The Revista Galega de Economía/Galician Journal of Economics (RGE/GJE) is published twice a year. It was founded in 1992 and it is promoted by the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration of the University of Santiago de Compostela. Its aim is to promote academic research by publishing original articles that meet the highest analytical standards and provide new ideas that contribute to and disseminate economic and business knowledge.  The RGE/GJE is an international peer-reviewed open access journal.  The articles published are related to specialities in the fields of economics and business (marketing and market research, applied economics, financial economics and accounting, economics, sociology and agricultural policy, fundamentals of economic analysis, economic history and institutions, business organization and quantitative economics); it is also open to other fields as long as it contributes significantly to addressing problems of economics and business management. The target audience is made up of academics, researchers, professionals, business executives and public decision-makers.

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Journal Impact Factor and FECYT Quality Certification

2024-06-27

We are pleased to announce that the Revista Galega de Economía/Galician Journal of Economics has, for the first time, received Clarivate's Journal Impact Factor (JIF, 2023 edition) in the "Economics" category. Additionally, we have renewed the FECYT Editorial Quality Certification due to the journal´s good performance in publication quality. This recognition enhances the impact and visibility of the articles published in our journal, benefiting our authors.

This achievement would not have been possible without the contributions of our authors, reviewers, and editors. We extend our sincere thanks for helping us reach this milestone.

Call for papers. Advancing Pro-Environmental Behavior: From the Workplace to Consumer Actions

2024-05-30

Dear colleagues,

Nowadays, achieving environmental sustainability is one of the most relevant challenges for society. Companies and consumers’ behaviours can play a key role to improve global environmental sustainability. For instance, companies can design and implement environmental practices aimed at reducing energy and resource consumption or encourage employees to perform a behaviour that contributes to greening organizations.

Furthermore, it is necessary to learn more about the environmental repercussions of certain goods and services, also understanding consumers’ perceptions of green products and their motivations to perform environmentally friendly behaviours.

We would like to invite contributions to a Special Issue of the Revista Galega de Economía dedicated to an analysis of pro-environmental behaviour at work and consumer pro-environmental behaviour.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Green workplace initiatives and employee engagement.
  • Employees attitudes and behaviours towards pro-environmental behaviours.
  • The role of leadership in fostering pro-environmental behaviours at work.
  • Strategies for reducing raw materials, wastes and improving energy efficiency in the workplace.
  • Promoting green transportation for commuting to work.
  • Green purchase, green packaging and green supply chain management.
  • Green human resource management practices.
  • Consumer perceptions and attitudes towards green products.
  • Green marketing strategies and consumer behaviour.
  • Eco-labeling and consumer behaviour.
  • Factors influencing green purchasing decisions.

Deadline for manuscript submission:

Original research is welcome for publication in this issue. All submissions will undergo double-blind anonymous review to guarantee high scientific quality and relevance to the subject. The Special Issue will be open for submission from 1st June 2024. The deadline is 31st December 2024. Accepted articles will be published on-line approximately one month after acceptance.

Guest Editors:

Dr. Paula Álvarez González (p.alvarez.gonzalez@usc.es, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain)

Dr. María Jesús López Miguéns (chusl@uvigo.es, Universidade de Vigo, Spain)

Dr. Sandra Castro González (sandra.castro@usc.es, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain)

Dr. Pascal Paillé (pascal.paille@neoma-bs.fr, NEOMA Business School, France)

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The Regional Firm Density and the Growth of Firms in the Portuguese Textile and Clothing Industry

  • Rolando Vaz
Published 16-05-2024

This paper focuses on the relationship between the regional firm density and the growth of firms in the Portuguese textile and clothing industry to investigate how their geographic clustering influences said growth. Despite the concentration of this industry in the Northern region of Portugal in only four poles, our results show that the location of firms in the cluster is not relevant for growth when the whole industry is considered. However, disaggregate analysis shows that the clothing industry does exhibit both location externalities and cross-location effect, while textile manufacture exhibits neither. In addition, our empirical evidence reveals that the growth of firms located in the cluster is positively correlated with external finance. This result suggests that location becomes a solvency signal for firms, and, specifically, this might help to explain why textile manufacturers firms are located in the cluster. These findings are relevant for entrepreneurs and Portuguese policymakers, as it jeopardizes the optimal allocation of scarce resources in the Portuguese textile cluster.

The Determinants of Education-Job Matching for Portuguese Graduates

  • Daniela Olo
  • Leonida Correia
  • Conceição Rego
  • João Rebelo
Published 14-06-2024

This paper deals with the determinants of education-job match for higher-education graduates, using a logistic regression model to identify explanatory variables related to sociodemographic, academic trajectory and institutional characteristics. The empirical analysis is based on an anonymous online questionnaire administered to a sample of graduates, from 2014 to 2019, in Portuguese institutions, of which about five hundred observations were made. Although the boundaries between universities and polytechnics are less obvious today, there are still some differences between the two higher-education subsystems regarding education-job match. The main ones are related to the field of study, gender, and the need to move away from home to study and work. Factors that improve the probability of education-job matching, common to both subsystems, were also found, such as having i) studied ‘social sciences, commerce, and law’ and ‘engineering, manufacturing and construction’, ii) attained good final grades, and iii) participated in extracurricular activities involving complementary training.

Markets vs mechanisms and its respective impacts on healthcare system

  • David Cantala
  • Grisel Ayllón Aragón
Published 03-09-2024

Real life mechanisms used to assign doctors to hospitals inherit properties from matching theory, it enhances the welfare of interns and allows to implement interns to hospital in a stable way. We briefly review matching theory, then discuss the advantages and drawbacks of these centralized markets vs decentralized ones using the property of assortative matchings as main analytical tool.

Fostering customer engagement behaviour with gamified loyalty programmes: a study from the “value get, value give” perspective

  • Sara Catalán
  • Julia Marchan
Published 19-09-2024

This study applies the “value get, value give” framework to explain how gamified loyalty programmes create value for firms. This study proposes a model which has been tested and whose aim is to analyse whether the perceived value offered by a gamified loyalty scheme generates enough customer satisfaction and whether this subsequently transforms into customer engagement behaviour that adds value to firms. Data from 134 active users of the gamified loyalty programme ‘Más Renfe’ belonging to Renfe, the Spanish leader in rail transport for passengers and goods, were analysed using partial least squares structural equation modelling. The findings show that hedonic and financial value increase user satisfaction, whereas preferential treatment and personalisation value do not. In addition, greater satisfaction with loyalty schemes facilitate customer engagement behaviour. This study contributes to the existing literature by providing empirical evidence of the effectiveness of real gamified loyalty programmes in promoting engagement behaviour that creates value for companies.

Exploring Marketing Maneuverability's Role in Linking Entrepreneurial Orientation and Marketing Performance

  • Andi Setiawan
  • I Made Sukresna
Published 03-10-2024
Based on the Resource-Advantage theory (R-A theory), this study attempts to develop a solid framework for marketing maneuverability (MM), which could be used as a lever to optimize the role of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and improve marketing performance (MP). This study develops MM in an effort to improve the MP of Madurese hairdressing salons, classified as small-medium enterprises (SMEs), in Central Java, Indonesia. In addition, MM strengthens the influence of service encounter value (SEV) and market penetration advantage (MPA) on marketing performance (MP). As a result, MM could help SMEs implement SEV and MPA, leading to enhanced MP. This study further explores the application of the R-A theory by verifying that MM improves MP due to its ability to align EO, SEV, and MPA.

Vol 33 No 2 (2024)

Special Issue. Circular economy, sustainability and degrowth

Published: 2024-09-01

Table of contents

Circular Economy, Sustainability and Degrowth

  • Xavier Vence
  • Ángeles Pereira
  • Blandine Laperche
  • Mario Pansera
Published: 23-08-2024
Pages 1-6

Barriers to Reverse Logistics and the Circular Economy in Supply Chain Arrangements: A Qualitative Study in Ecuador

  • Rafael Apolinario Quintana
  • Martha Rodríguez Donoso
  • Carlos Apolinario Quintana
  • Fernando José Zambrano Farías
Published: 23-08-2024
Pages 1-18

Dematerialization and the economic crisis – are they parallel paths? Assessments based on the EU-15 case study

  • Pablo Alonso Fernández
  • Rosa María Regueiro Ferreira
  • Xoán Ramón Doldán García
Published: 14-03-2024
Pages 1-20
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