BACKGROUND
With the setting up of Tourism Studies at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in 1998, many researchers, lecturers and professors reoriented their research work towards this field of study. Over these years, then, a wide group of researchers has collaborated in articles, books and presentations, the main aim of which has been the application to the field of tourism of these multidisciplinary approaches.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
By establishing this Research Group, formally recognised by the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, we attempt to create a breeding ground which fosters multidisciplinary research focused on the study of the present challenges faced by business schools in the tourism sector. The heterogeneity of companies and institutions in this sector – i.e. hotels and a wide range of lodges, restaurants and catering companies, retail and wholesale travel agents, central booking offices, land/sea/air carriers, leisure centres, amusement and theme parks, event companies, adventure sports companies, planning & promotion organisations, consulting companies, etc.-requires the cooperation of researchers who combine their synergy to create approaches which enhance the current level of knowledge about the sector and to give answers to the risks which threaten the efficiency and survival of these companies and institutions.
To begin with, this Research group will focus on issues regarding the tourism sector and related to:
-Measurement of intangibles
-Models of intellectual capital
-Proposals of flexible organisation structure
-Quality policies applied to the tourism sector
- Innovation analysis in the tourism sector
- Proposals of application of new technologies to organization learning
- Application of yield management to hotel management
- Influence of the legislation on the management and results of tourism companies
COMPOSITION OF THE RESEARCH GROUP
Although the group will always be open to the incorporation of new researchers whose interests are in line with those of the founding members, the group is at present made up of twelve researchers belonging to five Madrilean faculties and three Madrilean universities with expertise in six knowledge areas. The present composition of GIDEST is:
Rodríguez Antón, José Miguel (Chair)
Full Professor. Department of Business Organisation
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
josem.rodriguez@uam.es
Rodríguez Antón, José Miguel (Chair)
Full Professor. Department of Business Organisation
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
josem.rodriguez@uam.es
Rubio Andrada, Luis
Profesor Contratado Doctor. Department of Applied Economics
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
luis.rubio@uam.es
Berlanga de Jesús, Lorenza
Profesora Contratado Doctor. Department of French Philology
Faculty of Philosophy and Letters
loren.berlanga@uam.es
Vidal Fondo, Karina
Profesora Contratado Doctor. Department of English Philology
Faculty of Philosophy and Letters
karina.vidal@uam.es
Gil Conde, Sylvia María
Profesora Contratado Doctor. Department of Private, Social and Economic Law
Faculty of Law
sylvia.gil@uam.es
Martín Castilla, Juan Ignacio
Profesor Ayudante. Department of Business Organisation
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
juanignacio.martin@uam.es
Alonso Almeida, Mar
Profesora Ayudante. Department of Business Organisation
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
mar.alonso@uam.es
Esteban Alberdi, Cristina
Profesora Asociado. Department of Business Organisation
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
cristina.esteban@uam.es
Rumold, Gisela
Profesora Asociado. Department of Linguistics, Modern Languages, Logic and Philosophy of Science
Faculty of Philosophy and Letters
gisela.rumold@uam.es
Valido-Viegas De Paula Soares, Filipa María
Profesora Asociado. Department of Linguistics, Modern Languages, Logic and Philosophy of Science
Faculty of Philosophy and Letters
filipa.validoviegas@uam.es
Talón Ballester, Pilar
Profesora Colaborador. Department of Business Economics
Faculty of Law and Social Sciences.
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
pilar.talon@urjc.es
Figueroa Domecq, Cristina
Profesora Asociado. Department of Economics.
Universidad Europea de Madrid.
cristina.figueroa@uem.es
