This paper analyzes from a resource-based view the management characteristics of Spanish small and medium enterprises (SMEs) according to their strategic orientation consequences in terms firm performance business efficiency. The typology strategies formulated by Miles Snow has important implications for management, because depending on adopted—defender, prospector, or analyzer—the can emphasize great extent some aspects such as technological position, innovation, organizational design,...

This paper studies the relationships between family involvement and internationalization of small medium enterprises (SMEs), examining effects exerted by three main dimensions that comprise concept familiness: power, experience, culture. Disentangling influence familiness lead us to discover combined family's governance, generation, culture on SMEs' export activity. The results, using F-PEC scale over a sample 500 Spanish firms, show this multidimensional approach better identifies...

This study characterizes employee compensation in family owned and managed firms compared to that nonfamily professionally firms. The general results show differs between is an important finding because understand designs it necessary the role of ownership concentration management composition firm, since components are explicitly defined according risk sharing interest owners, CEO, employees.

Previous empirical evidence has suggested that knowledge management and human resource practices can interact in order to improve firm performance. Based on this idea, the purpose of study is propose test an integrative model examines strategic as a catalytic mechanism influencing effectiveness management. Our findings confirm strategies positively influence performance through certain high work – selective staffing, intensive training, active participation, comprehensive appraisal,...

The influence of the family on human resource (HR) management structures creates important idiosyncrasies with potential implications in terms firm performance. Based agency and socioemotional wealth perspectives, this paper examines formalization effectiveness three basic HR practices – selection, training compensation different contexts non-family firms. Using a sample 500 Spanish companies, results show that higher degree has positive performance, confirming negative moderating...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the tax aggressiveness among family firms considering their different levels involvement. Based on influence power, experience, and culture approach proposed by Astrachan et al. (2002), study examines what extent heterogeneity generates distinctive (and unique resource) combinations involvement that explain aggressiveness. Design/methodology/approach A sample 282 small medium-sized enterprises a structural equation modeling have been used...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine how family governance and technological capabilities influence the conversion new knowledge obtained from exports into various innovation outputs, a phenomenon called “learning-by-exporting (LBE).” Design/methodology/approach To properly causal links proposed in study, first, control for endogeneity. Second, propensity-score matching longitudinal analysis conducted, particularly robust empirical method that enhances reliability non-experimental...

Purpose This paper aims to narrow the gap caused by lack of literature relating three concepts corporate sustainability, organizational resilience and purpose in context corporations. A framework that explains how these are related effectively merged for long-term survival proposed. Design/methodology/approach systematic review is carried out. It explained, first, initial search strategies identify those documents define each concept with which associated. Subsequently, it designed a...

This paper adopts a configurational approach to explore the degree of matching among typologies organizational culture and categories family firm. Based on sample 491 Spanish firms with diverse levels involvement using cultural assessment instrument (OCAI), results show that owned managed professionally are characterized by clan typology while market hierarchy cultures more relevant in non-family firms. Potential determinants consequences these matches explained discussed. Este trabajo...

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic posed a major challenge to universities. It forced them face the urgent need rapidly transform their traditional onsite teaching into an emergency remote (ERT) model rather than being able gradually introduce effective transition online model. Based on sample of 505 students enrolled in course Work Organization at University Murcia Spain, this study analyzes impact implementing ERT students’ academic performance. Results show that display superior performance...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the internationalization family firms, exploring specifically if transition from control non-family (losing managerial influence) affects a firm’s export activity. Design/methodology/approach Based on panel data for Spanish firms 2006 2012, random effect tobit and probit regression propensity score matching were run sample 225 moving (switchers) matched with 4,213 remaining under (non-switchers). Findings Although static viewpoint controlled less...

Say on pay (SOP) is a relatively new governance mechanism that allows shareholders to pronounce the suitability executives' compensation. The literature has mainly examined SOP effects Anglo Saxon contexts of corporate governance, reporting mixed results and highlighting need deepen our understanding its real impact, as well interactions with other mechanisms governance. Concerning these gaps, present research analyzes effectiveness for aligning CEO compensation in context Spanish listed...

Purpose This study analyses whether human resource management (HRM), through the use of four sets high-performance work policies (HPWPs) (i.e. selection, training, motivation and opportunity policies), mediates relationship between socioemotional wealth (SEW)—defined as a unique set nonfinancial family goals—and firm financial performance when firms face high-risk context. Design/methodology/approach Hypotheses were statistically tested using structural equation modeling (SEM) methodology...

Previous empirical results reveal several contradictions when relating top management compensation, board structure and levels of performance. While fewer directors more external are associated with better supervision, there is no agreement on the effect compensation level. This lack consensus even noticeable analyzing paper offers a theoretical framework panel data methodology based study to account for how earlier analyses have differed. Given large dimension in Spanish market, information...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to clarify the influence chief executive officer (CEO) reputation on top management team (TMT) compensation, proposing corporate governance characteristics as a moderator relationships between power managers extract rents and importance external signals. study aims expand domain compensation literature by including role CEO in context non-Anglo-Saxon systems. Design/methodology/approach opted for panel methodology period 2004-2009, 534 observations from...