Recent Submissions
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A Simple Non-Parametric Approach to the Term Structure and Time Decomposition of Credit Default Swap Spreads
(2023-06)This study introduces a simple non-parametric approach to pricing credit default swaps (CDS) and other single-name credit-risky securities. The method relies exclusively on closed-form solutions, allows ... -
ESG and Mutual Fund Competition
(2024-07)We model competition among conventional funds and funds with diverse Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) mandates when investors have heterogeneous sustainability preferences. We characterize ... -
Directional Information in Equity Returns
(2024-04)We document the existence of sign predictability in equity returns. An investment strategy that buys stocks deemed most likely to have positive returns and sells stocks with the lowest probability of ... -
Educational Transformation: A 'Skunk' Team Approach in Reshaping Business Bachelor's Programs in Spain
(2024-01)The transformative impact of younger generations and the digitalization wave on traditional educational institutions, such as universities and business schools, is evident. This paper presents a Spanish ... -
Algorithmic isomorphism: The implications of artificial intelligence for organizational structures
(2025-07)We theorize artificial intelligence as a novel form of technology that produces new knowledge and encourages the automation of decision-making across multiple fields. The increasing use of AI has led ... -
Learning loss One Year After School Closures
(Esade Working Paper, 2022-03-01)We use census data on external assessments in primary and secondary school in the Basque Country (Spain) to estimate learning losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2021, one year after school ... -
Atlas Copco: from selling compressors to providing compressed airs as a service
(2021-02-16)The Atlas Copco Group is a world leader when it comes to providing industrial productivity solutions. For over a century, the group has maintained its leadership position by designing and offering ... -
Data sharing practice in Big Data ecosystems
(2019-03)Big data has gained popularity in recent years both in industry and academia given actual and potential impact on contemporary business organizations. The combination of datasets, both internal and ... -
Obsessed with time? White rabbit at CERN
(ESADE, 2019-03)To conduct research in fundamental science, big-science research infrastructures develop some of the most sophisticated technologies in existence. As such, mechanisms that can facilitate the transfer ... -
Systematising serendipity for big science infrastructures: the ATTRACT project
(2019-03)The potential of big science research infrastructures to make contributions far beyond their scientific purview has long been acknowledged. However, less consensus exists about the specific mechanisms ...