Xavier Llinás-Audet

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya | UPC · Department of Management (OE)

Objective: The objective of this study is to investigate, in the Latin American context, the impact of university governance variables on the performance of these organisations, as measured by the result obtained in the QS ranking for Latin America, differentiating between public and private institutions. Theoretical Framework: The relationship bet...

El sistema de educación superior chileno ha dado respuesta a su creciente matrícula y masificación, especialmente en estudiantes de estratos socioeconómicos bajos, a través del aumento importante de becas y préstamos del Estado. Este último instrumento de financiamiento ha posibilitado un aumento de egresados de las universidades chilenas, posibili...

Good practices in higher education should be exemplifying and possible to rreplicate, generating learning for every organization, and become a strategic factor in its management. This research deepens the good university practices of the International Telescopi Network that groups Latin American institutions. Methodically, 133 reports were analyzed...

Las universidades, como toda institución, deben ser gobernadas y contar con un gobierno corporativo. La forma en que son organizados sus gobiernos depende de aspectos legales, políticos y económicos den entorno en el que se desarrolla. En vista de lo anterior, el propósito del presente trabajo es determinar las tipologías de gobernanza de las más i...

The aim of this paper is to describe the evolution of research and publications about university rankings. University rankings allows comparing the quality of the academic activity of higher education institutions. After the publication of the first global ranking in 2004, the Shanghai ranking, various university classifications have been developed...

The development of competitions in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) has meant aligning programs to labor demands. Based on the state of the art and government guidelines, the main competitions of Brazilian administration graduates were identified. Twenty-five experts under the Delphi method and 336 national career coordinators were consulted us...

La gobernanza en las universidades ha sufrido enormes transformaciones, dado los cambios de su entorno político social como lo que ocurre en cada institución internamente. Las universidades, al igual que cualquier organización, deben ser gobernadas y contar con un gobierno corporativo. La forma en que son organizados los gobiernos universitarios de...

El gobierno corporativo es un factor determinante en los resultados de las organizaciones. Por tal motivo, se han realizado diversas investigaciones sobre el tema en el ámbito de las organizaciones privadas, públicas, familiares, así como en universidades. En este contexto, el presente estudio planteó como objetivo el análisis de la evolución de la...

Microentrepreneurs who have their businesses located in depressed regions are generally unaware of their basic competencies, especially their application and the benefits that are obtained when these are linked to the development of business management. Under this premise, this study aims to propose a competency model for microentrepreneurs to offe...

Los rankings universitarios globales se han convertido en un referente de calidad del sistema de educación superior, constituyéndose en un factor relevante en la determinación de políticas y estrategias institucionales. Sin embargo, la presencia de las universidades latinoamericanas en estos rankings es escasa, surgiendo nuevas clasificaciones enfo...

La inclusión de las personas con discapacidad (PCD) en el ámbito laboral es un asunto que se discute actualmente. En este contexto, la investigación buscó caracterizar la inclusión de las PCD en el mercado laboral peruano. Para ello se desarrolló un estudio de diseño con método mixto, que implicó la aplicación de una en-cuesta electrónica a 188 ger...

Las universidades poseen una naturaleza social intrínseca que las posiciona como organizaciones con responsabilidades no solo para la comunidad universitaria, sino también hacia la sociedad. Así, el concepto de responsabilidad social universitaria (RSU) se relaciona con la gestión inclusiva y responsable de estas instituciones. Sin embargo, su apli...

The implementation of University Social Responsibility (USR) in its strategic plans is a subject of great social interest. However, the lack of understanding produces deficient stakeholder's engagement, obstructing USR applications and potential benefits. USR in a formal context and as part of strategy should be a path that leads to its fulfilment....

The relevance of higher education institutions (HEI) for social development is unquestionable because of their potential for contributing intellectual solutions for the social, economic, and environmental welfare of society. The current study aims to: 1) examine which are the main catalysts of university social responsibility (USR) from a strategic...

SPANISH: Los microempresarios generalmente desconocen sus competencias básicas, en especial su aplicación y los beneficios que se obtienen cuando estas competencias se vinculan con el desarrollo de la gestión empresarial. Bajo ésta premisa, se propone un modelo de competencias dirigido exclusivamente a los microempresarios. Las competencias son deb...

Universities, as educational institutions, play a vital role in the development and improvement of the society, contributing to the welfare of citizens. Considering the social responsibility of Universities with a large number of stakeholders (students, institutions, Government, employees, companies, local community, etc.) this chapter aims to exam...

This article examines educational policies in Ecuador. It outlines the main features of the education and training systems, and analyses the impact on productivity and national development. The efforts made by various national authorities to strengthen and encourage education at all levels is evident, as well as efforts to boost productivity by cha...

Purpose: The purpose of this research was to adapt the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to predict the use and intended use of e-learning systems among undergraduate students at a state university in Ecuador, with the intention of improving the understanding of those factors that could enhance the utilization of these systems and the implementatio...

The main objective of this study is to identify the determinants that influence user demand for lifelong learning in institutions of higher education. Qualitative methodology was used to develop an instrument and a quantitative approach was used for the remainder of the study. After a literature review and in-depth interviews with experts in lifelo...

The processes of curriculum renewal in universities have been built from the singularities of each institution. While economic and financial aspects are strategic in university management, there is a lack of research that relates these aspects with curriculum renewal processes. From a study case of a Chilean public university, the importance of cur...

Modelo de competencias para microempresarios en entornos deprimidos: caso de la región 5 del Ecuador. http://reunionesdeestudiosregionales.org/Santiago2016/htdocs/pdf/p1901.pdf

A thesis proposal to design a model for a better understanding of those competences useful for micro entrepreneurs in depressed environments, based on the case of the region 5 of Ecuador.

The success of an e-learning system depends largely on the acceptance and use that teachers give this tool. After critically evaluate models of technology adoption, including the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and TAM2, we built a conceptual model to predict the level of acceptance and use of e-learning system among teachers. This model extends...

Engineering education is facing new challenges to effectively provide the appropriate skills to future engineering professionals according to market demands. This study proposes a model based on active learning methods, which is expected to facilitate the acquisition of the professional skills most highly valued in the information and communication...

El propósito de este estudio es analizar el crecimiento y desarrollo de la literatura sobre la evaluación de los sistemas e-Learning. La bibliografía publicada en 18 de las principales revistas de la base de datos ISI Web of Knowledge fue obtenida, de manera directa, a través de las palabras clave: “model”, “evaluation”, “e-Learning system”, con su...

This paper describes the application of a multivariate analysis technique called "Discriminant Analysis" in the process of investigating and developing of emotional intelligence (EI) and Intellectual Capital (IC) operational model. The following research was conducted as part of a Doctoral Thesis in Business Administration and Management from the U...

This document describes the process of developing the "Tecer 2012" scale, a self-report instrument developed and improved during the investigation of the doctoral thesis entitled "The Emotional Capital as the basis of human capital of individuals. Formulation of an operational evaluation model” (research with a methodological form of quantitative t...

This paper describes the application of multivariate analysis techniques in research of process-oriented development of Emotional Intelligence (EI)and Intellectual Capital operational models. The following research was conducted as part of the Doctoral Thesis in Business Administration and Management from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-Ba...

In this paper, we present a methodology for Final Year Project (FYP) monitoring and assessment that considers the inclusion of the professional skills required in the particular engineering degree. This proper monitoring and clear evaluation framework provides the student with valuable support for the project implementation as well as for improving...

This article seeks to examine if there are significant differences in the strategic management processes that may identify positive or negative conditions for improving these processes. A survey is carried out in the context of HEIs in Ibero-American countries, and focusing on the concern with strategic planning, this study analyses how the nature...

The search for factors that lead to competitive advantage in a company in relation to its competitors is a widely debated subject; a wide range of issues have been examined to determine which factors are the most influential. The aim of this paper is to study training effect on business results (particularly on firm’s financial turnover). For the p...

This paper shows to what extent a national policy for higher education state funding to finance state owned and private universities members of the Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities (CRUCH) caused economic and territorial impaired resource allocation among institutions. Despite political changes, current funding for higher education policy...

This paper analyzes the evolution of return rates of tertiary education in Chile using differences-in-differences estimation. The study seeks to establish the impact of these rates on social mobility using cross-sectional data obtained from the national socioeconomic characterization survey (Casen) for the periods 2003 to 2009 and 2006 to 2011. Thi...

Resumen Los Proyectos de Fin de Carrera (PFC) se han eva-luado tradicionalmente a partir de una memoria y de una presentación pública. Esta evaluación, en general, la realiza un tribunal formado por varios profesores, que juzga de forma integral el proyecto a partir de la documentación entregada y de su presentación públi-ca. Para poner la nota fin...

This article distinguishes which generic skills are the key to enable newly graduated engineers, basically computer and telecommunication engineers, to enter the information and communication technology (ICT) sector, satisfying industry demand in Spain. It also demonstrates significant differences between the engineering degrees (at graduate level)...

Purpose: This article investigates the status and importance of continuing training in companies in the Principality of Andorra and its impact on the economic development of the country.Design/methodology/approach: The analysis is based on GDOR, a methodology based on the impact of training decisions on economic indicators and ratios that has been...

Els programes Leader de la Unió Europea tenen com a objectiu el desenvolupament de territoris rurals. La comarca catalana de l’Alt Urgell es va beneficiar anteriorment de l’aplicació del programa Leader 2 en set municipis del sud de la comarca. L’actual convocatòria anomenada Leader Plus té en canvi un àmbit d’aplicació que afecta a la totalitat de...

Purpose: The main objective of the paper is to clarify the expectations held in the realm of business and by employers, in relation to the main educational parameters that respond to the employment needs of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) market in Spain, considering both technical and managerial knowledge. It also assesses wheth...

Purpose: Adopting a specific strategy is sometimes the key to the survival of companies. Given the increasing interest on the part of the companies to have the best strategy that allows them to differentiate themselves from their competitors, the aim of this empirical work is to study the relationship that exists between training and business resul...

Purpose: Adopting a specific strategy is sometimes the key to the survival of companies. Given the increasing interest on the part of the companies to have the best strategy that allows them to differentiate themselves from their competitors, the aim of this empirical work is to study the relationship that exists between training and business resul...

Purpose: The main objective of the paper is to clarify the expectations held in the realm of business and by employers, in relation to the main educational parameters that respond to the employment needs of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) market in Spain, considering both technical and managerial knowledge. It also assesses wheth...

Higher education systems within several OECD countries have experienced relevant changes which have redirected them towards greater market orientation. This trend, desirable or not, is unquestionable, and far from disappearing, it is undergoing an important expansion as a consequence of the higher education globalization. This new reality has not...

L’objectiu d’aquest treball és definir quines poden ser les competències professionals transversals, que els enginyers tècnics i superiors recent titulats, han d’assolir per tal de desenvolupar la seva activitat laboral al sector TIC a Catalunya. Això es fa en base a una principal font d´ informació, com són, les dades obtingudes a partir de l´ anà...

La carretera C-14 une Lleida con la Seu d’Urgell siguiendo el valle del rio Segre y canaliza una buena parte del tráfico con origen y destino en el principado de Andorra. Desde hace años esta carretera es objeto de obras de mejora que tienen como objetivo reducir la sinuosidad de su trazado y evitar la circulación por el centro de núcleos urbanos....

The main objective of this paper is to define and evaluate the professional abilities of an engineer who works as an IT professional in Spain, primarily telecommunications engineers and computer scientists. Their occupational profiles will provide us with a useful tool for defining and conceptualizing curriculum plans for new qualifications, which...

This briefing investigates the status of the educational system and, more specifically, of continuing training in companies in the Principality of Andorra. Part of this analysis is based on a field study designed to explore and understand both the current situation and the training needs of the main sectors within the Andorran economy. A proposal f...

This study describes the status of training in Catalonia’s large companies, from an economic and organizational point of view. The results are based on empirical-descriptive research conducted with a sample of large and medium-sized businesses. It analyses the organizational structure of the businesses and the type of organizational structure in re...

Este artículo tiene por objeto describir la situación de la formación en las grandes y medianas empresas de Cataluña desde el punto de vista organizativo y económico. El artículo está basado en los resultados de un estudio de campo realizado sobre una muestra de 106 grandes y medianas empresas con sede en Cataluña. Como conclusiones cabe destacar l...

Este artículo tiene por objeto describir la situación de la formación en las grandes y medianas empresas de Cataluña desde el punto de vista organizativo y económico. El artículo está basado en los resultados de un estudio de campo realizado sobre una muestra de 106 grandes y medianas empresas con sede en Cataluña. Como conclusiones cabe destacar l...

Resumen Mediante la aplicación de un ACP (Análisis en Componentes Principales) a un conjunto de más de 100 variables de los sectores industriales en España , referidas a las distintas dimensiones de la competitividad empresarial a priori (productividad , costes , comercio exterior , I+D e innovación) en dos etapas se consigue determinar los factore...

RESUMEN La evolución de la productividad en el periodo estudiado (1993-2001) muestra como tendencia un incremento positivo y significativo de la productividad real (en cantidades producidas) del factor trabajo, en la gran mayoría de los sectores industriales (89), en el resto un mantenimiento (10) y sólo en un sector se muestra un decrecimiento. En...

El despoblament de les comarques de muntanya repercuteix no sols en un desarrelament de les persones afectades, sinó també en l'equilibri territorial general, ja que augmenta la congestió de les zones urbanes. Al marge del Plans de muntanya, per potenciar i recuperar aquelles comarques, cal trobar activitats alternatives i complementàries de l'agri...

En aquesta obra es pretén introduir l'alumne d'estudis tècnics en els conceptes bàsics de la teoria macroeconòmica, que han de servir de base per a l'estudi posterior de l'àmbit de l'organització d'empreses. Atès el caràcter introductori i general de l'assignatura d'Economia, s'ha cregut convenient la publicació d'un llibre que resumeixi i estructu...

The topic of Training Requirements in Industry is relatively new. This article identifies the needs of training and the possible problems that can otherwise occur, with the primary objective being to provide guidelines for the planning of postgraduate courses.

The objective of this investigation is to analyse the appropriateness of university technical training to the Production System, by trying to establish the relationship which exists between the supply of technical graduates on the part of the University and the demand for technical personnel on the part of firms in Catalonia and, at the same time,...

Purpose: The main objective of the paper is to clarify the expectations held in the realm of business and by employers, in relation to the main educational parameters that respond to the employment needs of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) market in Spain, considering both technical and managerial knowledge. It also assesses wheth...

El Alt Urgell es una comarca catalana de montaña, fronteriza con Andorra y formada por diecinueve municipios de los que sólo dos superan los 1.000 habitantes (La Seu d’Urgell, capital de la comarca, y Oliana) y el resto tiene un marcado carácter rural. Los siete municipios del sur de la comarca ya disfrutaron de los beneficios de la iniciativa Lead...