Forma de dirección y variables organizativas clave en la creación de conocimiento en la empresa : una investigación empírica

Structure, Effects and Deficiencies of an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: the Spanish Case

In this paper, we rely on the Spanish GEM Project to analyze the basic conditions that shape the profiles of the Spanish regional entrepreneurial ecosystem and to configure which aspects are given and which should be met in order for that ecosystem to be considered as a tool to support entrepreneurship and not just a wasteland. Although some media are incorporated, the nutrients needed for germination are not included.

Competitive advantage and strategy formulation

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to promote the use of dynamic capabilities as a strategic tool of the highest order in terms of firm management.Design/methodology/approach – The content of the article is developed from a table that offers some insights into the relationship between the three theoretical perspectives analyzed in the paper: resource‐based view, knowledge‐based view and dynamic‐capabilities view.Findings – The paper describes the evolution that can be discerned in the process of developing competitive advantage, from a resource‐based view to a dynamic‐capabilities framework.Originality/value – The objective of the article was not to bring to light any new revelations in thi…

La economía social ¿alternativa a la gestión pública o vanguardia de la privatización de servicios? Una definición del sector de servicios de apoyo a personas a partir del análisis de sus recursos y capacidades

A number of social economy organizations with different legal forms have appeared in Spain since the eighties and have developed a growing activity in the provision of personal support services, usually in the private management of public services and occasionally in the private sector. The novelty of this type of organization, the peculiarities of their origin and business development, their uncertain future and the relevance of the experience accumulated in the short but intensive years of their existence - as well as their importance in job creation and in training professionals in social intervention - justify a detailed study of their current situation with regard to resource bases and…

Ética empresarial, globalización y dirección de recursos humanos.

Salvador.Vivas@uv.es Domingo.Ribeiro@uv.es Durante mucho tiempo, ética y empresa han sido conceptos que se han movido en planos de la realidad distintos. Hoy en día la situación ha evolucionado. Congresos, conferencias y medios de comunicación se ocupan de nuevo de unir las palabras ética y empresa, en concreto al hablar de ética empresarial. Es a partir de este momento cuando se comienza a experimentar un proceso profundo y acelerado de cambios, sin precedentes en la historia de la humanidad. Este cambio es voraz, complejo, turbulento e imprevisible, que llega de forma avasalladora e impregna todos los segmentos de la sociedad. Tales mutaciones imprimen un dinamismo tecnológico y científic…

Ontological supports of knowledge: knowledge creation and analytical knowledge

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine, from the perspective of different theoretical approaches, the relationship that exists between different ontological supports of knowledge and knowledge itself (the way it is created and its characteristics).Design/methodology/approachThe paper proposes two different types of knowledge (knowledge of concrete situations and abstract knowledge) and two approaches (the constructivist view and the cognitive view) and provides a general classification of the different knowledge types. Second, it examines the underlying ontological support‐knowledge creation, characteristics or types of knowledge relationship in different approaches. Finally, conclu…

Ontological levels in the knowledge management field

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between knowledge and reality in the field of management, highlighting the importance of ontological support in the formation of knowledge. The empirical study establishes those ontological levels in large Spanish firms. The article underlines the importance of ontological support and of practice carried out in forming knowledge, and reviews different approaches. The empirical study identifies, via an exploratory factor analysis, the ontological supports of knowledge in large Spanish firms, going on to apply a confirmatory factor analysis that shows the fit of the factors obtained from the sample. The discussion carried out suggests t…