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The expansion of the Barcelona airport, under discussion at the UPF Barcelona School of Management.

The great protagonist at the beginning of the year is none other than inflation. It is not surprising, the interannual rate was 5% in the Euro Zone, 6.5% in Spain or 5.3% in Germany.

With a 30% self-employed quota, 21% VAT and 15% advanced withholding of personal income tax, the self-employed will work to pay taxes, since the tax burden at the end of the quarter will be 60%.

Until the price regulation, Spain has been one of the European countries with the highest price of antigen tests.

The UPF Barcelona School of Management signs with the Metropolitan House Foundation an agreement for the creation of the Dignified and Sustainable Housing Chair

The China Global Strategy of UPF Barcelona School of Management (UPF-BSM) has celebrated the arrival of the Year of the Tiger with an event at the school.

During the month of February, the UPF-BSM community embarks on the project to reduce electricity and water consumption, cut emissions and make energy poverty visible.

The cloud is made up of computers that store and process data of all kinds, dissipating heat in a single space. This huge amount of work can raise the temperature of the room considerably and, therefore, data centers need infrastructures to maintain the temperature and ensure the proper functioning of the machines. How can we reduce the technological carbon footprint? Ana Freire, Director of the Academic Area of Technology, points to Artificial Intelligence. 

The survey on drug use in secondary education in Spain (Estudes, 2021) shows that one in four Spanish students between 14 and 18 years of age makes "compulsive use of the Internet". The director of the Master's Degree in Professional Mediation, Javier Wilhelm, analyzes whether the use of the Internet is really an addiction or an escape route.

The United Nations is committed to promoting housing that meets energy efficiency requirements to ensure habitability. Within the framework of the Chair in Dignified & Sustainable Housing, its director and its researcher, Ramon Bastida and Erola Palau, respectively, propose examples of good practices in the rehabilitation of urban housing. 

The UPF Barcelona School of Management (UPF-BSM) has exceeded the demanding access requirements and has become an ICREA Host Institution.

The closing of bank branches is becoming more and more common and this situation is generating one problem. Among them, doubts among the beneficiaries of bank guarantees to present their requirements. Lecturer of International Banking, Xavier Fornt, brings light to the situation.

Our productive system has significant inefficiencies and, when a crisis like the current one arises, it punishes us more severely. In view of this situation, Tomàs Rubió explains the future ahead with what has now been agreed between the Spanish government and the social agents.

Talking about sustainability in social media does not reverse negative feelings about a brand, but it increases trust in it and improves its image. This is proven by several recent studies and explained by Cristina Aced, professor in the Department of Business Strategy and Management and an expert in digital communication. 

The UPF Barcelona School of Management and the Catalan Association of Accounting and Management (ACCID) sign an agreement to create the ACCID Chair of Transparency and Control.