7 research outputs found
Knowledge of managerial competencies: cross-cultural analysis between American and European students
This paper reports on the differences of managerial competencies among MBA students from American and European business schools. The results of this research suggest that there are certain differences of not only nationality but also gender. The study also points out the need for different managerial competency profiles to better assess MBA students looking for future career development. The results of this study indicate that there is a difference at the national level between assessed managerial competencies of American and European MBA students that can be attributed to cultural factors. This conclusion confirms the findings of Chong (2008) and Akinola, Martin, and Phillips (2018). Secondly, at the organisational level, cultural differences manifest themselves in some but not all assessed managerial competencies. These research findings provide empirical evidence which suggests that, in managing and advising international and global future managers, one ought to distinguish between external, interpersonal and personal managerial competencies which are applicable across cultures and which are prone to cultural differences
Innovativeness as a determinant of entrepreneurial orientation: analysis of the hotel sector
This paper analyses entrepreneurial orientation as a composite
formed of innovation, proactiveness and risk-taking. The empirical
data for this study were gathered from a survey sent to hotel
managers. The fieldwork was carried out between January and
June 2018. The process provided 102 valid questionnaires. Two
methods were used: structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) and
fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA). This study
makes six key contributions and findings. First, the use of these
two methods provides robust and reliable results. Second, reliability
and validity values for innovativeness, proactiveness and risktaking
are satisfactory. Third, the operationalisation of entrepreneurial
orientation using the latent variables of innovativeness,
proactiveness and risk-taking is satisfactory in terms of reliability
and validity. Fourth, these three dimensions have a positive and
significant influence on entrepreneurial orientation. Fifth, innovativeness
is the most important dimension of entrepreneurial
orientation. Sixth, innovativeness is a necessary and sufficient condition
for entrepreneurial orientation
Client orientation in fashion e-commerce: a comparative study
[EN] E-business and especially e-commerce represents one
of the most important ways of doing business in the current
context. That is why, researchers are doing a great effort in
studying how Business to Consumer platforms manage the
relationship with their clients. Regarding the most important
channels of connection between consumers and companies in
online market, the websites and Apps, this study analyzes the way
in which e-businesses present the information to their clients from
a client-focused strategy point of view. The present study evaluates
how two important e-commerce companies deal with this in such
a competitive market as fashion and aims to state some success
guidelines for fashion e-commerces.Orero-Blat, M.; Botella-Carrubi, D.; Simón-Moya, V.; Sendra, J.; Mogorrón Guerrero, H. (2020). Client orientation in fashion e-commerce: a comparative study. IEEE. 1-6. https://doi.org/10.23919/CISTI49556.2020.9141057S1
An analysis of the stability of rural tourism as a desired condition for sustainable tourism
Tourism is a key sector in the sustainable development of rural environments. Its ability to create stable employment and an acceptable level of profits is conditioned by the stability of tourist activity throughout the year. This paper compares the level of seasonality of a group of rural destinations to that of coastal and urban destinations. By doing so, we intend to determine whether seasonality-related problems exist in the rural environment or not. The second aim is related to the first one: the proposal of a new, more comprehensive and objective methodology that can measure the intensity of seasonality based on a DP2 synthetic indicator. The DP2 indicator groups information about different representative variables of seasonality. The study takes the main tourist spots in Spain as a reference. The analysis concludes that the annual level of stability of rural tourism is not far from the stability of urban tourism, which is the most stable, as seasonality is much higher in coastal destinations. The methodology that provides the framework to build the DP2 indicator has allowed us to identify which variables explain the differences in the level of seasonality of each destination to a large extent. The results showed that the variables that do so are related to the internalization of the destination and changes in the availability of bed places
How Does R&D Investment Affect the Financial Performance of Cultural and Creative Enterprises? The Moderating Effect of Actual Controller
R&D investment has a sophisticated correlation with the financial performance of cultural and creative enterprises. In this study, using the panel data of listed cultural and creative enterprises in China from 2011 to 2013, we found that R&D investment has positive impacts on financial performance in both the current and the lag periods. However, these positive impacts are moderated by actual controllers. More specifically, there is a positive moderating effect on enterprises’ financial performance when the central government is the actual controller. On the other hand, there is no evident effect when the actual controller is a local government or a state-owned enterprise, and there is a clear negative moderating effect on financial performance when a natural person is the actual controller. Given these findings, we argue that local governments and state-owned enterprises should improve their long-term strategies for the cultural and creative enterprises they control and reduce actions forced by short-term economic goals. Additionally, local governments and state-owned enterprises should fundamentally stress the role of R&D in order to handle the pressure of increasingly keen competition from international companies’ technological innovation programs
An analysis of the stability of rural tourism as a desired condition for sustainable tourism
Tourism is a key sector in the sustainable development of rural environments. Its ability to create stable employment and an acceptable level of profits is conditioned by the stability of tourist activity throughout the year. This paper compares the level of seasonality of a group of rural destinations to that of coastal and urban destinations. By doing so, we intend to determine whether seasonality-related problems exist in the rural environment or not. The second aim is related to the first one: the proposal of a new, more comprehensive and objective methodology that can measure the intensity of seasonality based on a DP2 synthetic indicator. The DP2 indicator groups information about different representative variables of seasonality. The study takes the main tourist spots in Spain as a reference. The analysis concludes that the annual level of stability of rural tourism is not far from the stability of urban tourism, which is the most stable, as seasonality is much higher in coastal destinations. The methodology that provides the framework to build the DP2 indicator has allowed us to identify which variables explain the differences in the level of seasonality of each destination to a large extent. The results showed that the variables that do so are related to the internalization of the destination and changes in the availability of bed places