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Books by Jordi López-Sintas

Los juegos sociales (como Farmville) accesibles a través de redes sociales (como Facebook) se ofr... more Los juegos sociales (como Farmville) accesibles a través de redes sociales
(como Facebook) se ofrecen a los individuos en fase de pruebas alentando
al jugador a participar en su difusión, creación, mantenimiento del juego y
de sus servicios asociados (como espacios digitales de discusión pública).
Esta relación recíproca entre productor y consumidor se interpreta desde la
literatura como una práctica cocreativa mutuamente beneficiosa entre las
partes y se encuentra centrada en la fase de compromiso del usuario. En
este capítulo nos proponemos explorar desde la fase inicial de compromiso
hasta la desvinculación de la practica cocreativa por parte del usuario
mediante una investigación etnográfica que ha cubierto los tres años del
ciclo de vida de un juego social anclado en la red social Facebook. Nuestros
resultados muestran una descripción densa de: (1) la experiencia subjetiva
del jugador en el proceso de cocreación del juego, los servicios y la
experiencia deslocalizada de participar en juegos sociales, y (2) de su
interpretación de las decisiones de los gestores empresariales relacionadas
con el juego (compromiso del jugador, cambio de propietarios y decisión de
cierre). Una mejor comprensión del marco interpretativo del usuario en
relación a su experiencia de juego, la naturaleza del juego y de su relación
cocreativa del juego junto la empresa nos sitúa en condiciones de
interpretar y discutir los principios culturales que ordenan las interacciones
entre los gestores empresariales y los usuarios del juego social.

Papers by Jordi López-Sintas

arXiv (Cornell University), Oct 22, 2022

Environmental Sociology, 2021

ABSTRACT Explaining cross-national differences in individual pro-environmental behaviors is usual... more ABSTRACT Explaining cross-national differences in individual pro-environmental behaviors is usually grounded in large, heterogeneous data sets. Consequently, research findings may over- or underestimate the effects of environmental variables of interest when analyzing cross-level interactions. This research contextualizes environmental behavior in the European Union, a set of socioeconomically different countries that share a common institutional framework. We explore the effects of country-level drivers on behavior after controlling for individual-level drivers using multilevel regression analysis to estimate the impact of country-level drivers on both the mean behavior of individuals and cross-level interactions. The direct impact of country-level drivers on pro-environmental behaviors was as expected: country affluence and income inequality had positive and negative impacts, respectively, whereas country education level, environmental issues, and cultural values had no direct impact. Nonetheless, in terms of cross-level interactions, country education level increased the effect of perceived behavioral control on behaviors. In Western countries, the influence of country affluence and education level on behavior, operating through social-psychological drivers, maybe underpinned by different socioeconomic mechanisms. Income may not be enough to change perceptions of reality, but income can be transformed into cultural capital that, in turn, may change socially ingrained habits, skills, and dispositions.

The digital age has increased access and consumption of goods protected by intellectual property ... more The digital age has increased access and consumption of goods protected by intellectual property for leisure activities online. However, leisure organizations have not fully adjusted their offerings to cyberspace. Users are consuming increasingly digitized intellectual property assets in ways that are not always legal. In parallel, the legal rules have been reconfigured by tilting the balance in favor of rights holders and increasing limitations for consumers. Our goal is to provide leisure organizations a framework for strategic management of intellectual property given the legal constraints and the potential for exploitation in the network. To do this we consider the economic value of intellectual property, growing demand and the need to manage available resources in times of crisis. To this end, we conducted a series of recommendations to prevent unauthorized use involving costs, plus they have a medium and long term to enable them to create value by leveraging the characteristics of cyberspace.

The digital age has transformed the leisure experiences and the way we access and consume cultura... more The digital age has transformed the leisure experiences and the way we access and consume cultural goods. Spain has been pointed to as a country with one of the highest levels of infringement of intellectual property rights on the Internet. Constant pressure has forced Spain to develop a new regulatory instrument that complies with both European directives and international obligations on protecting intellectual property rights against violations on the Internet. Thus, amidst great controversy, a law popularly known as the Sinde Law was adopted and came into effect in March 2012. The Sinde Law created a new procedure aimed at enhancing protection of intellectual property rights on the Internet. However, it is widely questioned for both legal aspects and for failing to recognise how Internet architecture can be used to avoid its consequences. It shows a disregard for digital leisure practices based on the freedom of creation, transformation and consumption that the Internet technology offers to users. The rights of the parties are in disequilibrium, the demand for digital leisure is not acknowledged and a burden is imposed on intermediaries. Critical analysis of this instrument for regulating intellectual property in the digital environment reveals it to be a formal legal solution that fails to provide a suitable response to either the complexity of the phenomenon or the different rights and interests involved. It is committed to defending just one of the parties at all costs and is unable to meet the challenge of regulating the consumption of digital content on the Internet. However, despite questions regarding its legality and effectiveness, the Sinde Law has one clear achievement: the US has recognised Spain’s efforts in fighting digital piracy and has removed it from the Watch List where it had been listed since 2008.

La forca unica de presentar aquestes dues publicacions com un compendi d’articles es doble: en pr... more La forca unica de presentar aquestes dues publicacions com un compendi d’articles es doble: en primer lloc serveix per mostrar trets fascinants de l’empresa familiar espanyola (FBs), i en segon lloc representa algunes de les diferents etapes en el desenvolupament natural de les principals estrategies de recerca en aquesta area relativament jove. El primer estudi presentat a continuacio, ens dona saber que al contrari del que ens diu la percepcio general, el distanciament cultural no es un factor real que rellenteix el proces d’internacionalitzacio, ni tampoc ho son les caracteristiques intrinseques d’aquests tipus d’empreses, suggerides per una literatura extensa, Pero en canvi, i aixo es a la vegada una de les principals contribucions d’aquest estudi, es el fet que el compromis del director propietari sera determinant en les aliances estrategiques amb socis en els mercats emergents. A mes els liders han de convencer al Consell Familiar per suportar els sacrificis i garantir el crei...

Technology in Society, 2020

is a full professor in the Department of Business of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB)... more is a full professor in the Department of Business of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Spain. His research focuses on consumer researc, the sociology of consumption, culture consumption, media studies, qualitative research, and information, communication and society. He is involved in several projects that concern culture, leisure, and the digital technologies, and has published numerous articles on several facets of culture, leisure and the digital technologies. Giuseppe Lamberti is a postdoctoral researcher at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Spain. He presented his Ph. thesis in 2015 at the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain. His research interests cover traditional multivariate analyses, structural equation modeling (SEM), and partial least squares (PLS) path modeling algorithms, with a particular interest in the issue of heterogeneity in SEM. He is the developer and maintainer of the genpathmox R package. Jakkapong Sukphan is a PhD student in the Department of Business of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Spain. His research focuses on the digital technologies.

Journal of Youth Studies, 2016

We analysed young people's leisure activities in order to identify their leisure habitus, discove... more We analysed young people's leisure activities in order to identify their leisure habitus, discover how they combined activities into leisure patterns, and examine how leisure patterns were socially structured. We argue that the effects of age, gender, and language on how young people's leisure patterns are structured are mediated by social class. We found that leisure practices could be classified in terms of three habitus: the frequent leisure habitus, the cultural activity habitus, and the social vs. entertainment habitus. The different combinations of these three leisure habitus by young people resulted in four patterns which we refer to as social, omnivorous, entertainment, and religious leisure patterns. The association of leisure patterns with indicators of social position suggests that, as predicted by our theoretical framework, age, gender, and language effects are diminished once we take into account the mediating role of social class. Young people's leisure practices are therefore socially differentiated, with young immigrants forming a vulnerable group that should be the particular focus of youth leisure policies.

Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property, 2016

In recent times the legal framework governing copyright in Spain has been reformed continuously. ... more In recent times the legal framework governing copyright in Spain has been reformed continuously. Due to the access to and consumption of intellectual creations on the internet becoming easier and more widespread, the tensions between copyright and related rights holders and other social actors have heightened. In an attempt to resolve these conflicts legal formulas have been implemented to enhance copyright protection. One of the latest and controversial amendments to Spanish legislation in this area is the Sinde law. This article focuses on this reform because it modified key issues with respect to copyright protection on the internet. Our starting point is the gap in the pre-existing legal protection that the Sinde law aims to fill. Then, we analyse its content and its limitations. Finally, we point out the main consequences of the Sinde law in the current context. The gap between the margin of legality and what can be done with technologies is still large, in a scenario with multiple conflicting interests and parties. Thus, we argue that the reconfiguration of the copyright legal framework in the digital age in Spain is still a work in progress.

La construcción social de la experiencia de ocio cultural, 2015

Boletin Economico De Ice Informacion Comercial Espanola, 1992

... Author: Sintas, Jordi Lopez; Alvarez, Maria Ercilia Garcia; Filimon, Nela. ... Its Degree of ... more ... Author: Sintas, Jordi Lopez; Alvarez, Maria Ercilia Garcia; Filimon, Nela. ... Its Degree of Integration as a Tool to Obtain the Cooperation of Companies. Licandro, Oscar Daniel; Villarmarzo, Maria Noel (8-th International Congress of the International Association on Public and ...

Iniciativa emprendedora y …, 2003

Información del artículo Valores para emprender o valores para continuar: El legado del fundador ... more Información del artículo Valores para emprender o valores para continuar: El legado del fundador a la siguiente generación familiar.