Articles publicats en revistes: Enviaments recents
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Nb–C thin films prepared by DC-MS and HiPIMS: Synthesis, structure, and tribomechanical properties
(Surface and Coatings Technology. Vol.422 (2021), 127569, 2021-09-25)Nanostructured Nb-C thin films were prepared by direct current magnetron sputtering (DC-MS) and high-power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS). The films were characterized in depth by X-ray diffraction ... -
Auditor-provided tax services and tax avoidance: evidence from Spain
(Spanish Journal of Finance and Accounting / Revista Española de Financiacion y Contabilidad, 2020-03-05)We investigate the relationship between auditor-provided tax services (APTS) and tax avoidance in Spain. As a result of a recently enacted EU legislation, APTS is seriously restricted within the EU. The ... -
Direct and spillover effects of board gender quotas: Revisiting the Norwegian experience
(Business Ethics, the Environment and Responsibility, 2023-08-15)eduAbstractBuilding on the Norwegian case, this study examines the long-term implications of board gender quotas on the advancement of gender diversity in managerial leader-ship. ... -
Mandatory joint audit and audit quality in the context of the European blue chips
(Journal of Business Economics & Management, 2021-10-13)This study investigates audit quality under joint and single audit regimes with a sample of large European firms. Both, the economic relevance of these companies, and the fact that the impact of joint ... -
Sustainable development: The stock market's view of environmental policy
(Business Strategy and the Environment, 2020-07-08)This study applies panel data regression models to investigate how the stock market values the environmental policy of the firm. The empirical analysis relies on a cross-country sample of public firms ... -
Analyzing Policymaking for Tuberculosis Control in Nigeria
(Complexity, 2018-11-07)Today, tuberculosis (TB) is still one of the major threats to humankind, being the first cause of death by an infectious disease worldwide. TB is a communicable chronic disease that every year affects ... -
Big data in multi-block data analysis: An approach to parallelizing Partial Least Squares Mode B algorithm
(Heliyon, 2019-04-29)Partial Least Squares (PLS) Mode B is a multi-block method and a tightly coupled algorithm for estimating structural equation models (SEMs). Describing key aspects of parallel computing, we approach the ... -
A methodology for damping measurement of engineering materials: application to a structure under bending and torsion loading
(Journal of Vibration and Control, 2014-09-11)A new method to calculate damping properties of rigid materials to be used in Finite Elements calculations is presented. Its relevance relies in its simplicity regarding the amount of materials data, ... -
Arterial pulse attenuation prediction using the decaying rate of a pressure wave in a viscoelastic material model
(Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 2017-11-22)The present study examines the possibility of attenuating blood pulses by means of introducing prosthetic viscoelastic materials able to absorb energy and damp such pulses. Vascular prostheses made of ... -
Simulation Approach for Hydrophobicity Replication via Injection Molding
(Polymers, 2021-06-23)Nanopattern replication of complex structures by plastic injection is a challenge that requires simulations to define the right processing parameters. Previous work managed to simulate replication for ... -
Mechanical performance of 3D-printed biocompatible polycarbonate for biomechanical applications
(Polymers. Vol.13, n.21 (2021), 3669, 2021-10)Additive manufacturing has experienced remarkable growth in recent years due to the customisation, precision, and cost savings compared to conventional manufacturing techniques. In parallel, materials ... -
Creation of Ionically Crosslinked Tri-Layered Chitosan Membranes to Simulate Different Human Skin Properties
(Materials, 2021-06-23)In 2023, new legislation will ban the use of animals in the cosmetic industry worldwide. This fact, together with ethical considerations concerning the use of animals or humans in scientific research, ... -
Board-level ethics committees in large European firms
(Business Ethics: A European Review, 2020-06-17)After the approval of a code of ethics, the creation of a permanent board-level ethics committee is the next step in the institutionalization of business ethics. This study explores how the board's ... -
Are Investors Concerned by Annual Corporate Governance Reports? Some Evidence from the Spanish Stock Market
(European management review, 2017-03-01)While prior research has generally shown a positive price reaction to voluntary declarations of compliance with codes of corporate governance, this is the first paper to examine how investors react to ... -
Auditor Independence, Current and Future NAS Fees and Audit Quality: Were European Regulators Right?
(European Accounting Review, 2019-02-19)European Union adopted the Regulation (EU) No 537/2014, which in practice prohibits the joint provision of audit and most types of non-audit services (NAS). Regulators presume that NAS fees weaken auditor ... -
Women leading the audit process and audit fees: A European study
(European Research on Management and Business Economics, 2022-12-17)This study investigates if a gender effect exists on the audit fees associated with the presence of women in roles closely related to the audit process. The analysis is based on the largest European ... -
The Sixth Merger Wave and Wealth Effects of M&A Announcements: An Analysis of Large European Bidding Companies
(European Accounting and Management Review, 2017-12-06)This study aims to investigate short-term market reaction, including stock returns, volatility, and trading volumes of bidder firms, around the announcement dates of relevant merger and acquisition (M&A) ... -
European Mega Deals During the Sixth Merger Wave. Is the Legal Origin of the Bidder and the Target a Determinant of Short-Term Investor Reaction?
(European Accounting and Management Review, 2018-08-16)In the context of the mega merger and acquisition announcements during the sixth merger wave in Continental Europe, this paper presents an analysis of the influence of the bidder and target legal origins ... -
Analysis of an event study using the Fama–French five-factor model: teaching approaches including spreadsheets and the R programming language
(Financial Innovation, 2023-04-11)The current financial education framework has an increasing need to introduce tools that facilitate the application of theoretical models to real-world data and contexts. However, only a limited number ... -
The Masking Game: Design of Activatable Antibodies and Mimetics for Selective Therapeutics and Cell Control
(ACS Central Science, 2021-04-26)The high selectivity and affinity of antibody binding havemade antibodies all-pervasive tools in therapy, diagnosis, and basic science.A plethora of chemogenetic approaches has been devised to makeantibodies ...