Purpose – The idea that knowledge management can be a potential source of competitive advantage has gained strength in the last few years. However, a number of business actions are needed to generate an appropriate environment and infrastructure for knowledge…

Purpose – Information and communication technologies have became pervasive in people’s lives and in this changing world education cannot remain anchored in old-fashioned models which ignore the evolution through which society is going. This paper seeks to present the gamble…

El falibilismo supone un desafío a la concepción tradicional del saber, pero es la razón que subyace a la valoración positiva de ciertos tipos de ignorancia. Una respuesta al desafío sería negar que la verdad de «p» sea una condición…

Purpose – Faced with increasing environmental problems, traditional methods for transmitting information regarding corporate environmental actions are insufficient. Accordingly, the purpose of this paper is to suggest the environmental capital report, the knowledge map and the balanced scorecard as alternative…

El artículo desarrolla la temática de identidad profesional del Trabajo Social a partir de abordar los conceptos de tradición, historia, sentido, experiencia. Señala la presencia de la heterogeneidad en dicha construcción. Incorpora la categoría “identidad de frontera”, clave para comprender…

Purpose – This study has a twofold purpose: to identify the competitive strategies and advantages of hotels located in the province of Alicante (Spain); and to inform hotel managers about how some key strategic variables (size, type of hotel management,…

En los diferentes estudios realizados con respecto a la medicina alternativa se han observado las características de la población adulta, el objetivo final de este trabajo es averiguar los conocimientos que poseen los jóvenes sobre los cuidados tradicionales y si…

This paper proposes a process management system that enables new dynamic manufacturing models to be implemented. This system facilitates the automation of process modelling, thus reducing the workload for process engineers. To this end, it focuses on the incorporation of…

In this work we present a reactive autonomous robot navigation system based only on omnidirectional vision. It does not rely on any prior knowledge about the environment apart from assuming a structured one, like indoor corridors or outdoor avenues. The…

Local composition models like UNIQUAC, NRTL and the UNIFAC group contribution method are used the world over in the synthesis and design of separation processes, as well as for a large number of other applications of industrial interest. They can…