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Company financial performance: Does board size matter? Case of the EUROSTOXX50 index
(Instituto de Economía Aplicada a la Empresa (Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU), 2015-10-06)
[EN] This study analyzes the relationship between board size and economic-financial performance in a sample of European firms that constitute the EUROSTOXX50 Index. Based on previous literature, resource dependency and ...
Traditional budgeting during financial crisis
(Instituto de Economía Aplicada a la Empresa (Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU), 2015-10-06)
[EN] This study examines the evolution of budgeting practices in the extremely difficult Spanish economic environment. In order to analyse if companies are still maintaining their budgeting process and if, right now, they ...
Brand image and lexicographic analysis: an application to shopping malls
(Instituto de Economía Aplicada a la Empresa (Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU), 2015-10-06)
[EN] The concept of image in its different aspects is very important in today s society as well as in the business management field. Some authors reports that most of the studies that measure image do not take into account ...
Measuring the influence of customer-based store brand equity in the purchase intention
(Instituto de Economía Aplicada a la Empresa (Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU), 2015-03)
[EN] Store brands account for and important market share in the Spain and a further increase in expected in the next years due to the downturn. However, there is lack of research on store brand customer-based Brand Equity. ...
Structural capital, innovation capability, and company performance in technology-based colombian firms
(Instituto de Economía Aplicada a la Empresa (Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU), 2015-03)
[EN] In today s economy, innovation is considered to be one of the main driving forces behind business competitiveness, if not the most relevant one. Traditionally, the study of innovation has been addressed from different ...
Could innovative teams provide the necessary flexibility to compete in the current context?
(Instituto de Economía Aplicada a la Empresa (Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU), 2015-03)
[EN] In the modern era firms should look for a sustainable and profitable business model. They operate in highly volatile and competitive markets. Innovation is a key element that allows firms to survive in these complex ...
Linking transformational leadership and organizational trust: has organizational commitment a mediating effect on it?
(Instituto de Economía Aplicada a la Empresa (Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU), 2016-01)
[EN] The main goal of this study is to analyze how organizational commitment has a mediating effect on the relation between transformational leadership and organizational trust.
Therefore we developed an organization ...
The impacts of leadership in the quality of municipal public services: case study of a portuguese municipal council
(Instituto de Economía Aplicada a la Empresa de la Universidad del País Vasco, 2012)
[EN]The present research work, based on some of the components of the Common Assessment Framework, sets to analyse the influence held by leadership in specific factors that constitute the organisational climate, and also ...
Contribution of Resource-Based View and Entrepreneurial Orientation on Small Firm Growth
(Instituto de Economía Aplicada a la Empresa de la Universidad del País Vasco, 2011)
[EN] This research provides a useful framework for identifying a small firms’ propensity to engage in entrepreneurial orientation. We examine the impact of the Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) as a main resource and ...
Process management in healthcare.Sant Camil Hospital case study
(Escuela Universitaria de Estudios Empresariales, 2013)
Nowadays due to the crisis, some government measures are aimed at reducing healthcare spending, affecting in some level or another the quality offered. Process management is said to be a useful tool for reducing healthcare ...