Inmaculada Galván-Sánchez

Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | ULPGC · Department of Economics and Business

Se propone una nueva taxonomía, tras la revisión de diferentes enfoques de formación de estrategias empresariales, para el fenómeno de las pequeñas empresas de rápida internacionalización o born globals, con el objetivo de ampliar su conocimiento. El proceso de formación de estrategias para la internacionalización temprana exitosa tenderá a adoptar...

Implementation of the European Higher Education Area changed the assessment model in higher education towards a competence-based system, so that students are assessed by what they demonstrate they can do (competences). However, assessment of certain key competences, such as reading, ceases at higher education. The question remains whether reading c...

Communication is a key success factor in the franchise network; therefore, franchisors should be aware of incorporating new technological tools that facilitate communication in this business model. Faced with this new challenge, corporate websites are a strategic tool in the communication of franchisors with their stakeholders, becoming a source of...

Communication is a key success factor in the franchise network; therefore, franchisors should be aware of incorporating new technological tools that facilitate communication in this business model. Faced with this new challenge, corporate websites are a strategic tool in the communication of franchisors with their stakeholders, becoming a source of...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the important role of training (specifically, training relevance and training transfer) in enhancing franchisor-franchisee relationship satisfaction, and its influence upon customer performance (e.g., customer satisfaction, quality service), all driven by an internal marketing (IM) culture. Design/me...

La economía social hace evidente que la sociedad debe construirse desde la participación e integración de todas y todos. Se alimenta de valores como la ayuda mutua, la responsabilidad, la democracia, la igualdad, la equidad y la solidaridad. En España, cuenta con el paraguas jurídico de la Ley de Economía Social. El 20 de diciembre de 2020 España...

Sexual cyberbullying is becoming a serious problem in today's society. In the workplace, this issue is more complex because of the power imbalance between potential perpetrators and victims. Preventing sexual cyberbullying in organizations is very important for a safety and respectful workplace. Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) standards establ...

Sería iluso pensar que abordar un tema como la innovación docente en los valores de la economía social no tiene obstáculo alguno, máxime desde el momento que las estadísticas señalan el desconocimiento e incomprensión del concepto de economía social, en el mundo académico. Ello, sin lugar a dudas justifica los programas de educación y formación en...

The development of a critical spirit as well as the capacity to selfassess and oral presentation competence are essential in relation to students’ future employability. This study examines the influence of confidence, selfefficacy and the existence of incentives on student self-assessments of their oral presentation competence during an educational...

The opportunity for the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands to have its own Cooperatives Law is something that in recent years has provoked an interesting debate between experts in business and legal. There are opinions that insist that the National Law is sufficiently timely, and efficient because it stimulate the creation of this type of c...

The opportunity for the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands to have its own Cooperatives Law is something that in recent years has provoked an interesting debate between experts in business and legal. There are opinions that insist that the National Law is sufficiently timely, and efficient because it stimulate the creation of this type of c...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a conceptual model for building successful franchise partnerships. The model examines the influence of communication and trust on satisfaction and performance in franchise partnerships, considering that franchises are based on franchisor-franchisee and franchisor-supplier relationships. Design/metho...

Title: University-industry technology cooperation: the role of communication This paper examines university-industry technology cooperation, using the network approach and discussing the importance of communication behavior. We analyze the relationship between communication behavior and the success of knowledge transfer, and the differences that e...

This paper examines university-industry technology cooperation, using the network approach and discussing the importance of communication behavior. We analyze the relationship between communication behavior and the success of knowledge transfer, and the differences that exist depending on the mode of cooperation. In Spain results show that an adequ...

Oral presentation is one of the most important transversal competences for the professional career of Electrical Engineers. To develop and assess this competence, scoring rubrics are useful academic tools. The main purpose of this study is to contribute to the understanding of the learning and assessment of oral presentation skills of future Electr...

O novo modelo formativo de ensino superior pretende dotar os estudantes das competências adequadas. A competência de comunicação oral é uma das mais importantes para a empregabilidade dos graduados. Há vários critérios utilizados na avaliação dessa competência, e por isso é importante uni-los. Nessa perspectiva, é importante o desenvolvimento de ru...

El botellón, o ingesta masiva de bebidas alcohólicas en zonas públicas, y el consumo de cannabis constituyen importantes problemas asociados al ocio juvenil español, siendo de gran interés estudiar el perfil de estos consumidores. Este artículo se deriva de una investigación no experimental - de campo, de carácter transversal, con un tipo de estudi...

Street binge drinking and cannabis consumption are a relevant problem associated with the Spanish youth leisure, being of great interest to study the profile of these consumers. This paper is derived from a non-experimental research - field, transversal, descriptive study. A structured questionnaire was administered as a tool for collecting informa...

En el Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior la comunicación oral es una competencia básica susceptible de ser evaluada, con el objetivo de garantizar su adquisición. En este sentido, el principal objetivo del presente trabajo se centra en la identificación de los atributos individuales del estudiante que influyen en la valoración por parte de los p...

El propósito de este trabajo es analizar la influencia de la comunicación sobre la transferencia de conocimiento satisfactoria entre los socios de un acuerdo de cooperación. Se trata de un estudio empírico en los sistemas de franquicia que operan en España, centrándose el análisis en la relación franquiciador-franquiciado. Como herramienta metodoló...

En este trabajo se presenta una experiencia destinada a fomentar y evaluar la competencia de comunicación oral en estudiantes universitarios de grado. Con esta finalidad, y teniendo como objetivo la mejora de la empleabilidad, se hace necesario promover acciones formativas en habilidades comunicativas; entre ellas se enmarca el Torneo 10 en 5 “Idea...

The purpose of this study is to analyze the influence of communication on satisfactory knowledge transfer among participants in a cooperation agreement. This is an empirical study about franchise systems operating in Spain, centered on analyzing the relation of the franchiser to the franchise operator. A self-administered, structured questionnaire...

This research work sets out the objective of developing and estimating a comprehensive street binge drinking model to represent the Spanish youth alcohol adoption process called "botellón". This multivariable model points out the importance of values, moreover it measures how influence values over attitudes, beliefs and emotions. The obtained resul...

The objective of this research is to develop and estimate a model of the adoption of alcohol and cannabis related behaviors among young people. This model raises the importance of values, and estimates the influence they exert on attitudes, beliefs and emotions. The results show not only the antecedent role of values, but also the antecedent role o...

This research work sets out the objective of developing and estimating the young alcohol adoption model. This model points out the importance of values, moreover it meassures how influence values over attitudes, beliefs and emotions. The obtained results point out not only the antecedent role played by values but also the causal effect played by at...

This paper attempts to offer a deeper conceptual understanding of the early and rapid internationalization process of born-global firms by applying the lens of the strategy-making process. In other words, it offers an integrated strategic management perspective to explain the so-called born-global phenomenon. We argue that born-global firms’ strate...

RESUMEN Como consecuencia del carácter dinámico del entorno actual, las organizaciones se han visto en la obligación de buscar nuevas formas de competir en el mercado y adaptarse a las distintas demandas de los clientes. La formación de redes, tales como las organizaciones virtuales, constituye una alternativa válida para hacer frente a esta situac...

En este artículo se analiza la relación entre tamaño de la empresa y expansión geográfica. Sobre una muestra de 450 empresas se mide el número de países y de regiones a los que exporta la empresa, el grado de diversificación de sus exportaciones y el tipo de estrategia de expansión de mercados de exportación. Los resultados indican que las empresas...

RESUMEN La formación de redes supone una alternativa prometedora para responder eficazmente al carácter dinámi-co del entorno actual, siendo fundamental una adecuada selección de los socios con el fin de lograr el des-arrollo de relaciones satisfactorias. Desde esta perspectiva de redes, se considera básico establecer vínculos duraderos entre las p...