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The future of standardised quality management in tourism: evidence from the Spanish tourist sector
(Service Industries Journal, 2010-09-28)Quality management is gaining more importance in the tourist sector, in particular, by implementing standardized Quality Management Systems (QMS). A forerunner is the Spanish case, in which specific ... -
The impact of ISO 9001 standard and the EFQM model: The view of the assessors
(Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, 2011-02-19)The aim of this article is to evaluate the impact of both the ISO 9000 standard and the EFQM self-evaluation model, the total quality management model most employed in Europe. In order to directly compare ... -
The impact of moral awareness on the entrepreneurial orientation- performance relationship in new technology based firms
(Journal of Technology Management & Innovation, 2011)Prior studies have suggested the predominant role of the founder-manager´s moral awareness in the emergence and persistence of a strong entrepreneurial culture likely to shape the firm´s collective ... -
The impact of SMS messages on young people's participation in recycling campaigns
(Comunicación y Sociedad, 2014)Waste has become a real problem in developed countries; in Spain, municipal waste generated is higher than the European average. To encourage real change in citizens’ behaviour in order to achieve a ... -
The management of agrarian cooperatives: cooperatives’ typologies in the olive oil sector in Spain
(Review of International Comparative Management, 2010-10)Cooperatives are the basis of the social economy in many agricultural sectors. The present research work investigates the management situation of the olive oil cooperatives in Spain. The study identifies ... -
The nascence of a springboard subsidiary: drivers of the evolution of a subsidiary role
(Management Decision, 2022)Purpose: The aim of this study is to explore the drivers of the evolution of a subsidiary’s strategic role from an ordinary subsidiary into a springboard subsidiary in multinational corporations, paying ... -
The relationship between environmental management systems and organizational innovations
(Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries, 2012-03-29)This study provides empirical evidence of the nature of the relationship between environmental management systems and organisational innovations. Utilising a sample of Spanish manufacturing firms, the ... -
The renaissance of the city as a cluster of innovation
(Cogent Business & Management, 2018-10-08)The first part of the twenty-first century has witnessed a rebirth of “the City” as an engine of innovation. This renaissance has been an organic response to technological and societal pressures, ... -
The role of leadership: the challenge of knowledge management and learning in knowledge-intensive organizations
(IJELM- International Journal of Educational Leadership and Management, 2014-01-16)El conocimiento y aprendizaje son importantes impulsores para el éxito empresarial y la competitividad,en especial en las organizaciones intensivas en conocimiento (KIO’s) cuyo negocio principal es crear ... -
The role of universities in shaping the evolution of Silicon Valley’s ecosystem of innovation
(Triple Helix Journal, 2020)Universities play a unique role in ecosystems of innovation. They interact with the other agents of the Triple Helix model, developing their functions in relation to each other and together with industry ... -
The role of universities on the consolidation of knowledge-based sectors: a spatial econometric analysis of KIBS formation rates in Spanish regions
(Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2020-06-25)This study evaluates how features related to the regional configuration of universities—i.e., the number of universities in a region and the proportion of public universities—influence the regional ... -
The singularity of agrarian cooperatives management: cooperatives positioning in the olive oil sector in Spain
(International Journal of Business and Management, 2011-06)Cooperatives are the basis of the social economy in many agricultural sectors. This research work investigates the management situation of the olive oil cooperatives in Spain. The study identifies a ... -
The spanish e-retailing customers segmentation
(Review of International Comparative Management, 2010-12)This article analyses different factors that influence the purchasing behaviour of online supermarket customers. These factors are related to both the appearance of the website as well as the processes ... -
The uncertainties of environment’s parameters measurements as tolls of the measurements quality improvement
(International Journal for Quality Research, 2008)ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certifications has grown spectacularly all over the world in recent years, even though a certain saturation has been detected in some countries. On the one hand this paper aims ... -
The worldwide diffusion of the global reporting initiative: what is the point?
(Journal of cleaner production, 2012-09)This study analyzes the worldwide diffusion of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) from the viewpoint of both a macro- and a microanalysis using data from the first decade of this century. For the ... -
Through the decreased values gap to increased organizational effectiveness: the mediating role of organizational commitment
(Journal of Human Values, 2018-05)The purpose of this paper is to clarify whether congruence between espoused and attributed organizational values (CEAOV) in contemporary business circumstances is a necessity or just "nice to have". ... -
To comply or not to comply? How a UEFA wage-to-revenue requirement might affect the sport and managerial performance of soccer clubs
(Managerial and Decision Economics, 2023)This paper evaluates the soccer clubs' compliance with a potential wage-to-revenue requirement by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and studies the effect on sport achievements resulting ... -
To recommend or to regret the choice? Factors explaining student loyalty: evidence from the catalan university system
(Tec Empresarial, 2020-04-03)This study analyses the determinants of students’ loyalty and seeks to characterise the profile of recent university graduates. The empirical application considers the region of Catalonia, in Spain. ... -
Too hot and too close. Bitcoin and gold dynamics during COVID times
(Studies in Economics and Finance, 2023)Purpose: This paper aims to analyze the connectedness between bitcoin (BTC) and other traditional assets (e.g. metals) in times of financial turbulence like the COVID pandemic. The purpose is to see to ... -
Triple Helix and the evolution of ecosystems of innovation: the case of Silicon Valley
(Triple Helix, 2018-12-05)Silicon Valley’s innovation ecosystem has evolved in the last decade. In this study we aim to understand how and why Silicon Valley evolves by identifying changes on the role played by the Triple Helix ...