La generación de nuevo conocimiento a partir de los errores

De entre as diversas formas de aprendizaxe (individual, estratéxica, sistemática, cultural, de equipo, reflexiva...), neste traballo ímonos centrar na aprendizaxe organizativa e máis concre-tamente nunha das súas principais manifestacións: a aprendizaxe a través da experiencia propia e allea, desde os éxitos e desde os erros. O noso obxectivo é realizar unha exposición teórica sobre este tipo de aprendizaxe experiencial presentando unha serie de proposicións co obxectivo de analizar qué tipo de aprendizaxe experiencial é máis eficaz e eficiente, permitindo unha mellor aprendizaxe e xestión do coñecemento. Estas proposicións deberán ser probadas en futuros es-tudios empíricos sobre o temaBetween the different ways of learning (individual, strategic, systematic, cultural, in group, reflexive, etc) in this study we are going to focus on the organizational learning, exactly, on one of its main representations: the learning by a self-experience and an external experience, from a success and failure point of view. Our intention is to make a theoretic explanation about this type of experience learning, by a making several propositions in order to analyse what kind of learning by doing is more efficient, which permits a better learning and knowledge management. These propositions should be proved in future empirical studies about this topic experientialDe entre las diversas formas de aprendizaje (individual, estratégico, sistemático, cultural, de equipo, reflexivo...), en este trabajo nos vamos a centrar en el aprendizaje organizacional y más concretamente en una de sus principales manifestaciones: el aprendizaje a través de la experiencia propia y ajena, desde los éxitos y desde los errores. Nuestro objetivo es realizar una exposición teórica sobre este tipo de aprendizaje experiencial presentando una serie de proposiciones con el objetivo de analizar qué tipo de aprendizaje experiencial es más eficaz y eficiente, permitiendo un mejor aprendizaje y gestión del conocimiento. Estas proposiciones de-berán ser probadas en futuros estudios empíricos sobre el temaS

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

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

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

Social media technologies: a waste of time or a good way to learn and improve technological competences?

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to deepen understanding of the effects of using social media technologies to acquire technological knowledge and organizational learning competences, of technological knowledge competences on organizational learning and finally of organizational learning on organizational performance. Design/methodology/approach – The study was performed by analyzing data from a sample of 197 technology firms located in Spain. The hypotheses were tested using a structural equations model with the program LISREL 8.80. Findings – This study’s conceptual framework is grounded in complexity theory – along with dynamic capabilities theory, which complements the resource-based view. The study contributes to the literature by proposing a model that reflects empirically how business ecosystems that use social media technologies enable the development of interorganizational and social collaboration networks that encourage learning and development of technological knowledge competences. Research limitations/implications – It would be interesting for future studies to consider other elements to conceptualize and measure social media technologies, including (among others) significance of the various tools used and strategic integration. The model might also analyze other sectors and another combination of variables. Practical implications – The results of this study have several managerial implications: developing social media technologies and interorganizational social collaboration networks not only enables the organizational learning process but also encourages technological knowledge competences. Through innovation processes, use of social media technologies also contributes to strengthening companies’ strategic positioning, which ultimately helps to improve firms’ organizational performance. Social implications – Since social media technologies drive information systems in contemporary society (because they enable interaction with numerous agents), the authors highlight the use of complexity theory to develop a conceptual framework. Originality/value – The study also deepens understanding of the connections by which new experiential learning contributes to the generation of coevolutionary adaptive business ecosystems and digital strategies that enable development of interorganizational and social collaborative networks through technological knowledge competences. Only after examining the impact of socialmedia technologies on organizational performance in prior literature, did the authors underscore that both quantity and frequency of social media technology use are positively related to improvement in knowledge processes that lead to employees’ creation and acquisition of new metaknowledge.Excellence Unit "Advanced Research in Economics and Business" of the University of Granada (Spain)Andalusian Regional Government B-SEJ-042-UGR18 A-SEJ-192-UGR20 P20_0056

Combined Influence of Absorptive Capacity and Corporate Entrepreneurship on Performance

Drawing on a dynamic capabilities perspective and a resource-based view, this article analyzes the relationship between absorptive capacity and corporate entrepreneurship, and their combined effect on organizations’ performance. It contributes to the literature by dissociating the dimensions of absorptive capacity (potential and realized) and corporate entrepreneurship (innovativeness, proactiveness, new business venturing, and self-renewal). A quantitative study was performed with data gathered by personal interviews, using a structured questionnaire. The theoretical model was estimated through a structural equation model, using a sample of 168 Spanish firms. The results show that proactiveness positively influences innovativeness and that both proactiveness and innovativeness have a positive influence on potential and realized absorptive capacity. A significant positive relationship also exists between potential and realized absorptive capacity. Furthermore, realized absorptive capacity positively influences new business venturing and self-renewal. Finally, proactiveness and new business venturing directly and positively influence organizational performance, but not innovativeness and self-renewal. The study demonstrates that entrepreneurs must be able to enhance potential and realize absorptive capacities at the same time in order to improve the end performance of their corporate entrepreneurial projects. Both absorptive capacities are strongly related to corporate entrepreneurial activities and have a strong influence on firms’ performance.This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Innovation under Grant ECO2013-47027-P and ECO2017-88222-P; the Regional Government of Andalusia under Grant P11-SEJ-7294 and P11-SEJ-7988 and the European Union (FEDER Funds)

Capacidad de absorción del conocimiento: medición.

La capacidad de absorber el conocimiento es una de las capacidades más importantes que las empresas habrán de desarrollar si desean conseguir y sostener una ventaja competitiva. Bajo la perspectiva de la Teoría de Recursos y Capacidades, en el presente artículo ofreceremos un instrumento de medida alternativo de la capacidad de absorción que diferencie entre las fases de adquisición, asimilación, transformación y explotación del conocimiento, así como entre sus dos dimensiones, potencial y realizada, con la finalidad de reducir el problema de medición y de identificación de las dimensiones que conforman tan importante constructo.Resource-based theory; Potential and realized absorptive capacity; Assessment instrument;

Social media use and the challenge of complexity: evidence from the technology sector.

Social Media encourages networks in the complex and dynamic environment within which firms are immersed. The purpose of this study is to analyze the role and impact of Social Media on complexity variables and organizational performance. More specifically, we explore the presence of elements of “spontaneous order creation”: heterogeneous agents with motives to connect with each other, and their impact on innovativeness and dissipative structures. The research model was tested on a sample of 201 technology firms through Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). Our research contributes to extant literature by exploring the impact of digitally enabled networks (Social Media) on complexity dynamics through analysis of their influence on firm performance. We aim to advance explanation of how increasing complexity changes behavioral dynamics in complex ecosystems, and how information and Social Media can be used to cope with the new managerial challenges posed by increasing digital complexity.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. Moreover, it was supported also with funds provided by the University of Malaga and Granada

The Succession in Firm Top Management and the Successor Origin: Moderating Variables

El objetivo de nuestro estudio es, por un lado, avanzar en el conocimiento de las causas que pueden provocar un cambio en la alta dirección de la empresa, y, por otro, conocer los factores que pueden influir en el origen del sucesor, considerando algunas de las variables que habitualmente han sido omitidas por la literatura previa: sucesión forzada o no forzada y poder del alto directivo dentro del gobierno corporativo de la empresa. Los resultados obtenidos indican que la principal variable que influye en la sucesión forzada y en el origen del sucesor, es el rendimiento previo. Esta relación, sin embargo, se encuentra moderada por el efecto interactivo o moderador que ejercen otra serie de variables indicativas del poder que dicho directivo posee dentro la empresa, como es el caso de la composición del Consejo de Administración, la participación de alto directivo en la propiedad de la empresa, su antigüedad en el cargo como directivo, el tamaño de la empresa o la edad de la empresa.The objective of our study is, on the one hand, to gain further knowledge into the causes that can bring about a change in firm top management, and, on the other, to know the factors that may have some influence on successor origin, considering some of the variables that have habitually been ignored by the previous literature: torced succession or non-forced succession and the power of the top manager inside the firm's corporative governance. The results obtained indícate that the main variable influencing the scenario of torced succession and the successor origin, is prior performance. This relation, however, is conditioned by the interactive or moderating effect exercised by another series of variables that are indicative of the power this manager has inside the firm, as is the composition ofthe board of directors, the top manager's participation in firm ownership, the number of years he has held the post, the firm size, or the age firm