Luz María Marín-Vinuesa

Universidad de La Rioja (Spain) | UNIRIOJA · Economy and Business

This study empirically examines the effects of the acceptance of e-learning Web-apps by student on the learning outcomes achieved with their use. With this objective, two theoretically recognized purposes for use these apps were tested in a blended learning model, as a way to change the traditional face-to-face classrooms activities (apps we called...

This study investigates the intangible assets related to the circular economy, defined as ‘circular patents’, that are classified and measured to be bundled into the innovation capabilities of a firm. The impact of a business’s capabilities on its level of circular patent activism is empirically analysed in this study in a theoretical framework of...

Purpose This study aims to define and measure the capabilities applied by firms to waste-related patents and their relations with the businesses economic performance to support decision-making towards a circular economy (CE). Design/methodology/approach A model of cause-and-effect relationships between firms' waste-related patents and the firm' ca...

Training is a key resource for fostering knowledge as a competitive asset. As in other fields, in learning, innovation emerges with disruptive methods such as gamification. Serious games are a proven efficient training method based on the incorporation of traditional elements of games, such as entertainment, into learning. But as with any other inn...

The aim of this study is to test whether the use of non-financial quality performance indicators reduces bankruptcy probabilities. A questionnaire was sent to the population of small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from the Spanish furniture industry. The final sample consists of 126 SMEs from the referred industry during the recent economic cr...

Purpose This paper aims to define and measure the environmental capabilities that are applied when the circular economy (CE) is introduced in businesses. Founded on the dynamic capabilities theoretical approach, the study analyzes different environmental competences that firms apply during this process. Environmental management systems, corporate s...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the determinants of successful eco-innovation processes, using R&D intensity and green patents as metrics for eco-innovation measurement and analysis. Design/methodology/approach The paper reports the results of a quantitative study based on a sample of 2,218 firms with proactive profiles in eco-inno...

In recent years, a number of case studies of the circular economy in business have been analysed by academics. However, some areas of research are little explored at the micro level, such as the study of the characteristics of the financial resources applied to investments to introduce circular activities in businesses. Therefore, the main objectiv...

The main objective of this article is to contribute empirically to the understanding of the impact that eco-innovation has on firms’ financial performance within the framework of the resources-based view. Specifically, eco-innovation is measured by using eco-innovative activities and financial resources applied to eco-innovation to argue that the i...

Despite the growing number of studies on eco-innovation, the measurement of the specific financial resources applied to the eco-innovation process by firms and its internal management have not been thoroughly elucidated to date. Therefore, the main objectives of this study is to define, classify, and measure different dimensions of financial resour...

Entender cómo y por qué cambia el nivel de costos es fundamental para administrar eficientemente una organización. Tradicionalmente, los costos se dividen en fijos y variables, según varíen o no con respecto al nivel de actividad. Sin embargo, los estudios empíricos más recientes muestran evidencia de costos “pegajosos” (sticky costs) porque su res...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether first level measures in the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) declaring a cause-effect relationship by design are composite indices of lower measures, and if they converge into a single factor as is traditionally accepted in the BSC literature. Design/methodology/approach This study reports resu...

Resumen: En este trabajo se analiza la relación entre la edad y el rendimiento académico universitario en un curso de adaptación al Grado en Administración y Dirección de Empresas que por su naturaleza, dirigido a titulados de la anterior ordenación en España, posibilita la creación de grupos de población heterogénea. Para ello se prepara y analiza...

This paper, which is of interest to practitioners, will analyse companies in the manufacturing sector that hold Spanish and European environmental patents, linking the registered green patents with the economic and financial characteristics of the companies. Specifically, the relationship between green patents and the collaboration of companies wit...

Entender los motivos que guían la implantación y certificación de sistemas de calidad ISO 9000 es fundamental para conocer las ventajas que derivan de la misma. Los estudios más recientes sugieren que es necesaria una fuerte cultura de calidad en la empresa certificada para que dicha iniciativa suponga mejoras en los resultados empresariales. Este...

To understand how and why the level cost changes is essential to effciently manage an organization. Traditional cost accounting classifies them into fixed and variable, whether they change or not with changes in the activity level. Nevertheless, recent empirical research shows evidence of sticky costs because their response is stronger when the act...

To understand how and why the level cost changes is essential to effciently manage an organization. Traditional cost accounting classifies them into fixed and variable, whether they change or not with changes in the activity level. Nevertheless, recent empirical research shows evidence of sticky costs because their response is stronger when the act...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between ISO 9000:2000 certification and business results. It aims to provide reliable and valid constructs for measuring quality results and operative results in a specific sector: the furniture industry in Spain and to test the effects of certification on the aforementioned results...

RESUMEN El presente artículo analiza si existe un comportamiento distinto en los factores que afectan al uso de los indicadores no financieros, y en los beneficios que se derivan de dicho uso, entre empresas certificadas con la norma ISO 9000 y empresas no certificadas con dicha norma. El trabajo empírico se realiza sobre el sector industrial del m...

This paper analyzes if the variables that affect the use of non-fi nancial measures, and the benefi ts that are involved from this use, are different from ISO 9000 certifi ed and non-certifi ed companies. The empirical study is carried on Spanish furniture industry. In fi rst analysis we demonstrate that ISO 9000 accreditation and quality commitmen...

Este estudio analiza si el nivel de implantación de prácticas de gestión de la calidad total, y el nivel de resultados empresariales, son factores que caracterizan a las empresas certificadas con la norma ISO 9000 en la industria nacional del mueble. Asimismo, se comprueba la posible relación de determinados aspectos TQM con la mejora de los result...

This paper synthesizes the research based on the relationship between quality and performance. This review is carried out from different research design types: measures of quality management and business performance, and different research models. We focus our review on research studies written to analyze the relationship between TQM and business p...

This paper attempts to develop a consistent theory for the choice of performance contracts in agriculture by analyzing the trade-off between quantity and quality and the presence of competence and uncertainty on the basis of the expected utility theory. This theory is able to explain many contract-related issues, such as why the performance contrac...

The central purpose of this paper is to examine the incentive contract as an equilibrium phenomenon. We analyse a model of vertical differentiation in which we deal with the strategic role of the competitor’s decisions in a successive duopoly. Is it better for a processor to offer an incentive contract to an upstream producer or the spot market? We...

El presente estudio sintetiza las contribuciones realizadas en la investigación sobre la calidad y su relación con los resultados. La revisión se lleva a cabo considerando la variada casuística que se ha utilizado en el diseño de los trabajos analizados, desde distintas medidas para reflejar la gestión de la calidad o los resultados conseguidos por...

The implementation and certification of QA systems has become a widespread practice in the business world. Measurement and control systems adopted by businesses should reflect their level of commitment to quality management. Generally speaking, the need to develop non-financial indicators supporting the implementation of QA systems and their subseq...

The implementation of quality management practices does not always lead to an improvement in the financial-economic results of firms. The support of management initiatives such as TQM with nonfinancial measures can contribute positively to the successful implementation of such initiatives. This study analyses the impact of non-financial measures on...

La implantación y certificación de sistemas de calidad se ha convertido en una de las prácticas más generalizadas en el ámbito empresarial. El sistema de medición y control adoptado por la empresa debería ser un reflejo de su grado de compromiso con la gestión de la calidad. De manera generalizada, se admite la necesidad de desarrollar indicadores...