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The state of art, opportunities and challenges of blockchain in the insurance industry: a systematic literature review
(Springer Link, 2023-02-21) Dominguez Anguiano, Teresa; Parte Esteban, Laura
Blockchain technologies are quickly changing the competitive business landscape. However, key stakeholders are still sceptical about how, when, and what blockchain might bring to their businesses. This study aims to analyse how blockchain might reshape the insurance industry from an economic and business perspective, as well as to identify which are the challenges and enablers that specifically affect blockchain adoption within this industry, through a Systematic Literature Review (SRL). We also classify existing challenges into five strategic areas: Social, Technological, Environmental, Economic, and Political. Additionally, we provide several recommendations to the manager on identifying the existing hurdles and smoothing transformation.
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Environmental commitment, sustainable development, and regional efficiency in waste collection activities
(Wiley, 2023-09-25) Alberca Oliver, María Pilar; Parte Esteban, Laura
Waste management industry is key to achieve environmental commitment, clean production, and Circular business models; as well as to promote sustainable development. The aim of this study is to contribute to the Circular Economy measuring business performance and firm efficiency of waste collection activities and their determinants, with emphasis on sustainable development and environmental challenges. The main research goals of this study are as follows: first, to examine firm efficiency scores in waste collection activity (dangerous and non-dangerous waste); second, to analyze the main fluctuation patterns of business efficiency; third, to evaluate the differences in the average efficiency according to region; finally, to examine the relationship between efficiency score and environmental challenges (investment in environmental protection and COVID-19 pandemic impact). The efficiency of firms is estimated using non-parametric production frontiers in a sample of 5441 observations for the period 2010–2020. We used several non-parametric tests, such as the Mann–Whitney U test and the Kruskal–Wallis test; as well as several regression models (Tobit and bootstrapping regressions) to test the relationship between efficiency scores and environmental variables. The main findings of this study provide new empirical evidence and go a step further, not only at the firm level, but also at the regional level.
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Physical, Perceptual, Socio-Relational, and Affective Skills of Five-Year-Old Children Born Preterm and Full-Term According to Their Body Mass Index
(MDPI, 2021) Gil Madrona, Pedro; Romero Martínez, Sonia Janeth; Roz Faraco, Carmen C.; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1503-6394
The main purpose of this study was to compare the psychomotor development of five-yearold children born preterm and full term. The comparison included physical-motor, perceptual-motor, and socio-relational and affective skills. As low weight is one of the variables that most influences the psychomotor development of premature infants, a secondary aim was to analyze these skills according to their current body mass index (BMI). A prospective simple ex-post facto study was conducted. The sample consisted of 672 five-year-old children enrolled in the third year of early childhood education in the province of Albacete, Spain; 35 of them was born prematurely. Children were evaluated by their teachers using the Checklist of Psychomotor Activities (CPA). The results show that children born preterm had a lower development of their physical-motor skills. In the perceptual-motor field, premature children showed lower scores in the variables related to their body image and body schema, motor dissociation, and visual-motor coordination, as well as in socio-relational and affective aspects. However, the development in laterality, dynamic coordination, motor execution, tonic-postural control, and balance were not affected. These differences were not affected by the current weight, given that the analysis of the BMI indicated no differences in preterm children. This study demonstrated the need to establish protocols oriented to the prevention of the difficulties detected in children with psychomotor high-risk and the needs to reinforce the educational programs in this area to improve the integral development of children born preterm.