Browsing by Author "Lafuente González, Esteban Miguel"
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A non-parametric analysis of competitiveness efficiency: The relevance of firm size and the configuration of competitive pillars
(2019)
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Open AccessThis study employs a DEA model with a single constant input to analyze the competitiveness performance of a unique sample of 103 knowledge-intensive business service (KIBS) firms from Hungary, Spain, Colombia and Costa ... -
A non-parametric analysis of the effect of the configuration of competitive pillars on competitive efficiency
(Emerald Group Publishing, 2020)
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Open AccessPurpose: This study employs a non-parametric model—namely, data envelopment analysis (DEA)—with a single constant input to evaluate how the configuration of competitive pillars impacts businesses’ competitive efficiency. ... -
A system dynamics approach for assessing business competitiveness
(2016)
Conference report
Open AccessThe analysis of the interconnectedness between resources and capabilities, and the way organizations use them as competitive weapons have become a central element of the strategic management literature. Drawing on the ... -
A system dynamics approach for assessing SMEs' competitiveness
(Emerald Group Publishing, 2020)
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Open AccessPurpose: The analysis of the interconnectedness between resources and capabilities, and the way businesses use them as competitive weapons is a central element of the strategic management literature. Finding the appropriate ... -
Analysis of competitiveness in Colombian family businesses
(Emerald Group Publishing, 2019)
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Open AccessPurpose: Building on the resource-based view and the configuration theory, the purpose of this study uses a systemic and multidimensional competitiveness index (CI) i.e. that incorporates system constraints among the 10 ... -
Analysis of the relationship between the adoption of the OHSAS 18001 and business performance in different organizational contexts
(2018)
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Open AccessThis paper investigates how the characteristics of operational processes—systematic and project-based—affect the impact of adopting the safety management systems on different performance metrics. The proposed approach ... -
Antecedents of perceived entrepreneurial ability in Catalonia: the individual and the entrepreneurial context
(Springer, 2015)
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Open AccessPurpose: The main purpose of this study is to examine the antecedents of perceived entrepreneurial ability within a given context. Design/methodology/approach: Taking the cognitive approach we examine the role of several ... -
Assessing the performance of technology transfer offices: An analysis of the relevance of TTO’s outcome configuration and aspiration performance
(2016)
Conference report
Open AccessThe paper investigates the technology-transfer productivity of Spanish public universities. The proposed approach allows the development of a framework that matches universities’ technology transfer concerns with the need ... -
Assessing the productivity of technology transfer offices: an analysis of the relevance of aspiration performance and portfolio complexity
(2019)
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Open AccessThe paper investigates the productivity level of technology transfer offices (TTOs) affiliated to Spanish public universities. The proposed approach allows the development of a framework that matches universities’ technology ... -
Assessment of local competitiveness: A composite indicator analysis of Costa Rican counties using the ‘Benefit of the Doubt’ model
(2020)
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Open AccessThis study employs a Benefit-of-the-Doubt (BOD) weighting model that incorporates information generated via a participatory method—i.e., based on experts’ opinion—to construct a composite indicator that evaluates the ... -
Balance rather than critical mass or tokenism: gender diversity, leadership and performance in financial firms
(2019)
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Open AccessPurpose: This study analyzes how board’s gender diversity, and more specifically a gender-balanced configuration—i.e., a proportion of women in the boardroom ranging between 40% and 60%—affects economic and risk oriented ... -
Bouncing back from failure: Entrepreneurial resilience and the internationalization of subsequent ventures created by serial entrepreneurs
(2018)
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Open AccessThis paper examines the impact over international propensity of past negative entrepreneurial experience for those who re-enter into entrepreneurial activity; referred to as resilient serial entrepreneurs. We first hypothesize ... -
Can entrepreneurial role models alleviate the fear of entrepreneurial failure?
(2018-01-01)
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Open AccessThis paper analyses how entrepreneurial role models alleviate the fear of entrepreneurial failure among people who are not yet involved in entrepreneurial activities. The proposed hypothesis are tested using a logistic ... -
Conformance and performance roles of bank boards: the connection between non-performing loans and non-performing directorships
(2019-05-01)
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Open AccessThis study evaluates how non-performing loans and different types of board turnover—which we link to performing directorship (natural turnover) and non-performing directorship (forced turnover)—impact the economic performance ... -
Contract employment policy and research productivity of knowledge workers: An analysis of Spanish universities
(2019)
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Open AccessThis article investigates how contract employment practices adopted by universities—fixed-term contracts and permanent contracts—impact research productivity measured in terms of publications in scholarly journals. The ... -
Country level efficiency and national systems of entrepreneurship: a data envelopment analysis approach
(2016)
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Open AccessThis paper tests the efficiency hypothesis of the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship. Using a comprehensive database for 63 countries for 2012, we employ data envelopment analysis to directly test how countries ... -
Determinants of innovation performance: exploring the role of organisational learning capability in knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) firms
(2019)
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Open AccessPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the relationship between organisational learning capabilities (OLCs) and innovation performance (IP) in organisational contexts where knowledge creation and exploitation ... -
Does entrepreneurial confidence influence the nature of entrepreneurial projects chosen by individuals with high ability?
(InderScience Publishers, 2015)
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Open AccessThis empirical study of 247 nascent entrepreneurs examines the joint effect of high ability and entrepreneurial confidence is influencing the choice of innovative entrepreneurship. We suggest that in their decision to ... -
Early internationalization patterns and export market persistence: a pseudo-panel data analysis
(Springer, 2019)
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Open AccessThis study evaluates the international market persistence of early exporting businesses. The relationship between time in the market and export propensity/intensity levels was analyzed to identify the persistence of the ... -
El impacto diferenciado de la autoconfianza, los modelos de referencia y el miedo al fracaso sobre los jóvenes emprendedores
(2015)
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Open AccessEl objetivo principal de este trabajo es determinar el efecto que la autoconfianza en las habilidades emprendedoras y algunas variables socio-culturales (los modelos de referencia y el estigma social al fracaso) ejercen ...
