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AUTHOR
Rafael Fernández-guerrero
The business plan as a project: an evaluation of its predictive capability for business success
Although there is extensive research aimed at identifying the main success factors for new ventures, efforts directed at evaluating the real effect of the existence and quality of a business plan on a firm's survival chances have been limited. This study attempts to fill this gap by analyzing to what extent the quality of a business plan, measured according to its economic, financial and organizational viability, constitutes a good predictor of business survival; and how other variables related to the characteristics of the entrepreneur and the business can affect the predictive capability of the model under consideration. Hypotheses are tested using data collected from 2142 service firms. …
Em direção a uma perspectiva integradora da teoria de grupos estratégicos: validade convergente e importância da definição de grupo estratégico
Una revisión de la literatura sobre grupos estratégicos evidencia, en primer lugar, una diversidad significativa de perspectivas de análisis, entre las que destacan el enfoque del posicionamiento estratégico, el de recursos y capacidades y la psicología cognitiva. En segundo lugar, revela la existencia tanto de definiciones alternativas de grupo estratégico, como de conceptos en cierto modo concurrentes (grupo cognitivo, grupo competitivo, grupo de interacción competitiva). Por último, lleva a concluir a los autores que todavía no existe una base teórica suficientemente sólida que permita fundamentar el propio concepto de grupo estratégico, así como su valor predictivo de las diferencias en…
Gestión por competencias en instituciones sanitarias: claves de la Dirección de Recursos Humanos en la Comunidad Valenciana (España)
El trabajo busca analizar las claves de la gestión de personas en organizaciones complejas prestadoras de servicios públicos como son las instituciones sanitarias. Para ello, se adopta como marco teórico uno de los más novedosos desarrollos en el ámbito de la Dirección de Recursos Humanos: la Gestión por Competencias. Este trabajo persigue arrojar luz sobre la aplicación de estas propuestas de gestión a la dirección de personas en organizaciones sanitarias del sistema de salud valenciano. La metodología de investigación empleada ha sido el estudio en profundidad de diferentes casos de hospitales públicos y privados en la Comunidad Valenciana (España), que conduzcan a la génesis de construcc…
Changing the strategy formation process in a service cooperative
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to concern the strategic changes a firm needs to incorporate in order to deliver a complex service such as providing assistance to the socially disadvantaged. The paper seeks to analyze the development of such a process considering the ability of managers to exploit resources and foster new opportunities for the firm.Design/methodology/approachThe qualitative methodology applied is that of a case study. The organization analyzed was a service cooperative. A semi‐structured questionnaire was used to gather the information along with documents and additional information thereafter, thus facilitating the triangulation process.FindingsNon‐profit service organ…
The human side of leadership: Inspirational leadership effects on follower characteristics and happiness at work (HAW)
Abstract Leadership has received significant attention over the past years. Now is the time to refine how leaders impact on followers and their attitudes. This study examines how inspirational leaders influence follower characteristics (FC), and in turn, their happiness at work. In this study, the mediating effect of follower characteristics in the relationship between inspirational leadership and happiness at work was specifically examined. Data was gathered from 389 frontline banking employees working in Italian and Spanish banks. A confirmatory factor analysis revealed a positive partial mediating role of follower characteristics in the relationship between inspirational leadership and h…
Corporate entrepreneurship and human resource management: theoretical background and a case study
Purpose: This article aims to review varying concepts of entrepreneurship and different contributions to human resource practices, establishing a theoretical framework that allows for the analysis of the firm Montalt-Valencia (Spain), a Ford-Spain car dealer, and leader in its sector. Design/methodology/approach: The paper, according to the literature, establishes a theoretical framework on entrepreneurship and human resource management through which one can observe and research the Montalt-Valencia case study. The case study is confirmatory, from the theoretical background, and at the same time inductive from the observation of its non-expected details and deeds. Findings: The firm Montalt…