M.Mar Fuentes-Fuentes

• Doctor of Business Administration
• Full Professor at University of Granada

El emprendimiento universitario posee un enorme potencial para impactar positivamente en la economía. Este informe analiza la relación entre la formación superior y el emprendimiento de calidad para el caso específico de Andalucía. Los datos proporcionados por el proyecto GEM confirman que los andaluces con formación universitaria tienen una mayor...

New venture creation is a long and complex process that requires significant personal effort. In this study, we analyse how high growth expectations influence new venture creation in nascent entrepreneurs. In addition, we aim to investigate the impact of competitive innovation on new venture creation through the mechanism established between high g...

La presente monografía colectiva “Presente y futuro de Melilla: estrategias de gobernanza y políticas públicas”, aborda el estudio de cuestiones que son de gran relevancia para el futuro de la Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla. Con un planteamiento pertinente y un enfoque institucionalmente neutral e independiente, la obra agrupa más de medio centenar de...

This study focuses on the prosocial motivation of entrepreneurs and its influence on the creation of a new firm, which is a novel approach with respect to other intrinsic and extrinsic motivations present in the entrepreneurial process that have been extensively studied by the academia. Using data from the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics (P...

Drawing on institutional and upper echelons theories, this study delves into the underexplored intersection of gender, context, and innovation performance among women entrepreneurs in Ecuador. Based on a sample of 45 women entrepreneurs, the study employs a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) and identifies six distinct paths to inno...

This study delves into intra‐organizational dimensions that might impact inclusive innovation. Based on the expectation states theory, we explore how gender diversity in management positions and on the board of directors affects inclusive innovation. Furthermore, drawing on the signaling theory, we examine the relationship between inclusive innovat...

Informe GUESSS 2021 – Espíritu Emprendedor del Estudiantado de la Universidad de Granada – Evolución 2014-2021. El proyecto Global University Entrepreneurial Spirit Students’ Survey (GUESSS) aporta información muy valiosa para ayudar a reforzar el papel de las universidades en el ecosistema emprendedor, así como para establecer acciones que foment...

Este informe analiza la situación de las emprendedoras rurales ofreciendo un panorama de sus perfiles personales y negocios con un doble objetivo: por un lado, visibilizar su relevante papel para el sostenimiento social y económico en estos territorios, y por otro, ayudar a establecer políticas acordes a sus necesidades empresariales que mantengan...

In this study, we present a new approach to understanding the persistence of nascent entrepreneurs, by examining the role played by context and cognition through the mediation of a self-regulatory mechanism. Drawing on a sample of 316 nascent entrepreneurs from the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics (PSED II), we first consider whether entrepr...

Purpose This study aims to describe how the Hoshin Kanri (HK) strategic methodology facilitates implementation of lean management (LM), achieving greater integration of the strategic and operational levels, resulting in higher performance level. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted an in-depth case study of a top-10 Spanish food retai...

En la primera parte de este trabajo, se exponen los resultados de una encuesta realizada entre empresas y autónomos andaluces sobre el conocimiento y el uso de esta tecnología en el ámbito empresarial. Este estudio ha revelado algunos resultados que deben ser considerados por los diferentes agentes e instituciones de cara a impulsar la adopción de...

El informe se ha realizado con las opiniones de 350 investigadoras e investigadores de 20 universidades españolas y analiza cuestiones relativas al concepto de transferencia, el tipo y grado de realización de actividades, la evaluación recibida a través del sexenio de transferencia, la financiación utilizada y el interés mostrado por agentes extern...

Effectuation theory offers new ways of understanding entrepreneurial decisions and it is opposed to the traditional, rational, and so-called causal approach. A significant portion of the effectuation literature is rooted in the idea of entrepreneurial experience and expertise, with conclusions suggesting that novice and expert entrepreneurs apply e...

Technology-based SMEs develop their activity in changing environments with strong competitive pressures. These conditions make them much more likely to innovate but also make the innovative process more challenging due to greater complexity of decisions about resources and establishment of actions to achieve favorable innovation results. Although p...

Among many dimensions of entrepreneurship, Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) has tracked the evolution of women’s entrepreneurship worldwide for well over two decades. In so doing, GEM has acted as a veritable observatory, bearing witness to how women’s entrepreneurship has gradually entered the hearts, minds and everyday realities of people in...

Este informe se ha realizado con los datos procedentes del más importante observatorio de emprendimiento a nivel internacional, el Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM). En este sentido, aporta información sobre el proceso emprendedor en su más amplio sentido (las emprendedoras actuales, las potenciales y las que han abandonado la actividad), a niv...

Influencia del contexto en el proceso emprendedor y el desempeño innovador de las empresas creadas y dirigidas por mujeres en Ecuador

El proyecto GEM aporta información sobre la actividad emprendedora observada en 43 países participantes en la edición 2020. El Informe GEM España 2020 adopta el modelo teórico y la metodología desarrollada en el consorcio internacional GEM para analizar y comparar los principales indicadores sobre la actividad emprendedora de los equipos investigad...

Purpose The purpose of this article is to determine the factors in the context of entrepreneurship that are evident in Ecuador, a country that has the highest rate of female entrepreneurship worldwide with 34% according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) (2019). Design/methodology/approach A qualitative study was carried out with 39 case...

For technology-based SMEs, with severe resource restrictions, tackling the innovative dynamics successfully is a major challenge. Given the uncertainty of the process and the environment these firms face greater difficulties in their decision-making process. Effectuation and causation are two decision-making logics for situations of uncertainty tha...

La partición de la población española en iniciativas emprendedoras en fase inicial se mantiene un año más en torno a la cifra de seis personas por cada cien. Con estos resultados, España se posiciona por debajo de la media de las economías de la Unión Europea participantes en el proyecto GEM en lo que respecta al porcentaje de emprendedores potenci...

La población española involucrada en negocios que se encuentran en fases iniciales del proceso emprendedor vuelve a aumentar ligeramente en el último año, manteniendo así los niveles de participación por encima del umbral de seis personas emprendedoras en fase inicial por cada cien personas de la población adulta. De acuerdo con el indicador de ac...

The purpose of the current study was to investigate the moderating effect of the support of environmental factors on the relationship between creative thinking and entrepreneurial attitudes among university students in Egypt and Spain. A questionnaire was used to collect data from a sample of 339 university students who were enrolled in tourism and...

The purpose of the current study was to investigate the moderating effect of the support of environmental factors on the relationship between creative thinking and entrepreneurial attitudes among university students in Egypt and Spain. A questionnaire was used to collect data from a sample of 339 university students who were enrolled in tourism and...

Although discovery and exploitation of entrepreneurial opportunities have often been attributed to an individual entrepreneur, scholars have increasingly recognized that entrepreneurship is a task performed by teams more than individuals and that the dynamics of entrepreneurial teams add new insights to entrepreneurship research (Klotz et al., Jour...

Las aspiraciones del emprendedor con respecto al futuro de su empresa pueden concebirse como antecedente de su potencial contribución económica, en términos de crecimiento en el empleo. En este trabajo presentamos un modelo explicativo de la alta aspiración de crecimiento del emprendedor, sobre el cual evaluamos la influencia del contexto en las re...

This paper explores the role of bricolage in the growth of social entrepreneurship organisations (SEOs). Building on the premises that (1) bricolage is based on the resources at hand and the subjective perspectives that individuals have of these resources, and (2) the characteristics of the top management team (TMT) are an indicator of the resource...

High-growth entrepreneurship emerges as a crucial economic phenomenon, given its remarkably positive impact on job creation and sustainable economic growth. We focus this study on entrepreneurs' high-growth expectation, as growth aspirations have been proven to be chief contributors to firm growth. Specifically, in light of the growing importance o...

This study explores the specific conditions under which key strategic alliances of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with commercial partners can become multiplex in knowledge exchange. Using survey data from a sample of 150 Spanish SMEs in the information and communication technology (ICT) industry, we find that trust creates an appropriat...

Purpose: Given the importance of high-impact entrepreneurship to economic growth, and the remarkable potential that women entrepreneurs have yet to contribute to the economic activity, in this study we propose a model to explain an entrepreneur’s high-growth expectation based on relevant strategic variables, additionally addressing the identificati...

The paper analyzes the influence of management capabilities on the innovation performance of technology-based SMEs and the role that gender diversity in the top management team plays in this relationship. We use a sample of 205 Spanish SMEs from technology sectors and a hierarchical regression analysis to test our hypotheses. The results confirm th...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to draw from an adapted model of the Theory of Planned Behaviour and from existing models of entrepreneurial intention (EI) to analyse the role of gender on academics’ perceptions concerning the commercialisation of their research results. In particular, the authors explore differences in perceptions arising f...

This paper investigates the relationship between business contacts and innovativeness in women-owned firms and how women entrepreneurs’ perception of gender stereotypes affects this relationship. Data were collected through a survey of 107 women entrepreneurs in Spain. The results show that maintaining close contacts with managers/entrepreneurs in...

This study explores the relationships between bricolage, firm performance and growth opportunities in contexts characterized by extreme resource scarcity. Using a sample of 160 Palestinian female entrepreneurs as representative of entrepreneurs acting in extremely resource-deprived environments, we find that bricolage has a positive influence on fi...

Ethical debate exists on the effect of gender diversity of the top management teams (TMTs) on organizations. This study aims to contribute to this debate by analyzing the effects of gender diversity of TMTs on the relationship between knowledge combination capability and organizations’ innovative performance. We use a sample of 205 small- and mediu...

This study explores the relationship between bricolage and firm performance and the contingency of the type of opportunity the firm seeks to exploit in contexts characterized by extreme resource scarcity. Using a sample of 160 Palestinian women-led firms we find that bricolage has a positive influence on firm performance. Furthermore, as predicted...

In this exploratory study, we examine the factors that underlie the emergence and salience of an entrepreneurial identity in academics involved in the creation of spinoffs. The emergence and salience of an entrepreneurial identity matters because it has been linked to a number of relevant entrepreneurial processes and outcomes, although academics r...

Drawing on institutional theory, this research analyses the role of formal and informal gendered institutions in female entrepreneurial activity across countries. Given the call for research on advancing in the explanation of the female entrepreneurship phenomenon and specifically with an international scope, we adopt a macro-level perspective in o...

This study seeks to offer new insights into the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and performance by focusing on the specific context of women-owned firms. In particular, it analyses the influence of entrepreneurial orientation and external knowledge acquisition on firm performance. The results obtained from a sample of Spanish women...

From a cognitive perspective, this study analyses academics' entrepreneurial intentions and how they are affected by the perception of support received through personal and professional social networks (including mentors, business networks and forums). In addition, we examine the mediator role of two relevant cognitive factors: entrepreneurial atti...

The dire economic situation in Mexico, with its high rate of unemployment, makes it necessary for many women to find some form of economic activity to provide income for their families. Although such conditions could encourage the creation of new firms, the results of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2006 Report show a gap between the number of...

Purpose – This study analyses the role of social networks and their effects on academics' entrepreneurial intentions (AEI), from an academic cognitive perspective. Specifically, the paper investigates how business (distinguishing between industrial and financial links) and personal social networks, through opportunity-relevant information and suppo...

The present study advances in the research about identification of entrepreneurial opportunities, by analyzing the moderating effect that social network's size and strength may have on the relationship of prior knowledge and alertness with opportunity identification. We draw on a sample made up of 199 Andalusian entrepreneurs to perform a regressio...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the effects of product and process innovation on the relationships between knowledge combination capability and organizational performance. Design/methodology/approach The data were collected from small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) belonging to the sector of Spanish technology‐based firms (TBF...

The relevance of tourism for the economy and development in Spain has motivated academic research on the tourist sector. Our study analyzes the international impact of this scholarship and provides researchers connected to the economy and business management with an examination of the main topics researched in this discipline. To do so, we perform...

The contingent perspective on the corporate entrepreneurship–performance relationship has focused mainly on the influence of factors either environmental or internal to the organization. Only recently have researchers turned their attention to the relational context and specifically to inter-organizational alliances’ potential to influence this rel...

Resumen La presente investigación adopta una perspectiva relacional del comportamiento emprendedor de las empresas y analiza la influencia de la adquisición de conocimiento a través de relaciones interorganizativas sobre la orientación emprendedora. Introduce una nueva variable, el capital social de segundo orden, para explicar cómo la adquisición...

This paper examines how the characteristics of CEOs' social networks, such as the size of the network and the strength of the ties, influence strategic flexibility from a strategic change perspective. External social networks can affect strategic flexibility positively. Previous experience with strategic change will influence external social networ...

The phenomenon of women’s entrepreneurship has been growing in importance over the last decade due to the significant increase in firms founded by women. The current study seeks to analyze the results achieved in small women-owned firms by explaining the extent to which they acquire and exploit the capabilities needed to obtain sustainable competit...

This paper focuses on the effects of business contacts on the development of key entrepreneurial capabilities such as innovativeness in women-owned firms. To test our hypotheses, we use two different datasets referred to Spain in 2006. The joint analysis of both datasets indicates that knowing an entrepreneur could constitute more a model to follow...

This paper examines how the characteristics of CEOs' social networks, such as the size of the network and the strength of the ties, influence strategic flexibility from a strategic change perspective. External social networks can affect strategic flexibility positively. Previous experience with strategic change will influence external social networ...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to clarify whether there are differences in the implementation of quality management (QM) and the results achieved, based on the position of the person responsible for QM and his/her strategic priorities. Design/methodology/approach Data from 256 firms that have implemented QM are collected. A multigroup analys...

A firm's collaborative context can represent an important source of knowledge for sustaining its entrepreneurial outcomes. Drawing on entrepreneurship and resource-based view literature, we study how the acquisition of knowledge from inter-firm ties affects the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and performance, distinguishing between...

A firm's collaborative context can represent an important source of knowledge for sustaining its entrepreneurial outcomes. Drawing on entrepreneurship and resource-based view literature, we study how the acquisition of knowledge from inter-firm ties affects the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and performance, distinguishing between...

In this study we analyze the effects of prior knowledge and social networks on the exploitation of entrepreneurial opportunities. The prior knowledge considered is associated with the successes and failures experienced in the entrepreneurial trajectory and, therefore, derived from the exploitation of prior opportunities. In analyzing social network...

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the study of the factors and characteristics that may influence the entrepreneurial process, focusing specifically on the identification of entrepreneurial opportunities. Our study analyzes a sample of 241 Andalusian entrepreneurs that have driven one or several entrepreneurial opportunities. The result...

The present investigation analyzes the way that quality management (QM) implantation depends on the manager who leads the process and, in the mean time, raises the question of his openness to change as depending of his experience, age and training in quality. Moreover, through an regression analysis of a sample of 256 firms that have implanted this...

El propósito de este trabajo es establecer un marco de referencia para el estudio de la relación entre dos conceptos, Orientación Emprendedora (EO) y Gestión de la Calidad Total (TQM), tradicionalmente tratados como independientes, así como el efecto de dicha relación en el desempeño organizacional. Tras una breve revisión de la literatura en cada...

La evolución del Entrepreneurship como área de investigación ha sido objeto de varios estudios desde disciplinas como la economía, la gestión empresarial o la historia de la ciencia, dada su juventud y la polémica generada en torno a su definición. El presente trabajo se propone realizar una breve revisión de la literatura creada alrededor de este...

This study aims to determine if there are differences in quality management (QM) implementation across competitive environments and if so, how and why they differ. With these objectives, we develop several propositions relating the competitive environment to QM implementation practices. To test our propositions, we gathered a sample of 273 European...

Although rural tourism is a relatively new phenomenon in some countries, and in spite of the fact that quality provides a competitive advantage, it remains infrequently studied in rural accommodation. This paper develops a scale by which to measure the quality of service in rurally located tourism lodgings, with a view to providing a tool that will...

RESUMEN La legitimidad de la perspectiva de Thomas Kuhn en organización de empresas ha inducido a un continuo debate sobre la necesidad de tener un paradigma generalmente aceptado en entrepreneurship. Tras revisar el debate centrado en la existencia de un paradigma, queremos poner de manifiesto el progreso científico en el marco de un programa de i...

Purpose To ascertain whether any relationship exists between the main processes of human resource management involved in the internal labour market (training and internal recruitment) and the use of temporary help workers (THW) in Spain. Design/methodology/approach Take into account the perspective complementary between internal and external emplo...

This paper examines the relationship between strategy and Total Quality Management (TQM) implementation, as well as the impact of the adaptation of both to organizational performance. We have used the emphasis on cost leadership, differentiation on marketing and differentiation on innovation as strategic dimensions to develop four great strategic c...

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The adequate management of knowledge transfers is considered a key factor for improving the organization’s performance and long-term survival. The relationship between the principles and practices considered appropriate in literature on quality management, as well as on knowledge management, do, to a great extent, coincide. This paper studies the i...

One recurrent theme within the literature on total quality management (TQM) is the study of its effect on organizational performance. Nonetheless, most research has focused on analyzing the relationships between the implementation of different elements and several types of performance. This paper incorporates the effect of organizational environmen...

This paper aims to determine whether the working environment that bank employees perceive is related to their affective responses and their perception about the service quality that is provided at their bank. More specifically, the study extends and links previous works by researching into the relationships between the organizational obstacles perc...

Tradicionalmente la literatura sobre Gestión de la Calidad Total (TQM) ha considerado que su adopción tiene un carácter universal, ea decir, puede ser aplicada uniformemente en todas las organizaciones. Sin embargo, la práctica ha demostrado que el nivel de implantación de sus elementos y los resultados logrados difieren de unas empresas a otras. E...

This article's goal is about analysing, which are the main research topics in quality management and methodological features. A framework for quality-related topics have been developed from a database of 180 papers published in Spanish management journals. Identification of trends both in research intensity of different topics and methodological-re...

Existing management literature acknowledges that there are fundamental operational dif- ferences between small and large firms. This study examines wether a firm's size affects its Total Quality Management (TQM) implementation strategy.

De unos años a esta parte han sido muchas las empresas que han decidido implantar la Gestión de la Calidad Total, persuadidas por sus innumerables beneficios y su potencial competitivo. De hecho, el número de empresas que en España ha obtenido un certificado de aseguramiento del sistema de calidad ha crecido espectacularmente. No obstante, cabe pre...

En el presente trabajo presentamos los resultados obtenidos en un estudio sobre las citaciones realizadas por los artículos publicados en las revistas editadas en España que tratan sobre temas relacionados con la calidad. Sobre una muestra de 2.869 citas realizadas en 183 artículos publicados de 1990 a 1999, hemos encontrado que la revista que mayo...

El propósito de este trabajo consiste en explorar tres constructos interrelacionados - satisfacción en los contactos, satisfacción global y calidad percibida- en un esfuerzo por comprender si los destinatarios de los servicios distinguen entre los mismos. Una muestra de consumidores respondió a medidas cuantitativas de la satisfacción y de la calid...

RESUMEN Los fracasos experimentados por algunas empresas que han adoptado la Gestión de la Cali-dad Total (TQM), así como la necesidad de justificar su conveniencia, han dado lugar a una importante línea de investigación sobre su incidencia en el desempeño organizacional. Así, diferentes trabajos han relacionado los elementos de implantación de la...

Sumario: Calidad: concepto y evolución -- Conceptos básicos y filosofía de la calidad total -- Los gurús de la calidad -- El diagnóstico de la calidad -- El sistema de planificación y control de la calidad -- Los programas de calidad total -- Técnicas para la gestión de la calidad total -- Gestión de la calidad de servicio -- Normalización y certif...

Este trabajo tiene como objetivo clarificar, por un lado, si la apertura al cambio de los directivos que implantan la gestión de la calidad influye en el grado de implantación y en los resultados logrados y, por otro, atendiendo a la posición que ocupa el directivo que impulsa la adopción, si las prioridades estratégicas son diferentes, así como lo...