... and results. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Knowledge combination capability Product innovation Process management Innovation Organizational performance Small to medium‐sized enterprises Spain Innovation has become one of the main strategies that organizations use...

... technologies could encourage impulsiveness that might lead to dissatisfaction, but that this innovativeness prompts individuals to take a keener interest in the products and services available over the mobile and ultimately leads them to become more involved. Originality/value Mobile commerce Spain...

... Publishing Limited 2013 Universities Research and development Spain Transactive memory systems Quality management Knowledge transfer Knowledge absorption R&D groups The literature finds transactive memory systems (TMS) to be associated with work groups and teams. TMS are used...

... tecnhologies have been, in general, less studied (Nevo et al., 2010 ; Boothy et al., 2010). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Small to medium‐sized enterprises Manufacturing industries Spain Information technology Communication technologies Organizational...

... 558 web‐surveyed firms in Portugal and Spain. Findings Full sample analysis finds that competitive pressure, training, best‐practices, compatibility, and efficiency are important antecedents of “ERP use”. Together with usage, collaboration and analytics capabilities contribute to “ERP value...

... of Spain. Although mobile commerce has provided certain research, most of the studies focus on the consumer standpoint (Zhou, 2011 ; Wu et al., 2010 ; Wei et al., 2009 ; Choi et al., 2008). Fewer works have addressed the matter of acceptance from the perspective...

...) establish that quality performance improvement depends on the proper IT design. This is accomplished by: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Spain Information technology Competences Communication technologies Leadership Quality performance IT business value The ability...

... improving organizational performance. Antonio Mihi Ramírez can be contacted at: amihi@ugr.es © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Spain Knowledge creation Knowledge management Organizational performance Information dissemination Flexibility of distribution of information...

... focuses on the consulting industry in Catalonia, Spain; further research will be required in order to apply the findings to other countries in the world. Practical implications The study provides a better understanding of the cultural success factor in knowledge management initiatives. It offers...

... the operational definition of the concept of ISO 9001 internalization, which therefore justifies our work being carried out. Iñaki Heras‐Saizarbitoria can be contacted at: iheras@ehu.es © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Spain Quality management ISO 9001 ISO 9000 Internalization...

...Ana Núñez‐Carballosa; Laura Guitart‐Tarrés Purpose Companies consider logistics outsourcing for strategic reasons, and build close‐knit relationships with third‐party logistics (3PLs) providers. The purpose of this paper is to analyse logistics outsourcing in Spain from the viewpoint of 3PLs...

... satisfaction on the relationship between service quality and customer loyalty). Design/methodology/approach An online survey is conducted among 428 customers of online banking services in Spain. Exploratory factor analyses, multi‐regression analyses, and Mann‐Whithney U‐tests are utilised to assess...

... in character, and its goal is to show whether interrelations exist between the variables. The main limitations are: the sectors chosen refer only to Spain; the analysis is cross‐sectional in character; the study uses a single method and self‐reports (CEOs). Practical implications To obtain perfect...

... Hypotheses derived from the key features of quality management and information technology presented by previous authors are tested using structural equation modeling through field research on a sample of 229 manufacturing companies in Spain. Findings Findings from this study indicate...

.... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Entrepreneurialism Human capital Social capital Gender Business formation Spain The discovery of entrepreneurial opportunities appears as a basic aspect in the literature on entrepreneurship in recent years (Shane and Venkataraman, 2000...

... firms competing in the market (Rumelt, 2009). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Spain Technology led strategy Strategic management Managers Technology is considered to be one of the main resources for competitive advantage and represents a critical strategic asset for firms...

... of the studies on outsourcing and IS managers. The present paper focuses on three aspects of IS managers that could be affected by outsourcing, these factors were highlighted in the Corbett (1994) study: Information systems Outsourcing Managers Factor analysis Cluster analysis Spain Table IV...

... their time to key IS activities (Grover et al., 1994). Reyes Gonzalez can be contacted at: mr.gonzalez@ua.es © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Information systems Outsourcing Spain Management strategy A wide range of facts and figures confirm the status...

... questionnaires were delivered to and collected from Spanish mobile users over 14 years old. The success of mobile services in Spain is evidenced by the number of current and potential mobile users. At present, the Spanish mobile market has a penetration rate of 109 per cent with 49 million mobile subscribers...

.... Originality/value The use of fuzzy logic methodology for the generation of indexes related to the organisation's social responsibility and sustainability results. Stakeholder analysis Financial performance Fuzzy logic Spain Since the work of Bowen (1953) , who is considered to be the precursor...