This workshop builds on the MMOBE program (Master in Management, Organization and Business Economics) and the DEMO PhD program (Doctorate in Economics Management and Organisation). The Master in Management, Organization and Business Economics offers specialised and advanced training in the field of business research to initiate in business research and its relevant dimensions, offering an analytical focus of the managerial decisions and problems that affect businesses. The Doctorate in Economics Management and Organisation is a rigorous and internationally competitive PhD program for training high quality and publishable research in science based approaches to management of organisations.
The Master and PhD programs pool the efforts of the Department of Business Economics at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, the Department of Business Economics at Universitat de les Illes Balears and the Department of Business Management at the Universidad Pública de Navarra.
The workshop deals with business research questions from the perspective of economics. The topics cover key issues of the economics of the firm as corporate strategy, corporate governance, human resource management or innovation activities, to mention some of them.
This year, the main lecture is given by professor Don Lange, from Arizona State University. In addition to professors and students of the DEMO PhD. Program, this year we have the participation in the workshop of professors and Ph. D. students from Passau University.
Venue
Universitat de les Illes Balears. Campus Cra. Valldemossa Km7
Jovellanos Building. Wing B (Economia i Empresa)
Preliminary Program
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
8:45-9:00 Reception at Aula de graus
Welcome to students, that will receive a reminder about the procedures and some final instructions.
9:00-14:00 Master Thesis presentations.
Classrooms AB11 to AB14 and Aula de graus
The exact schedule will be on a paper sheet at the door of all classrooms
16:00 Professors’ meeting at Aula de graus
20:30 Dinner at Can Arabí
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Venue: Aula de graus at the Jovellanos building
9:00-11:00. Session 1. Ph.D. students presentations
Chairman: Miguel Angel García Cestona
9:00 Magí Trobat (DEMO program): From Agency Costs to Experiential Learning: Minority Shareholders in Business Groups’ International Expansion
9:40 Moritz Maier (Universität Passau): Agents, Institutions, and Growth Catalysts: Towards a Process-Theoretical Model of Digital Platform Development in the Global South
10:20 Carlos Gallego-Moll (DEMO program): Predicting Avoidable Hospitalizations in Catalonia among Primary Care Teams: A Machine Learning Approach
11:00-11.15. Coffee break
11:15-12:00. Session 2. Ph.D. students presentations
Chairman: Yulia Ponomareva
11.15 Omnia Shahat (DEMO program): Cyberattacks as a Catalyst for Strategic CSR shifts measured by ESG
11:30 Verena Kummer (Universität Passau): Reputation meets stigma: Exploring social evaluation dynamics in the German medical cannabis market
11:45 Yi Zhang (DEMO program): Exploring the intersection of climate change and default risk
12:00-12.15. Coffee break
12:15. Session 3. Plenary Lecture
Chairman: Rafel Crespi
Don Lange (Arizona State University), “Stakeholder Strategy in Practice: Navigating Prioritization and Integration”