Raquel Sanz Valle

• University of Murcia

The data comes from research analyzing the effect of business model innovation on firms' export performance and, also, the role of organizational agility and open innovation as antecedents of business model innovation. The population in this study was comprised by 1518 Spanish exporting manufacturing companies, and the final valid sample included 1...

Purpose The objective of this study is to analyze the process of reverse knowledge transfer (RKT) occurring in multinational companies (MNCs), examining whether headquarters' absorptive capacity and the human resource management (HRM) practices developed by the parent unit influence success. Design/methodology/approach The data were collected thro...

La ecoinnovación o innovación ecológica consiste en la modificación, mejora o desarrollo de nuevos productos, procesos y tecnologías que influye favorablemente en el medio ambiente y contribuye a la sostenibilidad ambiental. En los últimos años la ecoinnovación ha experimentado un gran auge debido al incremento de las leyes de protección ambiental...

El Barómetro de la innovación 2023 estudia la situación de la actividad innovadora de las empresas de la Región de Murcia en el periodo 2020-2022. Con la misma metodología que en el anterior barómetro correspondiente a los años 2017-2019, en este estudio se ha entrevistado a una muestra representativa del tejido empresarial murciano compuesta por 2...

Purpose This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of the relationship between innovation and export performance by examining the effect of different types of innovation on export performance and testing the assumption underlying most studies in the field that competitive advantage mediates this relationship. Design/methodology/approach Fr...

El objetivo principal de este libro es describir la actividad exportadora y de innovación de las empresas industriales murcianas, estudiar si el realizarlas se asocia a que la empresa obtenga mejores resultados y si existe relación entre esas dos estrategias empresariales. Para abordar el objetivo propuesto, este trabajo se estructura en dos partes...

La Cátedra de Innovación para la Especialización Inteligente de la Universidad de Murcia, financiada por el Instituto de Fomento (INFO) de la Región de Murcia, presenta en este informe los resultados del primer Barómetro de la Innovación elaborado por el Observatorio de la Innovación de la Región de Murcia. El objetivo del Observatorio es el de rea...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: to study the relationship between reverse knowledge transfer (RKT) and headquarters’ innovation, examining potential moderators of such relationship, and to analyze the role of headquarters’ absorptive capacity (AC) and the coordination mechanisms they adopt as antecedents of RKT. Design/methodology/ap...

En la actual sociedad del conocimiento, un elemento de gran importancia para que las empresas obtengan ventajas competitivas sostenibles es que formen a sus recursos humanos. En el caso de las cooperativas agroalimentarias, la formación cobra aún mayor relevancia por tratarse de organizaciones participativas en cuya administración y dirección tiene...

La apuesta por el talento en las cooperativas agroalimentarias La formación como palanca para el crecimiento

In the current economic landscape, the importance of innovation for the competitiveness of companies is increasingly recognized. The literature points to entrepreneurship as an important source of innovation. Although it is considered that the entrepreneurial orientation affects the results of the innovation, the empirical evidence in a country lik...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically analyse the mediator effect of innovative work behaviour (IWB) between the firm’s human resource management system and product innovation. Design/methodology/approach Data are collected from 225 Spanish manufacture companies. Hypotheses are tested using structured equation modelling. The struct...

Product innovation, in particular radical product innovation, is considered to have a positive effect on company success. As a consequence, there is growing interest in the literature on how to foster radical product innovation. Organizational culture is frequently cited as an antecedent. The underlying assumption is that the culture facilitates ra...

Developing and commercialising successful products is crucial if a firm is to gain a lasting competitive edge. It is widely held that organisational culture is a key determinant of new products success. Some studies suggest that culture has a positive effect on the proficiency with which firms develop new product process, and that is what explains...

There is widely held assumption that knowledge is one of the most important drivers of firm’s performance. Multinational companies (MNCs) have the potential advantage of acquiring and utilizing knowledge across borders. But for this potential advantage to become real, the knowledge generated in any of their units around the world should be transfer...

Innovation is considered to be one of the key factors that influence the long-term success of a company in the competitive markets of today. As a result, there is a growing interest in the further study of the determining factors of innovation. Today, the focus is on these factors related to people and behavior, emphasizing the role of organization...

Purpose – This paper aims to assess the importance of different knowledge management practices to promote organizational innovation in multinational companies. The links among internationalization, reverse knowledge transfer and social capital and organizational innovation are analyzed. Design/methodology/approach – Structural equation modeling wa...

Does investment in training lead to improved results? Most research in this area defends this idea. However, the empirical evidence does not always support it. According to the literature, this is due, in part, to methodological problems of empirical research in this issue. This paper tries to solve one of them – the lack of homogeneity in the samp...

Aunque, en general, la literatura defiende que la formación mejora los resultados empresariales, la investigación empírica no siempre encuentra evidencia de este efecto. Una explicación puede encontrarse en el hecho de que la formación no tenga un impacto directo sobre los resultados sino que su efecto sea indirecto. Este trabajo plantea que el apr...

Multinational companies require from mechanisms to capture and apply new knowledge that could be used in their current operations in order to be competitive. One of the objectives of this knowledge is the generation of innovations. In this paper, we try to show how the degree of internationalization is related to the generation of innovations. For...

Organizational innovation is one of the main tools for attaining a competitive advantage. Multinational corporations operate in different countries may capture new knowledge from diverse markets, customers or suppliers. This paper focuses on the knowledge transfer from the subsidiaries to the headquarters (knowledge transfer reverse). Furthermore,...

Purpose ‐ This paper aims to study the effect of HRM practices on the knowledge management process, focusing on HRM practices both in isolation and forming a knowledge-oriented HR system. Design/methodology/approach ‐ After reviewing the relevant literature, the paper empirically analyzes the relationship between knowledge-oriented HR practices and...

The purpose of this article is to analyse the relationship between an innovation versus imitation strategy on new product success. Furthermore, an analysis is made on whether the type of innovation mediates that relationship and whether environmental conditions (market dynamism and technological turbulence) moderate it. Our findings for a sample of...

Resumen La importancia que tiene hoy la innovación como fuente de ventaja competitiva ha generado un interés creciente por identificar sus determinantes. Entre ellos, la literatura destaca que la cultura organizativa puede estimular la innovación pero también obstaculizarla, en función de los valores y de los comportamientos que potencie. Sin embar...

In spite of the costs involved in international mobility of workers, firms seek to encourage the practice on the grounds that it is the main mechanism for knowledge transfer between its locations, thus helping the business to be more competitive. International workers' contribution to the firm depends on the degree to which they are able to adjust...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of organizational learning on technical innovation and the role of organizational culture as a determinant of the organizational learning processes. Design/methodology/approach After reviewing the literature on organizational learning and its relationship with both, technical innovation an...

Literature examines the relationship between innovation and performance and asserts a positive relationship between organizational learning and both performance and innovation. However, few empirical studies analyze these relationships together. This article explores those relationships using SEM with data from 451 Spanish firms. The findings show...

Purpose Innovation is crucial for attaining a competitive advantage for companies. Innovation, versus imitation, motivates companies to launch new products and become pioneers on markets. Many factors have been shown to be determinants for supporting an organizational innovative orientation. One of them is organizational culture. The objective of t...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study empirically the relationships among organizational culture and product innovation. Design/methodology/approach The paper formulates some hypotheses from the literature review. These hypotheses are tested using structural equations modelling with data collected from 420 firms. Findings Organizational c...

Purpose This paper aims to analyze the repatriation adjustment process of international employees in the Spanish context. The paper also aims to test the applicability of Black et al. 's repatriation adjustment model for Spanish repatriates. Design/methodology/approach The paper reports on empirical quantitative research, based on data from 124 Sp...

One of the main problems associated with the international assignments of employees is the high turnover rate of the repatriates on their return. International human resource management (IHRM) has focused its attention on identifying the factors that can lead the organization to retain these individuals when they come back. However, the satisfactio...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study empirically the relationships between market orientation, organizational learning, innovation and performance. Design/methodology/approach This paper formulates some hypotheses from the literature review. These hypotheses are tested using structural equations modelling with data collected from 744 firm...

Nowadays, it has become clear that the capacity of organizations to innovate and manage their human resources can be sources of competitive advantage. Recently, literature also asserts a positive relationship between human resource management and innovation. However, very little empirical research has specifically addressed those relationships. Usi...

El objetivo de este trabajo es describir la situación del sistema de I+D de la Región de Murcia en comparación con la situación de este sistema para el conjunto del territorio español. Para ello, se han analizado los principales indicadores de la actividad de I+D: esfuerzo en I+D y resultados de la misma así como la actividad de las empresas innova...

Executives in today's business world are increasingly conscious that the competitive advantage of international companies rests upon unique global knowledge and experience. Consequently, the retention of executives with these skills is one of the main concerns of international organizations. Dissatisfaction with the job assigned after expatriation...

Little empirical research has focused on the repatriation process of international employees despite the increasing number of expatriations that take place and the consequences of its failure. Based on a ten cases study, this research provides an in-depth analysis of the adjustment difficulties repatriates face when they come back from internationa...

Recent literature has highlighted the importance of human resource management, knowledge management, and technical innovation as key elements for achieving competitive advantage. Furthermore, research has shown a positive relationship between these three variables. However, empirical research on this issue is still scarce. This paper analyzes those...

This study analyzes the key issues affecting the repatriation adjustment process of international workers and the impact of this process on repatriates’ performance, satisfaction and turnover intentions when they have returned to their parent companies. A total of 122 Spanish repatriates participated in the study. The findings confirm previous lite...

In literature, the importance of an effective repatriation management is well recognised. However, re- search on repatriation is still scarce. Using a sample of 122 Spanish repatriates, this study analyses the repatriates´ adjustment process to their company when they return to Spain after an international assignment. This research identifies the m...

Resumen: Utilizando una muestra de 316 empresas españolas se analiza si las distintas prácticas de formación que la empresa proporciona a sus directivos y vendedores influyen en los resultados que obtiene. La mayoría de estudios publicados sobre formación de trabajadores coinciden en señalar que esta actividad tiene un efecto positi- vo sobre los r...

More and more innovation and organizational learning are considered to be strategic elements for the firm in order to face the environment¿s challenges. Furthermore, literature defends not only that innovation and organizational learning affect on firm results but that there is a relationship between them. This paper analyses those relationships us...

Purpose This study aims to analyse the relationship between innovation and human resource management (HRM) from an empirical perspective, attempting to establish whether innovation determines the firm's HRM or conversely HRM influences the innovation level of the company Design/methodology/approach Literature is reviewed from both theoretical and...

La vuelta a casa de los trabajadores expatriados, esto es, su repatriación, es un proceso complejo en el que a menudo surgen problemas que impiden la adaptación de estos trabajadores al nuevo contexto laboral y social al que se enfrentan. Cuando esto sucede, su rendimiento y motivación se reducen, lo que afecta negativamente a los resultados de la...

Currently, there is general agreement about the importance of training as a tool to help companies in the development of sustainable competitive advantages based on their human resources. However, the investment of companies in training activities is still very low. Among other reasons, that is due to the fact that they do not evaluate the effects...

A pesar de que la formación se considera imprescindible para que la empresa pueda desarrollar ventajas competitivas sostenibles y de que los directivos suelen ser el colectivo al que se dedica la mayor parte de las inversiones en esta área, poco se sabe sobre las repercusiones que esto tiene en los resultados globales de la empresa. Por ello, el pr...

En la actualidad, la formación de los trabajadores está adquiriendo gran importancia. A pesar de ello, muchas empresas se muestran reacias a invertir en formación, en gran medida porque desconocen qué efectos puede tener esto sobre sus resultados, lo que evidencia la necesidad de evaluar la formación. Sin embargo, los estudios que analizan el efect...

La dirección estratégica de recursos humanos se puede entender como la última etapa de un proceso de transformación experimentado por la gestión de personal en las últimas décadas, caracterizado por su progresivo acercamiento a la estrategia de la empresa. En nuestra opinión este proceso es consecuencia, principalmente, de los cambios que se han id...

La realidad empresarial actual se caracteriza por un entorno de gran complejidad, en el que la innovación tecnológica, el incremento de la competencia global y doméstica, la desregulación de los mercados, la reestructuración organizacional, la obsolescencia ocupacional, los cambios demográficos y las modificaciones en la demanda de los clientes y d...

2.º Premio Estudios Financieros 2000Modalidad: Recursos Humanos Desde que surge el enfoque estratégico de recursos humanos en los años ochenta, se ha tratado de investigar empíricamente la relación existente entre las prácticas de gestión de recursos humanos y los resultados de la empresa. Los estudios realizados se han centrado, básicamente, en el...

. A growing international competition and an accelerating technological change characterizes current business environment. To face up with this challenges, firm's capacity of adaptation is critical. To develop that capacity companies needs skilled, motivated and flexible employees. Then, training is becoming an indispensable element in order to be...

Over recent years there has been an increasing interest in the field of human resource management. Currently, the literature encourages the consideration of human resources as strategic factors, not only because they play important role in strategy implementation, also because they are beginning to be reckoned as sources of sustainable competitive...

La formación es, sin lugar a dudas, una herramienta clave para que las empresas afronten con éxito las, cada vez mayores, presiones competitivas a las que se ven sometidas. Sin embargo, existe todavía una gran desconfianza acerca de la misma y son muchos los interrogantes que se plantean: ¿es una buena inversión?, ¿tendrá resultados?, ¿cuáles?, ¿cu...

En los últimos años es creciente el interés y los recursos que instituciones europeas (Fondo Social Europeo) y nacionales (Fundación para la Formación Continua) prestan a la formación de los recursos humanos con el fin, tanto de mejorar las condiciones de las empresas para competir y crear valor, como para contribuir a la reducción del desempleo. N...

Due to the relevance of innovation as competitive advantage, literature has tried to identify its main determinants. Today, organizational culture is considered to be on of the key elements both for enhancing or inhibiting innovation. However, empirical research on this issue is still very scarce. Hence, up to now it is not clear how different type...