149 research outputs found
Enhancing organizational performance with social media use: the catalysing effect of corporate entrepreneurship
Social Media use has become pervasive and firms are increasingly relying on it, not only to relate to customers, but also to leverage internal processes like innovation. The strategic use of these tools can facilitate also the entrepreneurial orientation of the firm, as it provides useful knowledge which can make the firm more entrepreneurial, stimulating it to find new opportunities or innovative ideas where other companies do not recognize them. However, despite the relevance of the phenomenon in current hyper-competitive environments, empirical research on the topic remains scarce. To shed some light on the issue, the main purpose of the paper is to examine how Social Media use impacts the different dimensions of corporate entrepreneurship (new business venturing, innovativeness, proactiveness and self-renewal), enhancing also organizational performance. The study is intended to extend knowledge on this topic, by providing understanding of the path firms should take to benefit from Social Media use to become more entrepreneurial and achieve higher organizational performance, developing and nurturing competitive advantages. The paper analyses data obtained from a sample of 201 technological firms located in Spain. The methodology used is Structural equation modelling with LISREL analysis. Findings confirms how the use of Social Media tools positively impacted all the different dimensions of corporate entrepreneurship, translating also in enhanced performance. This paper contributes to the literature by empirically confirming in a structural model how Social Media use helps to create business value, by enhancing proactive behaviours, promoting strategic renewal inside the firm and increasing innovativeness and new business venturing and displaying the internal and sequential relationships among these dimensions.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional AndalucĂa Tec
Contactos Sociales y Orientación Estratégica: algunas implicaciones para la RSC
Las redes sociales de los directivos suelen tener un claro reflejo en las decisiones estratĂ©gicas que guĂan a la firma a la hora de actuar. Éstas proporcionan alternativas y ayudan a conformar los marcos de referencia que se utilizan en la toma de decisiones. Todo ello influye en el tipo de orientaciĂłn estratĂ©gica de la organizaciĂłn y por tanto, en el nivel de responsabilidad social corporativa (RSC) que se desprende de las acciones directivas. Esto es debido a que los grupos de interĂ©s que forman parte de las mismas van a tener más probabilidades de ver cumplidas sus expectativas dependiendo del posicionamiento estratĂ©gico elegido finalmente por la empresa. Por todo esto, la propia estructura de la red que envuelve al directivo, que en este caso es estudiada desde dos de sus dimensiones, como son: la fortaleza (calidad) y la diversidad (cantidad) de los nexos que unen y conforman la red; puede condicionar definitivamente la orientaciĂłn y el comportamiento estratĂ©gico y social de la organizaciĂłn. Cuanto mayor es el nivel de relaciones sociales, se suelen adoptar posicionamientos estratĂ©gicos más proactivos con mayor grado de desarrollo de ciertos principios de su RSC
Technological Antecedents of Entrepreneurship and its Consequences for Organizational Performance
Under conditions of rapid change, companies compete intensely to achieve
competitive advantages. Through technology, they differentiate themselves from other
companies to obtain a better market position. Decisions concerning technological variables
are thus essential to a firm’s overall competitive strategy, positioning and emplacement. Our
research analyses how top management support for technology and technology skills enables
technology acquisition, integration and infrastructure in firms, influencing organizational
performance through corporate entrepreneurship. The analysis is performed using Structural
Equation Model with a sample of 201 Spanish technological firms. The results show that
awareness of technological issues enables entrepreneurship in the firm.This research was supported by the Regional Government of Andalusia’s Project (Ref.:
P11-SEJ-7988)
Business Intelligence: An Innovative Technological Way to Influence Corporate Entrepreneurship
Adaptation to dynamism and complex environments in today’s Knowledge Society is key for firms to survive and improve their positions. This paper applies business intelligence (BI) to the firm to shape its organizational design and improve its performance. The paper also relates business intelligence to organizational performance management through organizational learning (OL), knowledge management (KM) and the technological competencies of the company’s employees and managers. Theoretical study of the main current research serves as the basis for the development of several propositions to fill the gaps in knowledge of business intelligence. Finally, the paper presents conclusions about application of business intelligence in firms
Social Media Use, Corporate Entrepreneurship and Organizational Resilience: A Recipe for SMEs Success in a post-Covid Scenario
This work work was supported by projects from the University of Granada (Spain) [grant number:
PP2022.PP.11]; the Andalusian Regional Government [grant number: P20_00568]; and the European Regional
Development Fund [grant numbers: B-SEJ-042-UGR18, A-SEJ-192-UGR20].The strategic use of social media tools facilitates firms' entrepreneurial capabilities, enabling them to
become more innovative, increasing their proactivity, and helping them to renew themselves
internally. In today's turbulent landscape, organizational resilience has emerged as a key variable for
responding to external challenges and facing uncertainty. In this context, our study aims to analyze the
role of social media use as an antecedent of corporate entrepreneurship and firm performance in
Spanish SMEs, while also examining the mediating role of organizational resilience in this process.
Analyzing data from a sample of 259 firms, we tested our proposed hypotheses using structural
equation modeling. The results confirm that use of social media tools positively impacts the
entrepreneurial capabilities of the SMEs examined. The findings also stress the strategic relevance of
organizational resilience, which exerts a perfect mediating impact on firm performance. These
findings have significant implications for managers, as they show the path managers must take to
benefit from social media use, become more entrepreneurial and resilient, and achieve business
success in these turbulent times.University of Granada (Spain) PP2022.PP.11Andalusian Regional Government P20_00568European Regional Development Fund B-SEJ-042-UGR18, A-SEJ-192-UGR2
The key role of innovation and organizational resilience in improving business performance: A mixed-methods approach
Funding for open access charge; Universidad de Málaga / CBU
Do social networks and technological capabilities help knowledge management?
Dynamic capabilities are currently becoming an important extension of the theory of resources and capabilities that enables companies to adapt better in the current competitive environment. This paper examines how knowledge management, a dynamic function related to management or administration of a set of knowledge flows, develops thanks to the greater dynamism of social networks. It then shows how this relationship is especially strengthened by different technological capabilities. To achieve these goals, the paper examines the main tools that permit companies to develop an ability to achieve competitive advantage relative to the technological capabilities of managers and workers, social networks and knowledge management
How to encourage social entrepreneurship action? Using Web 2.0 technologies in higher education institutions
University students will be our future business leaders, and will have to address social problems caused by business by
implementing solutions such as social entrepreneurship ventures. In order to facilitate the learning process that will foster
social entrepreneurship, however, a more holistic pedagogy is needed. Based on learning theory, we propose that students’
social entrepreneurship actions will depend on their learning about CSR and their absorptive capacity. We propose that
instructors and higher education institutions can enhance this absorptive capacity by exploiting Web 2.0 technologies. We
tested our proposition with a sample of 425 university students using structural equation modeling and found support for
the proposed relationships.This study was funded by the project from the
Ministry of Economy, Industry y Competitivity ECO2017-88222-P,
and by the Andalusian Government Project P11-SEJ-7988
Fostering Corporate Entrepreneurship with the use of social media tools.
The strategic use of Social Media can leverage innovation, relationships with customers, and the
entrepreneurial orientation of the firm, as it provides useful knowledge to find new
opportunities for innovation. Despite the relevance of this phenomenon to current hypercompetitive
environments, empirical research on the topic remains scarce. To advance
knowledge of this issue, the main purpose of the paper is to examine how Social Media use
impacts the different dimensions of Corporate Entrepreneurship. Building on a sample of 201
technological firms, findings confirm that the use of Social Media tools impacted all dimensions
of Corporate Entrepreneurship and enhanced firm performance. This paper contributes to the
literature by empirically confirming how Social Media use helps to create business value. The
study results also have important implications for managers, as they show the pathway
managers must follow to harness the benefits of Social Media use to become more
entrepreneurial.This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry, and Competitiveness
within the framework of two projects: ECO2017-88222-P and B-SEJ-042-UGR18; and was
supported also with funds provided by the University of Malaga
Analysis of the influence of the environment, stakeholder integration capability, absorptive capacity, and technological skills on organizational performance through corporate entrepreneurship.
This research seeks to analyze how factors such as the environment, stakeholder integration capability, absorptive capacity, and technological skills influence corporate entrepreneurship, and the repercussions of corporate entrepreneurship for the organization’s results. The hypotheses are tested empirically using a sample of 160 European technology firms. A positive relationship is found between the factors of the environment and stakeholder integration capability, and corporate entrepreneurship. The uncertainty and complexity of the environment in which the organization operates and its relationship with stakeholders require the firm to be involved in constant updating, collaboration between parties, and innovation of processes, products, and system to maintain competitive advantage. Further, the capacity to absorb new knowledge and develop technological skills can generate new, advanced technological processes. These processes foster corporate entrepreneurship to detect opportunities on the market and transform them into additional advantage over competitors. Corporate entrepreneurship increases organizational performance, as it entrusts entrepreneurs with the task of utilizing potentially value-creating resources more effectively than competitors.Excellence Research Projects P08- SEJ-04057 from the Andalusian Regional GovernmentExcellence Research Projects P11-SEJ-7988 from the Andalusian Regional GovernmentProjects ECO2009-09241 from the Spanish Ministry of Innovation.Projects ECO2012-31780 from the Spanish Ministry of Innovation
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