El objetivo de este documento es presentar diversos modelos que pueden ayudar a entender la evolución de la inflación en España, así como a hacer predicciones de la inflación a medio plazo. El estudio se basa en un análisis estadístico-econométrico de los datos de la inflación...

This paper examines the interplay between top and middle level managers as strategy-making settles and in subsequent managerial action. It reports on an exploratory case study at a car service company that has an aggressive expansion strategy. The study examines the context and characteristics...

Innovation from external sources has continued to grow in importance in recent years, in defiance of conventional wisdom advocating internal sourcing of core technologies. One important reason for the previous emphasis on internal sourcing of core technologies relates to concerns of horizontal...

The results presented in the following research paper are based on information collected by means of a questionnaire sent to 1,800 medium-sized and large Spanish family businesses. The owners and managers of these firms were asked about their perceptions of the frequency of violations of ethics...

Most recent work on Boards of Directors has been focused on what can be considered best practices for effective governance in terms of roles, composition, process and style. Furthermore, this literature can be divided among very practically oriented managerial work, and more rigorous,...

En los últimos años, Internet ha experimentado un crecimiento espectacular y se comenta que puede originar cambios en el modo de aprender, permitir mejoras en la presentación de contenidos, nuevas formas para ganar la atención del participante, maneras diferentes de desarrollar la...

We explore the relationship between the probability of a transition from paid work to self-employment and three explanatory variables: paid income, predicted income, and income for ability. We use panel data for heads of households from the PSID SRC sample for eight pairs of years. Our results...

Epistemology, methodology or philosophy of science, i.e., the foundations and validity of knowledge, have never been very popular subjects as applied to management research. Lately, though, the need for better theories and the methodological discussion underlying the creation of such theories...

The central question posed in this paper will be how to organize board composition in order to ensure responsible corporate governance both from a CSR and a good governance perspective. Adopting a stakeholder approach to corporate governance, we analyze the arguments given by different...

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the role of consultants, professional service firms or knowledge intermediaries in articulating the collective action of shareholders. The regulatory background is the current proposals for the reform of General Meetings of Shareholders in Spain. General...