Cristina Suárez

Universidad de Alcalá

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Sonia Quiroga

Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Pablo Martínez-Juárez

Universidad de Alcalá

Virginia Hernanz

Universidad de Alcalá

Justo de Jorge Moreno

Universidad de Alcalá

José Evelio Aguiño

Universidad de Alcalá

Cecilia Latorre Cosculluela

Universidad de Zaragoza

Juan Muro

Universidad de Alcalá

Zuzana Sarvašová

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Tim Taylor

University of Exeter

Aline Chiabai

Basque Centre for Climate Change

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Advisory Board Company (United States)

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Universidad de Zaragoza

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

Heidelberg University

Loyola University Medical Center

Loyola University Chicago

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

University Hospital Heidelberg

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Revitalising learning in three university contexts: Unleashing the power of the Quizizz app to increase self-efficacy, intrinsic motivation, satisfaction and performance

Education and Information Technologies (2024)

Virginia Hernanz Cecilia Latorre Cosculluela Cristina Suárez Elena Lanchares

Abstract Considering the innovative learning approach of incorporating gamification educational dynamics, this study focused on analyzing differences in the effects of using Quizizz depending on the degree of practical focus that different university degrees have. By applying game elements in non-game contexts, gamification has been recognized as a strategy that can increase student motivation and engagement. After applying the four-month innovation experience in three degree programs (Engineering, Business Administration, and Education), the perceptions of the 179 participating students were evaluated regarding intrinsic motivation, self-efficacy in learning, satisfaction with the use of applications to gamify learning and academic performance. Furthermore, possible differences in these dimensions were explored depending on the degree of practical orientation that each university degree has. The results suggest that students in the educational area express more favorable perceptions about the improvement of their learning with this gamification experience, while Business Administration students are those who express the worst perceptions. The implications of these results are discussed considering the influence that variables such as the active and participatory role of students, the usefulness of the content in the professional future, or the conceptual and theoretical nature of each university degree can exert.

Self-Efficacy

10.1007/s10639-024-12779-9

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Productivity, efficiency and its determinant factors in hotels

Service Industries Journal (2013)

Justo de Jorge Moreno Cristina Suárez

This study assesses the total factor productivity, efficiency and its determinants in the hotel sector in the period 1999–2007, with the objective to analyze the management implications of these outcomes. The results show improvements in productivity due to innovation, with significant differences due to the geographic location, and a decrease in efficiency explained in terms of adaptation to supply. There are several factors determining the efficient leading hotels. First, the concentration market share to achieve efficiency gains. Second, a curvilinear (U) shape between efficiency and size of the hotel. Third, a higher degree of organizational autonomy is positively related to efficiency, but negatively related to the commitment to quality.

10.1080/02642069.2013.778977

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Exploring the Role of Community Organizations as Environmental Vulnerability Insurance for Cacao Smallholders in Colombia: Strategies for Achieving Equitable Prices Through Spatial Analysis

Virginia Hernanz Sonia Quiroga Cristina Suárez José Evelio Aguiño

Replacing illicit crops with cacao in Colombia's South-Pacific region involves social-ecological restoration, linked to local and international NGOs' roles. Technical improvements are contingent on social progress to support vulnerable Afro-Colombian communities in a territory typically dominated by illicit crops. This transition is not just economic but crucial for post-conflict agreements and violence reduction. This paper analyses the determinants of differences in the selling price of cacao, assuming that the decision to be able to sell cacao dry and access international markets is more likely related to the support and assistance provided to farmers and their families than to the monetary price they receive. To be able to obtain a sustainable production of quality dry cacao is conditioned by access to adequate infrastructures. And, without access to this higher quality production, the substitution of illicit crops does not seem viable, and with it, the environmental sustainability and social cohesion of the territory. This research delves into the determinants of farmers' ability to sell dry cacao through a spatial econometric model that considers the influence of the related neighbourhoods. Our findings show that increasing the participation of producers in community councils supported by international NGOs is fundamental to deal with environmental risks.

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10.2139/ssrn.4442786

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Influence of R&D subsidies on efficiency: the case of Spanish manufacturing firms

Cuadernos de Economía y Dirección de la Empresa (2011)

Justo de Jorge Moreno Cristina Suárez

This study provides new evidence about the effects of subsidies for research and development (RD to avoid this effect, this result should serve to as a guide to authorities, with the aim of improving the allocation of these resources. Secondly, less efficient firms are those that are unable to obtain resources to fund R&D or obtain credit and are therefore those that apply for subsidies. In light of these results, the subsidies received by Spanish manufacturing firms may be insufficient or may fail to arrive when required, hampering the fulfilment of their objectives.

10.1016/j.cede.2010.11.001

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Explaining inequalities in fruit and vegetable intake in Europe: The role of capabilities, opportunities and motivations

Appetite (2021)

Daniela Craveiro Sibila Marques Iva Zvěřinová Vojtěch Máca Milan Ščasný

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10.1016/j.appet.2021.105283

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Exploring the Role of Community Organisations as Environmental Vulnerability Insurance for Cacao Smallholders in Colombia

Journal of Cleaner Production (2024)

Virginia Hernanz Sonia Quiroga Cristina Suárez José Evelio Aguiño

Vulnerability

10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.144371

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Policy and forest ownership: mutual relations

Sonia Quiroga Cristina Suárez Zuzana Sarvašová Ulrich Schraml Teppo Hujala

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Climate change and water scarcity effects on the rural income distribution in the Mediterranean

EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (2015)

Sonia Quiroga Cristina Suárez

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Technical efficiency of Spanish manufacturing firms: a panel data approach

Applied Economics (2000)

Ana Martín‐Marcos Cristina Suárez

Abstract This paper estimates the levels of technical efficiency reached by Spanish manufacturing firms, through an econometric estimation of frontier production functions for fifteen sectors of activity, and also, obtains other relevant technological measurements of these productive processes such as the scale and the technical progress parameters. The methodology used is the panel data methods (Schmidt and Sickles, 1984). The statistical source is provided by the Survey on Business Strategies (Encuesta Sobre Estrategias Empresariales), a panel of data covering 855 Spanish manufacturing firms observed over the period 1990-1994. Our econometric results confirm the great heterogeneity in the firms' efficiency, the predominance of constant returns to scale and the great rate of technological progress.

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10.1080/000368400404407

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La estructura industrial en España: 1993-1999

Revista del Instituto de Estudios Económicos (2002)

Cristina Suárez

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