UTILITIES

Author: Thieme Jara Claudio Patricio.
Year: 2005.
University: AUTÓNOMA DE BARCELONA [www.uab.es].
Place of defense: Departamento de Economía de la Empresa.
Place of preparation: Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales.

Summary: Interest in improving levels of efficiency is, for years, a goal in any government program, and although this objective is applied as a general premise in any field, is easily visible in the area of education. Testimony to this is the introduction of educational reforms in a large number of countries, which address such concepts as "educational productivity" or "accountability". In its empirical part, this research makes three applications. The first one evaluates the performance of education systems from an international perspective. Subsequently is discussed in more detail the Chilean case. It identifies levels of efficiency border and relate them with the results of the third empirical application that evaluates leadership styles of managers of establishments primary; to see how far these styles of leadership exerted a direct influence on the efficiency of production education.

Author: Reyes Santias Francisco.
Year: 2005.
University: A CORUÑA [www.udc.es].
Place of defense: Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales.
Place of preparation: Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales.

Summary: The aim of the thesis is to evaluate the adoption of technologies TAC (Tomography Acial Computerizada) and MRI (Magnetic Resonance), analyze its curves spread the extencsión in using its use. They are used panel data of all hospitals dependent SERGAS. The temporary period of the study is 1995 to 2001. The variables used for the study are grouped into socio-demographic variables, variables resources and structure and activity variables. Various methodologies have been developed involving the classification of hospitals by CLUSTER, reducing number of variables through analysis of COMPONENTESE MAJOR, the study of diffusion through REPETIDAS measures ANOVA, the study of adoption through ANALYSIS DISCRIMINANTE, extension study of Use and use by REGRESIONES LINEAR MULTIPLE of MCO. The results show a correlation positive n fourth teams and n fourth explorations, positive correlation n fourth MRI and n fourth CT scans and vice versa, no significant combined effect tiempo-cluster for TAC, discriminant factor positive and significant dimension and volume hospital for CT and MRI regression coefficient variable sociodemographic not significant discriminant ratio Radiology negative and significant. Among the main conclusions we can emphasize that the use of CT and MRI complies Act Roemer, CT and MRI are complementary, the spread evenly in the TAC SERGAS, size and volume hospital determines adoption CT and MRI public demand induction CT scans and that CT and MRI private substitutes RAdiología public.

Author: Cascón Pereira Rosalia.
Year: 2005.
University: ROVIRA I VIRGILI [www.urv.cat].
Place of defense: Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales.
Place of preparation: FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS ECONOMICAS Y EMPRESARIALES.

Summary: The purpose of this dissertation is to understand in depth the perceptions of intermediate command about his role as manager of people from a constructivist epistemology, which allows capture the nuances subjective ignored so far by the literature. For that reason, deals with the study of the perceptions of command intermediate in two hospitals through a qualitative methodology Grounded Theory. The analysis of the perceptions of command more saturated intermediate (perceptions of lack of autonomy and lack of support and understanding), along with analysis of their identification as a manager, leading to a final conceptual framework that answers the questions raised initially and Thesis allowing achievement understanding sought.

Author: SAZ GIL ISABEL.
Year: 2006.
University: VALENCIA [www.uv.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAT DE ECONOMIA.
Place of preparation: FACULTAD DE ECONOMIA.

Summary: SUMMARY Since the theory of social capital, identifies Nonprofit Organizations, as organizations with the potential to generate social capital community. On the other hand, from theories focusing on the economic analysis that looks at the Nonprofit Organizations, the study shows that confidence is the competitive advantage that these organizations have with the rest of institutional options to provide certain outputs to consumers. For what is of interest to analyze, from the sphere of strategic direction, what are the mechanisms to obtain and sustain competitive advantage of these organizations. Insofar as the Non-Profit Organizations are able to sustain their competitive advantage, it will be possible to develop their potential to generate social capital community in a given society. As far as establishing a link between the theory of resources and capabilities in an evolutionary context to the management stakeholders, from the concepts equity and absorptive capacity. Against a background of constant change, the sustainability of competitive advantage for organizations is based on the continued creation of new resources that are valuable in environments that are happening. Thus, organizations must develop the capacity for absorption dynamics, ie the ability to identify, assimilate, combine and exploit the knowledge to be developed in the system. The structural dimension of social capital, which is dependent on its network of links that the organization establishes and maintains with the various stakeholders, allows you to have more information, which may have an impact on the ability to identify and assimilate valuable knowledge. Similarly, management stakeholders, to develop relationships and cognitive dimensions of social capital, which derive from the membership of a cohesive group within the system, which may provide lower transaction costs in the process of integrating knowledge with the other stakeholders, and thus affect the ability to combine and exploit the knowledge gained. The empirical part is performed on Nonprofit Organizations, through a case study. The adaptation to the objective of the research is justified on the basis that the case study is a methodology designed to thoroughly understand the dynamics present within individual scenarios and discover new relationships and concepts rather than verify or check propositions previously established.

Author: Morales Piñero Juan Carlos.
Year: 2006.
University: AUTÓNOMA DE BARCELONA [www.uab.es].
Place of defense: Departamento de Economía de la Empresa.
Place of preparation: Departamento de Economía de la Empresa.

Summary: This research is part of the field that studies the comparative efficiency of the public company and its explanatory factors, and focuses on the evaluation of the efficiency of the postal service Spanish (Post) with respect to: 1.) Changes in status jurídico-organizativo of the company, 2.) assessment in the market position of the company; 3.) how effective especially levels of quality) in the provision of services, and 4.) productivity over other comparative postal operators Europeos.La research deals taking as a reference, the agency theory, the theory of property rights, and efectosde market competition. And is part of the literature on measures business efficiency and, more specifically, the literature on empirical studies of comparative efficiency of public enterprises regarding lasprivadas, as well as investigations into privatized firms and their economic behavior later . The overall aim of the thesis is to provide empirical evidence about the effect of the implementation of reforms on the activity of various public companies for the privatization process (1. changes in the legal status, 2. introduction of incentive policies, 3. liberalization and deregulation of the sector, 5. exposure to competition), on the efficiency and effectiveness of public enterprises, taking as reference the sector postal.Para this on the one hand evaluating the behavior that has been productive efficiency and the effectiveness (especially nivelesde quality) of the company "Post and Telegraph" during the period 1987-2003, and its relationship with the various changes destatus jurídico-organizativo and market position that has experienced over the same period and, another determinamoslos factors that can explain the variation in the efficiency binomial-effective postal services, based on a comparative analysis of the Spanish operator compared to other European postal operators with different ownership structures and status organizativo.De agreement with the objective overall, the thesis is divided into four parts, which in turn defines specific objectives: one more descriptive, which identifies the organizational changes in the company and the evolution of the Spanish postal market, in which the two sides will continue evaluates the efficiency and effectiveness of postal operator Spanish (Post) based on various indicators, identifying the different factors that might explain the observed trends, and finally in the last part is a comparison of the efficiency / effectiveness of the front of the Spanish operator other European postal operators.

Author: CAYÓN COSTA MAGDA.
Year: 2006.
University: AUTÓNOMA DE BARCELONA [www.uab.es].
Place of defense: UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BARCELONA.
Place of preparation: DEPARTAMENTO DE ECONOMÍA DE LA EMPRESA.

Summary: THESIS DOCTORAL THIS IS GOAL BY ONE SIDE, EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PUBLIC COMPANY 'PARADORS OF TOURISM OF SPAIN, SA' DURING THE PERIOD FROM 1985 TO 2004 AND VERIFY IF THE CHANGE OF EFFICIENCY IS ASSOCIATED WITH CHANGES IN EXPERIENCED ORGANIZATIVOS THE COMPANY IN THAT PERIOD, AND OTHER SIDE, IS MAKES A BENCHMARKING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS COMPANY OVER THE EFFICIENCY OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES HOTELERAS PRIVATE PROPERTY WITH DIFFERENT STRUCTURES. THE METHODS USED TO DEVELOP THE GOAL WAS SUBMITTING THE PUBLIC COMPANY 'PARADORS' TO A CASE STUDY IN DEPTH IMPLEMENTING ECONOMIC INDICATORS AND EFFICIENCY OF PRODUCTIVITY FOR THE PERIOD 1985-2004 ESTABLECIENDO A MODEL THAT BOTH RELACIONA INDICATORS. THE SAME WAY THESE HAVE BEEN APPLIED INDICATORS FOR THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS WITH PRIVATE COMPANIES. IN THE FIRST PART OF OBJECTIVE SHOWS THAT THE COMPANY PUBLIC HAS EXPERIMENTADO A GREAT ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY IN BOTH RISE AS PRODUCTIVE IN EFFICIENCY, IN ADDITION, PRESENTS 4 CHANGES ORGANIZATIVOS (1991, 1996, 2000, 2004) OF WHICH THE OF 1996 IS THE ONE THAT REALLY HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANY. AS TO THE SECOND PART OF PURPOSE, THE PUBLIC COMPANY KEEPS AN ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OVER PRIVATE COMPANIES COTIZAN ON THE MARKET BURSÁTIL AND HIGHER IN 10 POINTS TO FIRMS CAPITAL FAMILY, BUT IN THE EFFICIENCY PRODUCTIVE THE PUBLIC COMPANY PRESENTS SOME LOWER LEVELS TO PRIVATE. IN COMPARISON BETWEEN THE STRUCTURES OF PRIVATE COMPANIES, THE KIND OF PRIVATE PROPERTY TO PRESENT LEVELS OF INCREASE EFFICIENCY OF COMPANIES ARE THE CAPITAL BURSÁTIL AND PRESENTING THE WORST RESULTS ARE FAMILY BUSINESS