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<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>To be or not to be<\/a><\/h4><\/div>European geopolitics: To be or not to be The existential dilemma in which Europe's survival depends entirely on its decisions, alliances, actions, and also on its inactions, is the subject ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Published On: 21\/03\/2026<\/span><\/span>Categories: Economic environment<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n![](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.joaquinlopezpascual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/post-sostenibilidad-metaverso-08112025.png?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1\")
<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>SUSTAINABILITY and GOALAVERSE<\/a><\/h4><\/div>A MORE SUSTAINABLE METAVERSE A more sustainable metaverse can have transformative potential. TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES Recent technological advances have opened up a world of infinite possibilities in which the metaverse is ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Published On: 07\/02\/2026<\/span><\/span>Categories: Sustainability<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n![](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.joaquinlopezpascual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/post-EXPANSION-nuevo-orden-europa-07022026.png?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1\")
<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>WORLD ORDER and EUROPE<\/a><\/h4><\/div>ON THE NEW WORLD ORDER AND THE POSITION OF EUROPE Our opinion column deals with the new world order and Europe's position: ON THE NEW WORLD ORDER AND THE POSITION ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Published On: 07\/02\/2026<\/span><\/span>Categories: Economic environment<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n![](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.joaquinlopezpascual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/post-metaverse-19102025.png?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1\")
<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>METAVERSE ECOSYSTEMS<\/a><\/h4><\/div>Sustainable metaverse ecosystems: from ESG compliance to scalability of multilayer networks This study examines the emerging sustainability of metaverse ecosystems, which combine multiple virtual and augmented reality spaces where users ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Published On: 19\/10\/2025<\/span><\/span>Categories: Papers Joaquin Lopez Pascual<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n![](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.joaquinlopezpascual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/post-estrategias-geopoliticas-expansion-10092025.png?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1\")
<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>GEOPOLITICAL STRATEGIES<\/a><\/h4><\/div>CHANGES IN THE FACE OF NEW GEOPOLITICAL STRATEGIES We are facing a time of major changes and challenges in which Europe will depend more than ever on itself and will ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Published On: 10\/09\/2025<\/span><\/span>Categories: Economic environment<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n![](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.joaquinlopezpascual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/post-expansion2-decisiones-racionales02052025.png?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1\")
<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>RATIONAL DECISIONS?<\/a><\/h4><\/div>Date-delay effect and its importance in rational decisions Image: JLPWorkgroup Our study suggests that stress plays a crucial role, influencing how people process time in intertemporal decision making, such that ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Published On: 04\/05\/2025<\/span><\/span>Categories: Financial Education<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n![](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.joaquinlopezpascual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/post-retrasopaper-25032025.png?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1\")
<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>THE DATE-DELAY EFFECT<\/a><\/h4><\/div>UNDERSTANDING THE DATE-DELAY EFFECT: DEMOGRAPHIC AND BEHAVIORAL INSIGHTS IN INTERTEMPORAL CHOICE. Previous research has questioned the validity of Samuelson's Discounted Utility model, revealing certain anomalies in intertemporal choice processes. This ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Published On: 25\/03\/2025<\/span><\/span>Categories: Papers Joaquin Lopez Pascual<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n![](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.joaquinlopezpascual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/post-impactodig-expansion-26feb2025.png?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1\")
<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>DIGITALIZATION IMPACT<\/a><\/h4><\/div>THE IMPACT OF DIGITIZATION ON BUSINESS PROFITS The digital transformation of companies will mark the evolution of the business world in the coming years. SCALABILITY AND THE IMPACT OF DIGITIZATION ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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To be or not to be<\/a><\/h4><\/div>
European geopolitics: To be or not to be The existential dilemma in which Europe's survival depends entirely on its decisions, alliances, actions, and also on its inactions, is the subject ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Published On: 21\/03\/2026<\/span><\/span>Categories: Economic environment<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n- <\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
SUSTAINABILITY and GOALAVERSE<\/a><\/h4><\/div>
A MORE SUSTAINABLE METAVERSE A more sustainable metaverse can have transformative potential. TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES Recent technological advances have opened up a world of infinite possibilities in which the metaverse is ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Published On: 07\/02\/2026<\/span><\/span>Categories: Sustainability<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n- <\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
WORLD ORDER and EUROPE<\/a><\/h4><\/div>
ON THE NEW WORLD ORDER AND THE POSITION OF EUROPE Our opinion column deals with the new world order and Europe's position: ON THE NEW WORLD ORDER AND THE POSITION ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Published On: 07\/02\/2026<\/span><\/span>Categories: Economic environment<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n- <\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
METAVERSE ECOSYSTEMS<\/a><\/h4><\/div>
Sustainable metaverse ecosystems: from ESG compliance to scalability of multilayer networks This study examines the emerging sustainability of metaverse ecosystems, which combine multiple virtual and augmented reality spaces where users ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Published On: 19\/10\/2025<\/span><\/span>Categories: Papers Joaquin Lopez Pascual<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n- <\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
GEOPOLITICAL STRATEGIES<\/a><\/h4><\/div>
CHANGES IN THE FACE OF NEW GEOPOLITICAL STRATEGIES We are facing a time of major changes and challenges in which Europe will depend more than ever on itself and will ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Published On: 10\/09\/2025<\/span><\/span>Categories: Economic environment<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n- <\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
RATIONAL DECISIONS?<\/a><\/h4><\/div>
Date-delay effect and its importance in rational decisions Image: JLPWorkgroup Our study suggests that stress plays a crucial role, influencing how people process time in intertemporal decision making, such that ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Published On: 04\/05\/2025<\/span><\/span>Categories: Financial Education<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n- <\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
THE DATE-DELAY EFFECT<\/a><\/h4><\/div>
UNDERSTANDING THE DATE-DELAY EFFECT: DEMOGRAPHIC AND BEHAVIORAL INSIGHTS IN INTERTEMPORAL CHOICE. Previous research has questioned the validity of Samuelson's Discounted Utility model, revealing certain anomalies in intertemporal choice processes. This ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Published On: 25\/03\/2025<\/span><\/span>Categories: Papers Joaquin Lopez Pascual<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n- <\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
DIGITALIZATION IMPACT<\/a><\/h4><\/div>
THE IMPACT OF DIGITIZATION ON BUSINESS PROFITS The digital transformation of companies will mark the evolution of the business world in the coming years. SCALABILITY AND THE IMPACT OF DIGITIZATION ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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