... innovation Spain PITEC Scientific evidence shows that humanity faces myriad environmental problems today, from global warming and climate change to resource conservation (IPCC, 2013). The main causes of this global crisis, which also has economic and social dimensions, are industrial development...

... in an industrial environment (Hsu et al., 2013) go along the value chain and affect not only the final consumer, but the different stakeholders of hospitals. Healthcare Spain Sustainable development Sustainability management Private hospital Since the earliest days of organizations...

...). Sustainability Spain Business Sustainable development goals Triple bottom line approach UN 2030 agenda According to Ramus (2002) and Guest (2010), business activities are exerting a severe influence on the world economy, the communities that people form part of as well as the physical environment...

... Leticia Santos-Vijande can be contacted at: lsantos@uniovi.es © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Spain Organizational performance Organizational innovation Knowledge-intensive business services Innovativeness Co-creation Front-line employees Innovation rates An executive...

... capital Technical capabilities Marketing capabilities Spain Footwear industry Marketing An executive summary for managers and executive readers can be found at the end of this article. The literature on first mover advantages (FMAs) has taken shape with the contributions from the field...

... with age and size. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses data about franchise systems in Spain from 1986 to 2004 from the catering and fashion sectors and applies the Cox survival model to test the hypotheses. Findings The paper finds that system growth rates and system size only influence...

... at: callaris@emp.uji.es © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Buyer‐seller relationships Spain Social values The main objective of this paper is to demonstrate that aspects of a rational or functional character, together with other aspects of an emotional and social nature, have...

... be contacted at: joan.garau@uib.es © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Spain Tourism Seasonality Internet; Business‐to‐business marketing Managers The objective of this paper is to analyze the determinants of the tourism lodging firms' innovation through the use of internet...

... are tested on a sample of 479 manufacturer‐distributor relationships in the food sector in Spain. Findings The paper finds that partner‐specific investments and relational norms are effective mechanisms against opportunism. However their efficacy differs depending on which opportunism (supplier's...

..., communication, trust, commitment, satisfaction and conflict – exert on a new product performance is moderated by the level of dependence of the functional areas. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 New products Performance appraisal Relationship marketing Trust Conflict Spain...

... Limited 2006 Purchasing Marketing management Electronic commerce Procurement Internet marketing Spain An executive summary for managers and executive readers can be found at the end of this article. Since the discovery of the internet as a new communication medium it has became...

... according to the stage of the buying decision‐making process. The paper subsequently tests the explanatory power of these variables for a sample of Spanish industrial firms. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Organizational buying behaviour Purchase agreements Spain An executive...

... this relationship is characterised by exclusive dealing: © MCB UP Limited 2003 Dealerships Relationship marketing Spain As for the consequences of such agreements, Anderson and Weitz have demonstrated that this vertical restraint is an antecedent of the distributor’s commitment...