Carolina Ramirez-Garcia

Pablo de Olavide University | UPO · Department of Accounting and Finance

Students' performance and English as a Medium of Instruction: Do students learn less? The European Higher Education Area (EHEA) is an EU initiative aimed at harmonising university degrees and attracting international students and staff. Proficiency in the English language is now regarded as a prerequisite for all business students. By adopting a q...

Franchisor's risk perceptions influence their decisions about the development and continuity of their relationships with franchisees. Although control systems are essential for risk perception management, the effectiveness of diverse types of control remains unclear. The present study incorporates specific sources of risk from the franchisor-franch...

RESUMEN La felicidad del trabajador es un factor determinante de su eficiencia a corto y a largo plazo. En la literatura encontramos intentos de medir dicha felicidad directamente, y otros centrados en conocer cuáles son los elementos que generan esta felicidad. El presente trabajo realiza el análisis de validez de una escala propuesta por Del Junc...

Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) in the agri-food sector have been overcoming internationalization barriers. However, research is scarce, specifically to meet the Sustainable Development Goals, despite the importance of the sector. The main aim of our study is to explore the archetypes and internationa...

In franchises, a bad performance by a franchisee has a strong negative impact over the whole chain, explaining why the management control systems (MCS) are key for the running and success of the franchise. Based on the distinction among outcome, behaviour and social controls (Ouchi, 1979) and the diagnostic and interactive styles of control use (Si...

Some manufacturers are reluctant to rationally share their Information Systems(ISs) with their dealers. Through a detailed case study analysis, we explore what could impela manufacturer to overcome its reluctance by analysing its control problems (lack of direction;motivational; and personal limitations). We show that sharing ISs provides benefits...

Con el aumento de la competitividad, la velocidad de innovación tecnológica, o la importancia de los costes fijos, muchas empresas han optado por el establecimiento de acuerdos a largo plazo con otras empresas independientes. Sin embargo, se reconoce que estas relaciones interorganizativas no siempre son exitosas, comprobándose la necesidad de gest...

Some manufacturers are reluctant to rationally share their Information Systems (ISs) with their dealers. Through a detailed case study analysis, we explore what could impel a manufacturer to overcome its reluctance by analysing its control problems (lack of direction; motivational; and personal limitations). We show that sharing ISs provides benefi...