2.1. Energy, environment, and Water
Policy studies
Attitudes and opinions of the Spanish
public towards energy and environment
Energy
and Society: attitudes of the Spaniards to the energy and
environmental problems.
Energía y sociedad
Young
people’s attitudes towards energy consumption and the
environment:
Los jóvenes españoles ante la energía y el medio ambiente
Politics and public discussion
about energy in three European countries: France, Italy and
Poland.
"Políticas y discusión pública
sobre la energía en tres países europeos: Francia, Italia y Polonia"
Society's
responses to the current problems of energy and
eenvironment.
"Society's responses to the current problems
of energy and environment"
Public
discussion on energetic substructures.
"Discusión pública y reticencias sociales
acerca de las infraestructuras energéticas"
"Discusión y opinión pública sobre
la energía nuclear en España"
Nuclear
energy and public opinion in Spain.
"La energía nuclear y la opinión pública
en España"
Water
Policy
Water
policy, politics and the economy in Spain: A comprehensive
study of the economic, technical, jurisdictional and political
dimensions of water policy, awarded with the Círculo
de Empresarios Prize in 1995.
Política y economía del agua en España
"Política del agua en España en los años
ochenta y noventa: la discusión del Plan Hidrológico Nacional"
Systems
of local administration of water policy: Administration of the urban water cycle and
environmental technologies with a view at sustainable
development. A study carried out in collaboration with other
European research institutes (in France, Germany, the United
Kingdom, Italy and Spain), coordinated by Prof. Thierry Prost,
of the Institut National du Génie Urbain in Lyon, and
sponsored by the European Commission (1996-1998).
Water
Policy and Agriculture: Sectoral policies and use of water in agriculture in
Mediterranean countries. In collaboration with other
international research institutes (Portugal, Israel, Turkey,
Egypt, France, Italy and Spain), coordinated by Adeline Kroll,
of the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies in
Seville, and sponsored by the European Commission
(1998-2001).
Other
problems related to environment, risk attitudes and
public health
The
general situation of environmental problems in Spain: The
situation, in the mid-1990s, of the major problems in atmospheric,
noise and solid waste pollution (1995).
"La contaminación ambiental
en España: el estado de la cuestión"
Attitudes
of the Spanish public to environmental problems: A
secondary analysis of surveys carried out over the last
ten years (1996).
"La conciencia medioambiental
de los españoles en los noventa"
Forest
fires in Spain: An overview of policies and public
attitudes
(1996).
"Los incendios forestales en España (1975-1995)"
Attitudes of the Spanish public to
risks: analysis of a survey carried out in
1999.
Doctors, civil servants and patients:
the quality of the public health (published in Víctor
Pérez-Díaz, El retorno de la sociedad civil, Madrid,
Instituto de Estudios Económicos, 1987, pp.
325-351).
"Juventud y riesgos
al volante: discusión general y referencia al caso español"
2.2.
Regional and local studies
On
Galicia:
A
series of studies on Galice’s youngsters and entrepreneurs,
economic prospects and the new economy, and the third sector
(sponsored by La Caixa Galicia Foundation, from 1998
on).
Education
in Galicia: Based on two survey among youngsters and
employers on levels of education and of training for the job
(sponsor, La Caixa Galicia Foundation).
"Jóvenes gallegos:
disposiciones y comportamientos ante la educación y el mercado de trabajo"
The
entrepreneurial fabric of Galicia An analysis of various
entrepreneurial experiences that have been successful in
different sectors of the Galician economy in the last ten
years.
"Los empresarios gallegos:
análisis de una escuesta de opinión"
The
prospects of economic and social development in Galicia:
Long-term prospects for Galicia in the light of the
experiences of other European regions, and based on survey
data.
"Galicia, un proyecto
en expansión: retos y oportunidades para su desarrollo"
The
third sector of Galicia.
El tercer sector, presente
y promesa
On
the Basque country:
A
general overview of long term trends in the Basque
Country (1998).
El horizonte del País Vasco
On
Andalusia:
Diagnosis
on the social situation of Almeria
.
Un futuro hecho con sus manos. Situación
y horizonte del Campo de Dalías, en la provincia de Almería
2.3. Corporate
governance
Corporate
governance in Spain: Advisory work at two Government
Commissions on Corporate Governance, the Olivencia Commissions
(1999-2001), and the Aldama Commission (2002).
"Legitimidad y eficacia:
tendencias de cambio en el gobierno de las empresas"
Two
surveys conducted among a strategic sample of experts and
a statistical sample of shareholders on their attitudes
towards corporate governance (2000-2001).
Corporate
governance in the Spanish banking sector : see 1.2.4.
Financial institutions.
2.4.
Financial institutions
Corporate
governance in the banking system.
"Gobierno corporativo
en la banca española en los años noventa"
The
public’s image of the savings banks, in Spain: A survey
(sponsor, Funcas Foundation) (1996).
Human
resources and personnel policies in the Spanish banking
sector: An analysis of human resource policies and labor
relations in the Spain of the 1980s and early 1990s (1996,
1997).
"Políticas de recursos
humanos y relaciones laborales en la banca española de los años noventa"
The
incorporation of information technologies in Spain and their
effects on financial institutions. A national survey on
the public’s use of information technologies in their relation
to financial institutions (1999).
2.5.
The New Economy and the Information Society
Public
opinion and electronic commerce and, in general, the
development of the electronic economy in Spain and other
countries: Three surveys among
‘internauts’ in Spain, France, Italy and Portugal
(1999-2001).
The
spread of information technology in Spain and The public
debate on the relationship between the new technologies and
the new economy in Spain. A prospective analysis of
changes induced by the new information technologies.
"Tecnologías de la información,
sociedad y economía: perspectivas de cambio en los próximos años"
Other
studies on the new economy: See 1.2.2. Regional and
local studiesand 1.2.4. Financial
Institutions.
Adolescents and the new technologies
of information and communication.
La adolescencia,
sus vulnerabilidades y las nuevas tecnologías de la información y la comunicación
2.6.
Human resources and employment policies
Human
resources and employment policies in Spain: An analysis
of changes over a thirty-year period in Spain (part of a
comparative study coordinated by Professors Thomas Kochan,
Michael Piore and Richard Locke of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology) (1994).
"Inertial choices:
Spanish human resources policies and practices (1959-1993)"
"Opciones inerciales:
políticas y prácticas de recursos humanos en España (1959-1993)"
Employment
policies in Spain: A study on the “soft side” of those
policies (vocational training, collective bargaining patterns
and corporate culture) (1995).
"The 'soft' side
of employment policy ahd the Spanish experience"
"El largo plazo
y el "lado blando" de las políticas de empleo: aspectos sociales e institucionales
del problema del empleo en España a mediados de los 90"
2.7.
Opinion surveys on consumption, risk and economic
policies
Consumer
attitudes in Spain: Three studies (including two on
consumers’ responses to varieties of retail trading practices)
(2000, 2001, 2002).
Class
and consumer attitudes: Based on the Nielsen surveys.
(2002/3).
Hábitos de compra familiar
Public
attitudes towards economic and environmental risk: A survey
(1998).
Public
attitudes to the euro: A series of three surveys
(1996-2000).
Public
attitudes to an array of economic policies: A series of
surveys over a three years period (1998-2000).
"La opinión pública española y
el euro: análisis de grupos de discusión"