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Supporting new product creation in the Mondragón Valley
MacGregor, Steven P.; Arana, Joseba; Parra, Igor; Pilar … - In: European Journal of Innovation Management 9 (2006) 4, pp. 418-443
Purpose – Within the Mondragón Valley – an industrial heartland in the Basque Country, in the North of Spain – there … showcasing the real industrial innovation needs of a European region. The model evolved from several notable works in the NPD … of the developed model. As such, insight is presented into a European area with a tradition of innovation, together with …
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Innovation for sustainability: a conceptual framework
Caiazza, Rosa - In: Journal of Management Development 36 (2017) 1, pp. 37-47
Purpose Most articles in the field of management evidence that knowledge transfer enhances firms’ innovation …, productivity and employment. Despite of the amount of studies a systematization of dimensions of knowledge transfer and its effects … firms’ competitiveness. Findings The paper provides a conceptual paper on the role of innovation for sustainability …
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E‐government in practice
Criado, J. Ignacio; Carmen Ramilo, M. - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 16 (2003) 3, pp. 191-218
This article studies the experience of Web site use within the local level of government in Spain. It presents an …
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The relevance of Spanish local financial reporting to credit institution decisions
López Hernández, Antonio M.; Caba Pérez, Carmen - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 17 (2004) 2, pp. 118-135
Financial reporting information had been aimed mainly at internal users and audit offices, but this has changed in recent years. Potential users have widened, among whom we should mention certain financial institutions, owing to their particular relevance. In this context, based on a sample of...
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Temporary employment and technical efficiency in Spain
Angeles Diaz‐Mayans, Maria; Sanchez, Rosario - In: International Journal of Manpower 25 (2004) 2, pp. 181-194
Analyses how the high proportion of temporary employment affects the firm's technical efficiency. Uses the stochastic frontier approach to measure the technical efficiency of the Spanish manufacturing firms during the period 1990‐2001. A negative relation between technical efficiency and the...
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Corporate business strategy, career management and recruitment: do Spanish firms adhere to a contingency model?
Martín, A.F.; Romero, F.P.; Valle, C.R.; Dolan, S.L. - In: Career Development International 6 (2001) 3, pp. 149-156
This study attempts to examine career management from a contingency perspective while making specific provisions to the Spanish cultural context. The underlying assumption is that the career focus is contingent on both the broader context (corporate business policy) and the human resource...
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Price discrimination in retailing
Rondán Cataluña, Francisco Javier - In: International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management 32 (2004) 4, pp. 205-215
In this paper, price and promotional selling variations for non‐durable goods in Spain are tested. An overview of price … promotional sales of different product categories vary between different geographical areas within Spain. An idea of the …
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Opinion poll about tax audit
Arenas del Buey Torres, Pablo - In: Managerial Auditing Journal 19 (2004) 8, pp. 979-1005
The research focuses on a survey addressed to specialists in the field of financial audit. The purpose is to find out their opinion on aspects related to tax audit, principally in its private but also in its public dimension. Some conclusions are: scope – a high percentage (75 percent) thinks...
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Trading systems designed by genetic algorithms
Núñez‐Letamendia, Laura - In: Managerial Finance 28 (2002) 8, pp. 87-106
1987‐1996 share price data from the Madrid Stock Exchange (Spain) and a buy‐and‐hold strategy in the IBEX‐35 index as a …
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Performance evaluation considering the coskewness
Rodríguez, Rosa - In: Managerial Finance 32 (2006) 4, pp. 375-392
asset pricing literature. This approach is a fairly recent innovation in the evaluation of investment performance. Findings …
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