' experiences, and their impact on continuance intention

Doral, Fernando (Date of defense: 2017-11-09)

My doctoral research focuses on the analysis of the various factors that potentially contribute to loyalty towards hedonic social networks. Among all the social networks, our study focuses on Facebook. After reviewing the ...

What drives the tax compliance attitude of individuals? The role of social ties, welfare state and environmental concern in tax morale

Cascavilla, Alessandro (Date of defense: 2023-03-02)

The present thesis aims to provide new empirical evidence on how the tax compliance attitude of individuals could be shaped by three factors: the social capital, the intergenerational labour mobility, and the individual ...

What groups of factors do senior executives believe affect their use of executive information systems?

Cano Giner, Josep Lluís (Date of defense: 2013-02-18)

In a highly competitive and turbulent environment, executives need more efficient ways to analyze their companies, markets and competitors. The aim is to help their organizations become more competitive and, as a result, ...

What holds a multinational state together?: the political stability of the Spanish "state of autonomies"

Holesch, Adam (Date of defense: 2016-11-31)

In this PHD thesis I answer the question: “What holds a multinational state together?” by analyzing the political developments in the Spanish “State of Autonomies”. The results show that among the individual factors a dual ...

What's in a job? An exploration of what we do and how it affects labor and family outcomes

Goulart, Kimberly (Date of defense: 2023-05-23)

The objective of this thesis is to explore what makes up a job–the tasks, skills, personality traits, and rewards–and determine how a job impacts our daily lives. Much of the literature quantifies and describes jobs by ...

Wheat bran modifies the microbial population and enhances gut fermentation in the gastrointestinal tract of post-weaning piglets

Molist Gasa, Francesc (Date of defense: 2010-07-01)

L'objectiu de la present tesis fou estudiar si la incorporació d'ingredients fibrosos a la dieta de garrins recent deslletats, era una bona estratègia per minimitzar els desordres intestinals que normalment ocorren durant ...

Wheat developmental processes as affected by Ppd and Eps alleles and genetic variation within elite cultivars

Ochagavía Orbegozo, Helga (Date of defense: 2018-01-10)

El desenvolupament del cultiu del blat és crític per a la seva adaptació, ja que determina la data de floració i és rellevant en la generació del rendiment, ja que controla la durada, la velocitat d’iniciació i l’aparició ...

The Wheel of Justice: Court Procedure, Conflict Resolution and Narratives in Medieval Catalonia (950-1130)

Rodenbusch, Cornel-Peter (Date of defense: 2021-05-03)

This doctoral thesis presents an analysis of the judicial procedure in Catalonia between the years 950 and 1130. Catalan Archives preserve an exceptional number of documents related to justice which thanks to recent and ...

When Code replaces scripture: Black Mirror, Technology and the Specter of Cristianity

Peters, Rebecca Anne (Date of defense: 2021-07-06)

This thesis analyzes 12 episodes from the dystopian science fiction anthology series, Black Mirror (2011-present). Episodes selected are those that, as argued in this text, depict the role of technology as replacing that ...

When leaders prioritize their profit against the organizational goal

Kangarlou, Behnoush (Date of defense: 2021-10-22)

Newspapers and television are full of stories about inappropriate behaviour by political and business leaders published weekly. According to Guinote (2008), an individual's behaviour will be changed when they reach a ...

When oncology meets immunology: improving GL261 glioblastoma treatment through cancer-related immunity and MRSI-based non-invasive follow-up of response

Shuang, Wu (Date of defense: 2020-09-22)

Els Glioblastomes (GB) son tumors cerebrals invasius, amb mal pronòstic i resposta pobra a la teràpia. Aquesta tesi pretén millorar el tractament del GB preclínic mitjançant la immunitat relacionada amb el càncer i el ...

Where nitrite respiration meets electrotrophy: diversity studies and functional characterization of autotrophic bacterial isolates from bioelectrochemical system

Vilar Sanz, Ariadna (Date of defense: 2016-02-05)

Denitrifying biocathodes are used to treat nitrogen contaminated water resources. The present PhD dissertation have been characterized different bacterial families with a relevant role in denitrification process. Different ...

Where, why and how scientific knowledge on health inequalities is generated? : An integrated perspective to strengthen understanding of health inequalities research capacities : Key insights from the United Kingdom and the city of Barcelona

Cash-Gibson, Lucinda (Date of defense: 2020-11-12)

This dissertation aims to understand where, why and how scientific knowledge on health inequalities is produced, why and how some places have strong capacity to produce this, and what determines this capacity. It consists ...