Jose Carlos Ramos

• Head of area at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

Abstract Purpose In the contemporary business landscape, the convergence of the common good and marketing emerges as a critical discourse, presenting both challenges and opportunities for companies seeking sustainable success. This article provides insight into the exploration of this intersection, with the aim of contributing to the existing liter...

Knowledge management and engineering management are closely related. However, the latter has focused primarily in the codification and systemization of knowledge. This article proposes a schema based on organizational learning and cultural values that enhance the latter and aims at explaining how knowledge can be actioned and deployed successfully...

This paper develops a framework based on a new construct, actional intelligence, and highlights the key elements involved: individual and organisational value alignment and open learning attitudes. It analyses the relationships between them and the individual performance in the organisation. The model is tested using Smart partial least squares (PL...

The undeniable importance of knowledge and innovation in modern economies justifies the increasing interest that scholars are taking in studying knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS). Since the mid 1990s, there has been a significant increase in the attention paid to KIBS and their role and functions in innovation systems (Illeris, 1991; Mil...

The goal of this chapter is to analyze the impact of e-learning technologies and tools as a support for teacher-led courses in the performance (efficiency) of teaching as well as in the learner’s acceptance. It also aims at analyzing and determining the moderating factors which have an influence on the process. The paper is based on the data which...

This chapter analyses the critical facts related to open course versus classical alternatives for learning and developing creative ideas in a social computing environment. The driving factors, the available tools and the barriers which hinder their utilisation will be discussed. The variables that will have a relevant impact will be analysed within...

Actional intelligence, a new suggested conceptual construct, is introduced to understand the application and actioning of knowledge and link it with firm innovation performance. It is defined as the capacity of an organisation, to identify useful knowledge, develop its activity to learn and apply it to perform in an optimum way. This paper aims at...

This paper analyzes the new learning and network collaboration paradigms, their motivation and consequences. The origins of these practices are traced to the development of the Internet and the impact of globalization. The paper analyzes their advantages and the factors which have led to their development. Three contexts or diverse points of view h...