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Vol. 1 No 1 (2016); 1-14
Evolutionary Studies in Business: A Presentation of a New Journal
Fernández Pérez, Paloma; Universitat de Barcelona (UB)
Valls Pasola, Jaume; Universitat de Barcelona (UB)
2016-01-16
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The Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business is a new open access journal led by an international interdisciplinary team of scholars located in eight institutions from three continents who wants to attract contributions that help shed light on the new questions, challenges, methodologies and realities, faced by businesses in an evolutionary perspective. The journal calls particularly for review essays that deal with new research topics about business, and provide useful overviews of the key ideas, scholars, and debates about important research topics concerning business and its environment. The strategic areas of interest for submissions from authors are: Management Challenges, Entrepreneurship, Science and Business, Creative Industries, International Business, Business History, and Latin American Businesses. JESB will also publish articles about relevant online resources that contain information of interest to academic scholars and business practitioners.
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Vol. 1 No 1 (2016); 15-37
Organizing for Innovation
Eckblad, Joshua; Tilburg University
Golovko, Elena; Tilburg University
2016-01-16
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Knowledge diffusion and knowledge externalities are important sources of economic growth. It is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain competitive advantage through the pursuit of internal R&D alone, due to changing business environments and the acceleration of technology development, as well as the increasing costs associated with R&D activities. Consequently, firms purposefully search for novel knowledge outside their boundaries, adopting an “open innovation” approach. In this paper, we focus on external knowledge sourcing strategies and discuss the challenges that firms encounter in managing inter-organizational collaborations that such external sourcing implies. In particular, we focus on two ways to organize external knowledge sourcing: learning from foreign environments and the use of corporate incubators as a part of corporate venturing strategy. We conclude by highlighting possible topics for review articles including knowledge exchange and external knowledge sourcing strategies; performance effects of different knowledge sourcing strategies; new organizational forms for managing innovation processes within and between firms.
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Vol. 1 No 1 (2016); 38-50
Creative Industries
Pareja-Eastaway, Montserrat; Universitat de Barcelona (UB)
2016-01-16
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This journal welcomes contributions exploring the intrinsic features of the field of creative industries and activities of entrepreneurs who use creativity as the basis of their work; analyses of literature concerning evolutionary developments in companies and their adaptations linked to the management of creativity; and, finally, reviews of books in cutting-edge research on the evolution of the creative enterprise.
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Vol. 1 No 1 (2016); 51-62
A Call for Novel Research in Entrepreneurship
Hormiga Pérez, Esther; University of Barcelona (UB)
Rohlfer, Sylvia; CUNEF
2016-01-16
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The article outlines selected issues that are of particular relevance in entrepreneurship research, including comparative research, studies at lower levels of enquiry as well as contextualized enquiries, and where we see special interest from the Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business when it comes to receiving submissions.
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Vol. 1 No 1 (2016); 63-94
Six Decades of International Business Research: Where Next?
Miravitlles Matamoros, Paloma; Universitat de Barcelona (UB)
Zhang, Yingying; CUNEF
2016-01-16
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This article portrays the evolution of international business (IB) literature. We review the main issues and theoretical assumptions that have dominated research in the IB field during the last sixty years. Moreover, on the basis of the essential paradigms developed, we analyse what issues are of interest and may represent a potentially fruitful arena in which to develop future scholarly research.
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Vol. 1 No 1 (2016); 95-115
Latin American Economic History, Business History and Economics of Enterprise: Current trends
Almaraz, Araceli; El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
Serrano, Eloi; ESCSE Tecnocampus – Universitat Pompeu Fabra
2016-01-16
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Recent studies about Latin American business are worried about their position on the emerging and global economies. In this article we want to remark the important role of the universities, institutes, schools, and research centers in Latin America that make possible the research work and the publication of Bulletins, Journals and books on business history. In this way, we observe the recent activities of associations and international groups that focus in Latin American Business History in the last twenty five years. We identify the advances and goals in this arena and agreed with Carlos Davila about the thematic diversity and the need to achieve methodological rigor and theoretical propositions. For this reason, we emphasize the historical role of Latin American enterprises and the role of the family business, and their position in the global economies. This article has a double aim, on the one hand, we offer an overview and a state of the art about Latin American Business History. And, on the other hand, we emphasize, within the field of Latin American business, emergent studies that show the potential of this discipline to participate in broader debates about innovation, corporate governance and learning.
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Vol. 1 No 1 (2016); 116-121
Science and Business
López García, Santiago M.; Salamanca University
2016-01-16
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There are two kinds of scientists in evolutionary studies that need a space of debate: the specialists in evolutionary studies in business and all other evolutionary scientists in general. The themes of the discussion are the behaviour, growth, reproduction, and organizational structures of the firm.
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Vol. 1 No 1 (2016); 122-151
Business History and Management Studies
Álvaro-Moya, Adoración; CUNEF Business School
Donzé, Pierre-Yves; Osaka University
2016-01-16
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This article traces back the origins and nature of business history to stress its potential to dialogue with other social sciences and, in particular, with management studies. It also summarizes the main current trends in business history research to later propose the research lines that editors would like to promote from an interdisciplinary approach and in the direction of a fruitful exchange with scholars active in management and organization studies.
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Vol. 1 No 1 (2016); 152-156
About Millenials, New Technology and Researching Business Organizations
Bátiz-Lazo, Bernardo; Bangor University, Wales
2016-01-16
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Online resources for business research will be an innovative space that will help the community around the Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business to sift through interesting and useful resources online to explore, research and teach the diverse, complex and global world of business.
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Vol. 1 No 2 (2016): Special Issue International Business in Southern Europe in a Long-Term Perspective; 156-200
At the Crossroads. Management and Business History in Entrepreneurship Research
Gil, Águeda; Universidad Francisco de Vitoria
Zozimo, Ricardo; Lancaster University
San Román, Elena; Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Jack, Sarah L.; Lancaster University
2016-07-18
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Recent calls for a historic turn in organization studies offer the opportunity to relaunch dialogue between management and business history research. Focusing on the specific domain of entrepreneurship research, this article illustrates the potential of mutual contributions from management and business history. In doing so, it demonstrates how historical approaches strongly influenced the early theoretical developments within entrepreneurship and demonstrates the potential to contribute to future scholarly debates. In sum, this article brings closer together business history and management studies stressing that their different perspectives and approaches are very valuable to enriching entrepreneurship research.
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Vol. 1 No 2 (2016): Special Issue International Business in Southern Europe in a Long-Term Perspective; 129-155
International Business in Southern Europe: Renault in Italy, Portugal and Spain, 1908-2007
Fernández de Sevilla, Tomàs; Université Libre de Bruxelles
2016-07-18
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According with Peter Buckley, Business history provides sources of testing for international business theory such as internalisation theory; the eclectic paradigm; the Uppasla internationalization process model; the evolutionary theory of the firm; and the resource-based view of the firm. For its part, Mira Wilkins has highlighted that an important contribution of business historians is to instil a recognition of complexity business enterprises as they emerge and mature, as managers and managerial directions change, and as the environment in which managers operate takes on different characteristics. As Julian Birkinshaw explains, in doing so MNEs can be used as the primary unit of analysis, considering that the MNE subsidiary has its own strategy and make effective use of its far-flung network. By using a Business History approach, the aim of this article is to study how Renault entered in Spain, Italy and Portugal, and how it has evolved its presence through time. This article shows that the development path of Renault subsidiaries in Southern Europe not only it has been determined in the headquarters of the MNEs, but also in subsidiaries own development of its organizational capabilities.
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Vol. 1 No 2 (2016): Special Issue International Business in Southern Europe in a Long-Term Perspective; 235-265
Strategic Alliances in the European Industries of the Third Industrial Revolution
Calvo, Angel; Universitat de Barcelona (UB)
2016-07-18
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The dimension of the alliances has compelled experts to revise their preconceptions about the internationalization of companies and to include this strategy in their models as Uppsala model was forced to acknowledge. This article focuses on one of the alliances forged in Europe, very deviated from the practices of the majority because it was a company with exclusively European partners. It adopts the perspective of a peripheral country (Spain) in the global economy and from the special status of at least one of the partners in a monopoly. Finally, the article follows case study methodology, which aims to delve into the complexity of the processes and the phenomena at hand. The article responds to the need for an alternative approach to industry analysis that is particularly important for technology-based industries and the most turbulent high-tech industries. The first section examines the creation of European Silicon Structures as a strategic alliance in the European semiconductor industry. Parts two and three look at the case of Spain and the role of demand using the example of Telefonica. Conclusions are presented in the final section.
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Vol. 1 No 2 (2016): Special Issue International Business in Southern Europe in a Long-Term Perspective; 201-234
Mitigating the Isomorphic Conflicts Faced by EMNEs in Southern Europe: The Case of Chinese Subsidiaries in Spain
Barahona Márquez, Felix; Universitat de Barcelona (UB)
Achcaoucaou, Fariza; Universitat de Barcelona (UB)
Miravitlles Matamoros, Paloma; Universitat de Barcelona (UB)
2016-07-18
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Emerging market multinational enterprises (EMNEs) are rapidly increasing their foreign direct investment around the world and, in particular, in the countries of Southern Europe. Although, international business scholars have been quick to put the spotlight on this new phenomenon, the cultural adaptation of EMNE subsidiaries to host-country environments, especially those of Europe, has remained largely unexamined. This question acquires particular relevance owing to the considerable cultural distance between emerging and developed economies and the isomorphic conflicts that can arise at the subsidiary level. Here, we examine this situation by reporting two case studies of Chinese subsidiaries operating in Spain. Our findings suggest that guanxi – the deep-rooted system of personal relations and social connections founded on mutual interests – plays a major role in the search for legitimacy undertaken by Chinese subsidiaries located in Southern Europe. The adoption and adaptation of Chinese cultural values and practices to the local environment allow the subsidiary to align itself with the culture of the parent organization at the same time as it embeds itself in the host environment, thus resolving any isomorphic conflicts.
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Vol. 1 No 2 (2016): Special Issue International Business in Southern Europe in a Long-Term Perspective; 100-128
An Unexplored Facet of International Business in Greece: Foreign and Diaspora Shareholders in Joint Stock Company Start-Ups, 1833-1920
Pepelasis, Ioanna Sapfo; Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)
Varvaritis, Dimitrios; Independent Scholar
2016-07-18
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This paper focuses on an unexplored aspect of the history of international business in Greece, the presence of international shareholders in Greek Joint stock company start-ups. Our main findings are that these investors participated in numerous such firms usually as minority shareholders in capital and or knowledge intensive firms. Rarely did they opt for the exclusive international ownership of a joint stock company in Greece and the dividing line between foreign direct investment and foreign portfolio investment was not always clear. It is also the case that international capital inflow into the nascent corporate sector involved a mosaic of collaborating actors including not only the foreign but also the diasporic.
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Vol. 1 No 2 (2016): Special Issue International Business in Southern Europe in a Long-Term Perspective; 14-39
The Long-Term Impact of Foreign Multinational Enterprises in Spain: New Insights into an Old Topic
Puig, Núria; Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Álvaro-Moya, Adoración; Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financieros (CUNEF), Madrid
2016-07-18
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The role of foreign capital and technology in the economic and social progress of late-developing countries remains a controversial issue in both academic and policy circles. In this essay, we examine the case of Spain in the light of the academic literature from the 1960s to the present. First, we identify and contextualize the intellectual concerns and controversies of two important generations of economists and historians and their approaches to the specific issue of multinational enterprises (MNEs). We then discuss what we consider to be the seven major contributions of recent Spanish scholarship in terms of: 1/ new quantitative evidence on FDI inward flows and firm demography analyses of foreign MNEs; 2/ new approaches to the transfer of technology by MNEs; 3/ collective and individual case studies of foreign MNEs, with a focus on their impact on local capabilities; 4/ identification of patterns of investment by MNE home countries; 5/ identification and study of the local actors of inward FDI; 6/ new perspectives gained from the history of international relations; and 7) new evidence on processes leading from inward FDI to outward FDI. We argue that the time is ripe for comprehensive re-assessments of the long-term impact of foreign MNEs and the role of Spain in the global economy.
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Vol. 2 No 1 (2017); 66-87
The Hidden Work of Women in Small Family Firms in Southern Spain
Rodríguez-Modroño, Paula; Universidad Pablo de Olavide
Gálvez Muñoz, Lina; Universidad Pablo de Olavide
Agenjo-Calderón, Astrid; Universidad Pablo de Olavide
2017-01-30
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Women have historically played an important hidden role in family firms, and a great deal of research is now shedding light on this role. In spite of the more formal nature of female work at the present day, still a considerable volume of women’s contributions in family firms is unregistered and unpaid, even in developed regions. A questionnaire was administered to 396 women working in small and medium-sized family firms located in Andalucia, a southern European region, characterized by familialism and an important informal economy. Our results confirm the persistence of subordinate forms of unpaid family collaboration due to the neutrality assigned to female contributions under the traditional gendered division of work. But also this study shows how some of the women voluntarily embrace subordinate roles as a temporary way to gain professional experience, useful for their future work inside or outside the family firm.
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Vol. 2 No 1 (2017); 88-127
Business Networks and Social Capital in Basque Industrialization (1886–1925)
Catalán Martínez, Elena; University of the Basque Country
Goñi Mendizabal, Igor; University of the Basque Country
Mugartegui Eguía, Isabel; University of the Basque Country
2017-01-30
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The aim of this article is to analyse the potential role that social capital played in the industrialization of the Basque Country. The province of Gipuzkoa, together with the neighbouring Bizkaia (Biscay), was one of the most dynamic provinces in Spain in terms of the creation of companies. Using information obtained from the registration of new companies in the Mercantile Register, and through social network analysis, we try to measure the importance that social capital may have had in this process. The methodology is tested with the case study of the arms industry in Eibar, one of the most important sectors in the region.
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Vol. 1 No 2 (2016): Special Issue International Business in Southern Europe in a Long-Term Perspective; 69-99
A Short History of International Business in Italy: What We Know and How We Know It
Binda, Veronica; Bocconi University
2016-07-18
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This article is a voyage through the history of international business in Italy, one which takes contemporary studies and, in particular, studies conducted over time by business historians from the Italian Unification until the present day, into account. After a brief introduction, the first part of the article is devoted to an analysis of the literature, especially focusing on the early studies conducted on foreign capital until World War Two, on the investigations done in the second part of the twentieth century, and on the most recent trends and contributions in research. The second part of the article deals, in a stylised way, with a very short summary of the principal information that we have attained on foreign direct investments in the country, with a special focus on international business in Italy before the Great War, in the inter-war years, until the 1980s, and in the most recent decades. Finally, the conclusions indicate the possible main directions for future research in this field.
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Vol. 1 No 2 (2016): Special Issue International Business in Southern Europe in a Long-Term Perspective; 40-68
Multinationals and Foreign Direct Investment: The Portuguese Experience (1900-2010)
Ferreira da Silva, Alvaro; Nova School of Business and Economics
2016-07-18
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A long-term perspective on the evolution of inward and outward foreign investment in Portugal over the twentieth century has been absent from the existing literature. In a few cases the analysis has a larger chronological depth, namely in the studies by Salgado de Matos (1973). However, even in this case the author zooms in a specific period of time: the 1960s and early 1970s. Other studies provide a long-term synthesis on foreign direct investment (see for all, Leite et al, 2001; Moreira and Dias, 2008), but they rely on a descriptive and very superficial approach. The chapters dedicated by the recent and in-depth História Económica de Portugal (Lains and Silva, 2005, vol. 3) to the internationalization of the Portuguese economy or to capital as a factor of production never address FDI, which constitutes one important weakness of this work.
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Vol. 1 No 2 (2016): Special Issue International Business in Southern Europe in a Long-Term Perspective; 1-13
The Role of History in International Business in Southern Europe
Buckley, Peter J.; University of Leeds
Fernández Pérez, Paloma; Universitat de Barcelona (UB)
2016-07-18
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This article examines first of all two aspects of the increasing role of history in international business: history as a source of research methods and history as an underpinning for international business theory. Second, the authors present key themes related to international business in Southern Europe in the last two centuries, as analyzed in the other articles of the special issue devoted to this theme in this special issue of the Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business.
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Vol. 3 No 1 (2018): Special Issue. Entrepreneurial Dynamics and Institutional Changes; 137-166
The Glass Ceiling Conundrum: Illusory belief or Barriers that impede Women’s Career Advancement in the Workplace.
Ganiyu, Rahim Ajao; Department of Business Administration University of Lagos
Oluwafemi, Akintunde; Department of Business Administration University of Lagos
Ademola, Afolabi Abiodun; Department of Management, University of Nsukka
Olatunji, Okikiola I; Department of Business Administration, Lagos City Polytechnic
2018-01-24
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Given the preponderance of women in the workforce, it remained a puzzle why the entry of women into higher managerial positions remains restricted and why the syndrome of ‘think manager think male is growing progressively? The objective of this paper is to examine the glass ceiling conundrum with a view of ascertain how it limits women’s career advancement in the workplace. Extensive review of literature was presented and discussed. The paper revealed that women are not making it to the very top of their career not as a result of lack of requisite qualifications, and experience etc.; but as a result of factors that are rooted in cultural, societal, organizational, individual and psychological factors that inhibit women career advancement. Against the aforementioned background, the paper concludes that women advance marginally to certain level in corporate executive cadre, before they experience ‘glass ceiling’ that impedes their prospect of attaining senior executive position. Accordingly, women compared to men represent an insignificant fraction of those in managerial positions due to cultural prejudice, religion convictions, family related issues, individual and organizational influences. Similarly, inadequate opportunity to networks and seek sponsorship limits women progression to top managerial hierarchy. The study recommends the need to articulate policy frameworks that promote strong organizational culture and a more helpful and supportive environment to develop women leadership skills. Similarly, there is need to promote sponsorship for women in a way and manner that safeguard the relationships between sponsors and protégés.
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Vol. 2 No 1 (2017); 1-28
The Film Industry in China: Past and Present
Marzol Aranburu, Ainhoa; University of Barcelona
2017-01-30
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This study is about the development of the Chinese movie industry through the economic and political opening of the country, from 1979 to 2015. It overviews, in the first place, the main regulations that have shaped the industry and then it goes deep into the business of moviemaking through the analysis of the studio system, the evolution of the Chinese film market the and the shift in international relations the country has had regarding this cultural industry.
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Vol. 2 No 1 (2017); 29-65
The Study of the Entrepreneur’s Values and Knowledge: Influence in Growth Expectations
Campos, Alejandro; University of Guadalajara, Mexico
2017-01-30
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This study examines how entrepreneur’s values and knowledge can influence growth expectations in new technology-ventures. The study analyses six Spanish cases with different level of growth expectations in their first years and with different characteristics in the entrepreneurial team. Our research reveals that entrepreneur’s knowledge is not a factor that helps to differentiate the level of growth in this specific sector. However, we found certain values present in those new ventures with a higher growth expectations, mainly independence and wealth. The values that were not related are the need of exploitation and security. Finally, we draw a model to understand the relationship between entrepreneur’s values and knowledge and their impact on new technology venture growth expectations.
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Vol. 2 No 1 (2017); 128-173
Central Bank of Ecuador, 1927: among Dictatorship, Revolution and Crisis
Naranjo Navas, Cristian Paúl; Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo
2017-01-30
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j025
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On July 9th, 1925, a coup d’état overthrew the Ecuadorian government of the president Gonzalo S. Córdova. The Military Junta chose the new president, Dr. Isidro Ayora, who founded the Central Bank of Ecuador in 1927. The majority of historians emphasize the patriotic spirit of the military forces in order to eliminate the influence of private banks. Nonetheless, there is a less popular view of the Julian Revolution, which understands the coup d’état, and the foundation of the Central Bank of Ecuador, as the result of struggles between bankers due to controversies around currency emissions. The arguments behind the Julian Revolution were based on some economic facts. Even though real GDP did not decrease in any year from 1913 to 1927, there was a generalized perception of a critical economy due to the constant fluctuation in prices, the increasing of fiscal deficit, and the reduction of revenues from the trade balance. The economic crisis was a common factor in the urban areas, which represented less than half percent of the total population.
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Vol. 3 No 1 (2018): Special Issue. Entrepreneurial Dynamics and Institutional Changes; 17-53
Regional and individual determinants of entrepreneurial growth aspirations
Capelleras, Joan-Lluís; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Contín-Pilart, Ignacio; INARBE, Universidad Pública de Navarra
Larraza-Kintana, Martin; INARBE, Universidad Pública de Navarra
Martin-Sanchez, Victor; King's College London
2018-01-24
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j036
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This paper investigates the unique and joint effects of population density and early-stage entrepreneurs’ human capital endowments (higher education, entrepreneurship training and owner-manager experience) on entrepreneurial growth aspirations. We test a number of hypotheses using data that combine individual and province level information in Spain over the period 2008-2010. We argue that growth aspirations of early-stage entrepreneurs are higher in more densely populated regions, but that such environmental influence is stronger for individuals with greater human capital. This is because they will be more aware that denser regions offer more favorable conditions for new businesses and also requires greater firm growth to compensate for a higher risk of business failure. Consistent with our view, we find that the growth aspirations of entrepreneurs with higher education are higher in densely populated provinces.
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Vol. 3 No 1 (2018): Special Issue. Entrepreneurial Dynamics and Institutional Changes; 112-136
Employee involvement and participation in SMEs: a synthesis of extant research
Rohlfer, Sylvia; CUNEF
2018-01-24
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j039
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It is widely acknowledged that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) cannot afford underutilize their workforce and owner/managers encourage ways to involve employees. In this article, we focus on what is known about formal employee involvement and participation (EIP) practice in SMEs. Based on a systematic, “aggregative” literature review (Briner and Denyer 2012; Gough et al. 2012) we identify key research on EIP in SMEs that is embedded in practice and provides utility for practitioners and policy makers. The findings not only allow us to comment briefly on the evolution of EIP research in SMEs, but to identify methodically what is known and not known about EIP practice in SMEs. We go therefore beyond the limited review provide by Sameer and Őzbilgin (2014) and identify with a higher level of confidence three key directions for future academic research.
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Vol. 2 No 1 (2017); 174-202
Framework for Explaining the Formation of Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurial Born Global Firm: Entrepreneurial, Strategic and Network Based Constituents
Dlugoborskyte, Vytaute; Kaunas University of Technology
Petraite, Monika; Kaunas University of Technology
2017-01-30
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j026
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The nature of the knowledge based entrepreneurship relates to its essential reliance on research and development, deployment and maximization of research and development returns via technology development, and its commercialization via venturing. The paper aims to provide the empirically grounded framework for the analysis of the key determinants leading to the formation of R&D intensive entrepreneurial born global firm with a special focus on entrepreneurial firm and network theories. The unit of analysis chosen is the firm, while the focus is set on the firm behavior and strategic choices rather the business conditions per se. The paper aims to propose the definition of a born global firm as a specific form of entrepreneurial firm that forms while combining entrepreneurial, strategy and network constituents in a specific globally oriented constitution. Method of analysis applied is a multiple case study that was applied in order to build evidence on the interplay of strategy, networks and entrepreneurial constituents in the formation of knowledge intensive entrepreneurial born global firm. The small catching up country perspective adds on dynamics of the constituents as the framework and competitive conditions rapidly change in an uncertain direction.
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2022-01-20T12:06:40Z
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Vol. 3 No 1 (2018): Special Issue. Entrepreneurial Dynamics and Institutional Changes; 84-111
Analysis of the Catalan Haute Cuisine Success: The Role of Education and Network Creation
Bernardo, Merce; Universitat de Barcelona
Escalante, Raúl; Universitat de Barcelona
Arbussà, Anna; Universitat de Girona
2018-01-24
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This paper analyses two of the success factors of the Catalan haute cuisine: education and network creation. Fifty-four interviews with Michelin-starred restaurant chefs were done, using two questionnaires, one for each factor studied. Cross-case studies were analysed.Results show that both factors are important and mutually correlated. Education is important to have the bases to understand and enrich the current cuisine, and also act as a pool of relationships creation. Regarding the second factor, the majority of chefs started their relationships at a professional level and some became personal. A framework of collaboration, respect, admiration and joint objectives are the most highlighted key results. The future of this sector, according to the interviewees, is ensured by the new generations of chefs but also because of the society interest. Additional aspects explaining the success of the cuisine are presented.To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is one of the first works presenting the success of this cuisine studying these two factors in-depth.
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Vol. 2 No 1 (2017); 203-231
Going it Alone or Working as Part of a Team: The Impact of Human Capital on Entrepreneurial Decision Making
Hormiga, Esther; Universitat de Barcelona
Hancock, Connie; University of Chester
Jaría, Natalia; Universitat de Barcelona
2017-01-30
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j027
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This paper endeavours to measure the effect that human capital has on the decision taken by the entrepreneur to pursue new venture creation either in a lone capacity or collaboratively. Based on a survey of 130 entrepreneurs from 130 new ventures in Canary Island, Spain, this study applies a logit model to investigate the research relationships. The results show that three factors (experience, social perception and extrinsic motivation) are significant in the decision to initiate a new venture either in a lone capacity or as part of a collaborative undertaking. The results indicate that previous experience holds the greatest significance on the decision taken by entrepreneurs to ‘go it alone’, with factors relating to social perception and extrinsic motivation chiefly predicting a decision to work collaboratively. The findings of this study provide new insight and evidence with regard to the factors that influence a key decision in the start-up process: that of continuing in a lone capacity, or proceeding as part of an entrepreneurial team.
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Vol. 3 No 1 (2018): Special Issue. Entrepreneurial Dynamics and Institutional Changes; 54-83
Analysis of knowledge tacitness in the transfer of food and beverage practices: Evidence from new chain hotels
García-Almeida, Desiderio Juan; University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Ballesteros-Rodríguez, José Luis; University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
2018-01-24
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Knowledge is a valuable resource that can provide a firm competitive advantages. Food and beverage practices require the existence of knowledge to effectively perform the activities in this key department for many hotels. When hotel firms grow by integrating new hotels in the organizational structure, managers usually want to transfer the knowledge underlying the key practices. However, the transfer is affected by the level of knowledge tacitness, since this characteristic is considered to render the transfer more difficult. With data from 93 new chain hotels where F&B knowledge has been transferred, the results shed some light about the tacitness of F&B knowledge and its transfer. Thus, customer service knowledge is the knowledge with the lowest degree of tacitness, and food planning, production and preparation is the most tacit. The most frequent mechanism to transfer the knowledge on food planning, production and preparation and the knowledge on management and control of purchases and consumption is the use of staff from the headquarters or other chain hotels in long-term assignments; the preferred method for F&B customer service is training courses, lectures and seminars. Moreover, the tacitness of knowledge about F&B customer service negatively affects the knowledge transfer process in several success dimensions.
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Vol. 2 No 2 (2017): Special Issue. New Perspectives in Family Business Research; 44-69
Offshoring to Promote the Internationalization of Family Firms
Merino, Fernando; Universidad de Murcia
2017-07-11
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This paper analyses the impact of sourcing abroad on exporting in the case of Spanish manufacturing firms that are family-owned. Sourcing abroad can be a channel that places the firm in a better position to export, not only because it increases the productivity of the firm, but also because it provides information, new managerial procedures or just the acceptance by the family owners of a more complex strategy. The empirical analysis presents the premium on the probability of being an exporter for those firms that offshore part of their production, and compares this with the results for non-family firms. The results show that there is a significant premium for SMEs on the probability of exporting, but not on the intensity of those exports, and that this occurs at the same levels in family and non-family firms.
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Vol. 2 No 2 (2017): Special Issue. New Perspectives in Family Business Research; 70-96
Evolution of Research into the Management of Family Businesses that are Part of the Instituto de la Empresa Familiar Network of Chairs (1992-2016)
Casillas-Bueno, José C.; Universidad de Sevilla
López-Fernández, María Concepción; Universidad de Cantabria
Meroño-Cerdán, Angel; Universidad de Murcia
Corona-Ramón, Juan; Instituto de la Empresa Familiar
2017-07-11
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The family business field of study has grown considerably in recent years in Spain. In fact, it is no exaggeration to say that twenty years ago there was barely any research in this field. In 1992, exactly 25 years ago, a group of family entrepreneurs founded the Instituto de la Empresa Familiar (IEF). IEF created the Chair in Family Business at Spanish universities to foster its inclusion in Business Administration syllabuses and promote its research by Spanish academics. This paper analyses the evolution of research into family businesses carried out by academics who are part of the IEF Network of Chairs, both at international and management level. To do this, the ISI Web of Knowledge database and Scopus were used as sources of information.
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Vol. 3 No 1 (2018): Special Issue. Entrepreneurial Dynamics and Institutional Changes; 198-225
Unequal growth and social capital in clothes-making enterprises in Peru: 1980-2015.
Wong, David; Universidad del Pacífico
Hernández, Harold; Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Chirinos, Miguel; Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Carrasco, José; Universidad del Pacífico
2018-01-24
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Why do some small companies in the clothing industry fail to grow while others succeed is the conundrum that this study sets out to solve. It does so by identifying and explaining four cases of enterprises with varying performance levels. On the understanding that there are structural and historical conditions that correspond to trends, these cases are explained and the question is answered. Based on the evidence, the article finds that the prevailing inequality is due to the greater or lesser presence of social capital - resources that come from networks and which are accessed through relationships - and to institutional and structural conditions that slow growth. Added to this are the differing responses of enterprises to the negative effects of poor-quality institutions. Following the approach of Nahapiet and Ghoshal, the study explains how an actor can develop certain range of capacities for participating in networks, before stalling as a result of a diversity of conditions.
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Vol. 2 No 2 (2017): Special Issue. New Perspectives in Family Business Research; 97-159
What Do We Know about Accounting in Family Firms?
Carrera, Nieves; IE Business School. IE University
2017-07-11
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In this study, we present a review of research of accounting in family firms. The aim is to summarize the main findings of prior studies and identify what we have learned so far about the role of accounting in family firms. Specifically, we survey the contributions of accounting researchers to the study of family firms in four subfields: (1) financial accounting and reporting, (2) management accounting and management control, (3) auditing, and (4) accounting history. After considering some theoretical and empirical advancements of family business research in other disciplines, we conclude by identifying avenues for future research.
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Vol. 2 No 2 (2017): Special Issue. New Perspectives in Family Business Research; 191-230
Identifying Links between Corporate Social Responsibility and Reputation: Some Considerations for Family Firms
Melero-Polo, Iguácel; University of Zaragoza
López-Pérez, María Eugenia; Areca Consulting Group
2017-07-11
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become a key issue for both academics and business practitioners alike. There are numerous reasons why implementing CSR policies and practices are advantageous: enhanced brand knowledge, market share, productivity, efficiency, workforce motivation and competiveness, to name a few. There are also indications that CSR practices lead to a solid, positive corporate reputation. As a result, this research aims to contribute to current literature by establishing the current state of CSR research and identifying the theoretical framework of reference for understanding the link between CSR and reputation, providing a basis for future research. We also aim to delve deeper in the specific context of family firms.To this end—following consultations with a panel of internationally recognized scholars—a selection of leading management, marketing and ethics, corporate governance and family firm management journals were reviewed. The results—based on a content analysis of 55 articles considering the global link between RSC and reputation—allowed us to identify, among others, topics related to consumer attitude and market response to CSR activities (via brand value), along with the impact of CSR on financial value and risk management.
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Vol. 2 No 2 (2017): Special Issue. New Perspectives in Family Business Research; 16-43
The Importance of Brand Values in Family Business
Bravo, Rafael; University of Zaragoza
Cambra, Jesús; University Pablo de Olavide
Centeno, Edgar; AGADE, ITESM Monterrey
Melero, Iguácel; University of Zaragoza
2017-07-11
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j029
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Only a small body of literature exists on linking key marketing concepts in family business contexts and those studies that do exist show a significant bias towards brand management. Both the relevance of the subject and the lack of research assuming this challenge to date justify the interest and timeliness of this literature review.Based on this interest—and the existing research opportunities—this article presents the concept of brand, together with a framework for its analysis in family business contexts. The paper summarizes the six main lines of research proposed, three from the perspective of identity management, and three from the perspective of stakeholders. The last section presents a series of interesting aspects for carrying out future research.
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Vol. 2 No 2 (2017): Special Issue. New Perspectives in Family Business Research; 1-15
What is a Family Business?
Fernández-Roca, Francisco Javier; Universidad Pablo de Olavide
Gutiérrez Hidalgo, Fernando; Universidad Pablo de Olavide
2017-07-11
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Defining the concept of family business is an ongoing challenge. The debate around it is here discussed from the point of view of business history and family business theories as developed in the last fifteen years. Historians are interested in reflecting changes in family businesses at different periods and within different societies, and focus their research work on ownership and control within family firms. For their part, family business theorists still understand the concept as a compound or a circular scheme consisting of elements such as business, family and owners or power (governance and management participation), experience (generation in charge) and culture (family and business values).
oai:revistes.ub.edu:article/19045
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Vol. 2 No 2 (2017): Special Issue. New Perspectives in Family Business Research; 160-190
The Generational Change in Family Businesses: Comparative Analysis between Italy and Peru
Cáceres Dagnino, César Augusto; Universidad de Piura
Pinna, Enrico; Università degli Studi di Cagliari
2017-07-11
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j033
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The aim of this paper is to understand how family firms in Italy and Peru prepare for generational change, by comparing three companies from each of these countries. After a theoretical analysis, having examined and compared the literature to define the family business, the business family and the generational change, an empirical analysis has been made using a quantitative survey (STEP 2013-2014) and its model, which makes a revision of a set of constructs, to identify if there is transgenerational potential in the business families. From the comparison of the six companies it appears that, contrary to what was initially thought, there are no such relevant differences. They are only diverse approaches to different problems of the same phenomenon. It is concluded that the six companies have an adequate transgenerational potential and are ready for a successful generational change.
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Vol. 3 No 1 (2018): Special Issue. Entrepreneurial Dynamics and Institutional Changes; 167-197
Sustainability of a Community-Based Enterprise through shared value. Case: Mallay Communal Company
Munoz Marticorena, William; Catholic University Sedes Sapientiae Lima Perú
2018-01-24
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The relationship of a community-based enterprise (CBE) and a mining company was reviewed from the perspective of shared value creation. Specifically, through the study of the Mallay CBE and its interaction with the Buenaventura mining company, the opportunity to create economic value by creating value for the community was verified. The CBE is an organizational innovation whose management is oriented towards the market, integrating its activities with the operative dynamics of the mining company through the provision of services. CBE focuses on member’s economic benefit and the social welfare of the broader community. There are, however, barriers that limit the growth and optimization of the desired impacts caused by this articulation. Despite this, the economic and social value generated is significant and the defined growth model under certain circumstances could be replicable and scalable.
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Vol. 3 No 1 (2018): Special Issue. Entrepreneurial Dynamics and Institutional Changes; 226-246
Arts Council England: Ramifications of Organisational Dynamics and Institutional Setting on Policy
Tattersall, John R; Formerly Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management and Business Policy in the Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire.
2018-01-24
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This paper offers a view of the development of decision making and policy within the Arts Council, national development agency for the arts, and explores the notion of how strategies are often the outcome of resource, political and cultural processes rather than discrete strategic planning. For the purposes of this paper, decision making and policy making are being treated as synonymous as key expressions of strategy. The paper is based on an examination of the assumption with which the Arts Council historically has justified both its general operations and particular decisions, the aim being to identify the various ideological and structural determinants which bear upon its decision-making processes. The paper concludes that the Arts Council is influenced by normative pressures from without and within which leads the organisation to be guided by previously legitimated policies which over time have become standard operating practice. The legitimated policies have had the tendency to lead to isomorphism within the Arts Council environment, creating selected patterns of routine and continuity. A form of ‘constructive tension’ has arisen between that which is deemed necessary to preserve and that which must change with time.
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Vol. 3 No 1 (2018): Special Issue. Entrepreneurial Dynamics and Institutional Changes; 247-280
Jesús de Polanco and the Prisa Group
Cabrera, Mercedes; Universidad Complutense Madrid
2018-01-24
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j044
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The main goal of this article is to present Jesús de Polanco’s (1929–2007) successive business initiatives that culminated in the expansion of the PRISA Group (Promotora de Informaciones S.A.), which was the leading Spanish multi-media group of its time. As well as the interest that his career triggers, Polanco’s biography allows us to address the relationship between the company and politics during the closing decades of the Franco dictatorship and the transition to democracy from a concrete perspective. Those were years marked by profound transformations, not only in the political life of the country but also in its economy, society and business structures that affected the entire communications media sector.
oai:revistes.ub.edu:article/19950
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Vol. 3 No 2 (2018): Special Issue: Expansion and Internationalization of Business Companies in Brazil; 151-181
From the Import-Substituting Industrialization to Internationalization in the Machine Tools Industry in Brazil: The Case of Romi
Marson, Michel Deliberali; Federal University of Alfenas
2018-07-11
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j050
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This paper aims to describe Romi’s business history in order to contribute to the discussion and improve the understanding of how Brazil, with strong industrial growth during the import substitution process, but with low technological development, generated companies that exported technology-intensive capital goods, and also started these firms’ internationalization process. Romi started out as a small business, an automobile repair shop, at the beginning of the twentieth century. In the 1960s, the company was already one of the largest lathe producers in the world. Today, it is still an important machine tools producer in Brazil with subsidiaries in several countries around the world.
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2018-12-19T14:22:54Z
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Vol. 4 No 1 (2019); 26-69
Do Chambers of Commerce have an added value in the web 2.0 era? Commercial missions by the Chamber of Barcelona as an internationalisation tool for Catalan firms in a digital world
Estruch Rectoret, Minerva; University of Barcelona
2018-12-19
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This study goes through the history of Chambers of Commerce, analysing some of the reasons for their appearance as well as their role throughout time. It moves forward to analyse the history and development of the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce (BCC), founded in 1886.Emphasis on the international department of the BCC is made to evaluate whether the Internet and the web 2.0 era have jeopardised the internationalisation services offered to Catalan firms. Through five case studies of firms having participated in commercial missions of the BCC, the strategic added values of this service are analysed. The study concludes that the differential traits and added values are: the status of public law entity, the built-in worldwide chamber network, the affordable price, and the direct channel with governmental entities to obtain subsidies for Catalan firms.
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Vol. 3 No 1 (2018): Special Issue. Entrepreneurial Dynamics and Institutional Changes; 1-16
Entrepreneurial Dynamics and Institutional Changes
Hormiga, Esther; Universitat de Barcelona
Xiao, Li; Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University
Smallbone, David; Kingston Business School, Kingston University
2018-01-24
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j035
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Contemporary literature has paid considerable attention to the relationships between formal and informal institutions and early stage firms’ behaviours in different institutional settings in recent years. Given a constantly changing business environment in which companies are operating, there is a need to continuously study how they deal with new challenges and how they achieve new goals. It is essential for not only nascent but also experienced entrepreneurs to discover new dynamics in order to stay at a competitive level. This special issue of Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business aims to explore the role of dynamics that interact with institutional changes in surviving and growing ventures. We present the nine articles with a variety of studied contexts, which shed some light on how companies or organisations keep up with institutional changes at both macro and micro level, by actively transforming business practices and entrepreneurial processes.
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Vol. 3 No 2 (2018): Special Issue: Expansion and Internationalization of Business Companies in Brazil; 1-22
Expansion and internationalization of business companies in Brazil: theoretical/methodological contributions
Dalla Costa, Armando João; Federal University of Paraná
Saes, Alexandre Macchione; University of São Paulo
Gonçalves, Caroline; Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul
2018-07-11
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This paper presents the special issue of the Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business about the internationalization of Brazilian companies. The text aims to shed light on both traditional and new theories of internationalization in order to analyze the trajectories of Brazilian multinationals in light of the world economic scenario of recent decades. This special issue presents five cases of internationalization of Brazilian companies: Embraer, in the aviation sector; WEG, a producer of electric motors; Expocaccer, a coffee cooperative; Gerdau, a company in the steel sector; and Romi, a producer of lathes, machines, and equipment. This introductory article intends to recover theoretical elements about the internationalization of firms and underline the role of the State in the development of Brazilian companies.
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Vol. 3 No 2 (2018): Special Issue: Expansion and Internationalization of Business Companies in Brazil; 23-56
EMBRAER - Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A. (Brazilian aerospace conglomerate): Brazilian aircraft flying around the world
Dalla Costa, Armando João; Federal University of Paraná
Prates, Rodolfo Coelho; Federal University of Paraná
2018-07-11
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j046
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In 2017, Embraer held 58 percent of the world's market share in commercial jets for the regional aviation market. In addition, according to projections, Embraer will have to produce and deliver a commercial jet every two days over a twenty-year period. According to the International Civil Aviation Organization, there are 1,548 aircraft manufacturing companies in the world. However, only a few can be considered "assemblies" and only five of these carry out large-scale production: Airbus (Europe), Boeing (USA), Bombardier (Canada), Embraer (Brazil) and Tupolev (Russia). Embraer emerged in a 'developing country' with no tradition in the aerospace sector and became a strong competitor in the small and medium-sized global aircraft market. To understand Embraer's experience, a synthetic review was carried out of the main theories related to the internationalization process. Moreover, primary documents were used in this study, as well as extensive literature on the company's history and internationalization process. The starting point is the hypothesis that internationalization had a fundamental impact on the growth of the company. As a preliminary conclusion, it is possible to say that Embraer started out with the "world market" in mind. Likewise, it is possible to affirm that the decision to focus on executive, military, small and medium-sized aircraft aviation to boost regional markets proved to be assertive.
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Vol. 3 No 2 (2018): Special Issue: Expansion and Internationalization of Business Companies in Brazil; 92-117
Cooperative Agribusiness History: organizational aspects for internationalization and the Expocaccer case study
Gonçalves, Caroline; Universidade de São Paulo
Rotta, Uriel; Stracta Consultoria
2018-07-11
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j048
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The present study addresses the absence of strategic management and efficient coordination of activities, which currently is a common scenario for Brazilian agricultural cooperatives. If the cooperation enforces these elements, it results in capitalization for the cooperative and valuation of any Brazilian agricultural commodity for export. This study intends to present a strategy for product valuation employed by one of the main Brazilian coffee cooperatives in order to stand out among the national and international environment of coffee commercialization. Additionally, the process of strategic reorganization of the internal structure of the cooperative over time revealed that the cooperative adopted actions aimed at internationalization, which places our research object under theories of organization and Business History as a source of interpretation of this reading.
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Vol. 3 No 2 (2018): Special Issue: Expansion and Internationalization of Business Companies in Brazil; 118-150
Growth and internationalization of Gerdau Group
Lannes, José; Federal University of Paraná - UFPR
2018-07-11
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j049
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Gerdau Group is a Brazilian enterprise that has undergone steady growth since its first acquisition in 1948 of Riograndense steel mill. It has achieved a global position that is internationally recognized. This paper’s proposition of five hypotheses to explain the growth of the Gerdau Group is based on Penrose’s concept of growth and diversification, Guimarães’ concept of the internal restriction of growth, Chandler’s concept of strategy-structure, Dunning’s competitive advantages relative to the OLI paradigm and the Resource Base View model. The main results found were that the group is a capital unit in the process of growth. This growth is achieved mainly by means of horizontal integration. It also occurs by means of vertical integration. Most of the integration takes place within the original specialization area, the manufacturing of long steel products. The company recently started a process of diversification, expanded towards new markets, and new technological bases. Domestic growth occurred at a higher level than the domestic apparent demand, creating a bottleneck for future growth; thus, exports and FDI appeared as an outlet for the potential growth of the group. As a response to the strategy of growth, the group promoted structural changes, shifting from being a functional organization into becoming a multidivisional one, with increased decentralization but a global system of control developed internally was also present. The growth process was based on resources advantages that were internally created; mainly operational and financial processes constituted the ownership specific asset advantage. Such engendered sustainable advantages were due to its rare resource conditions and the challenge of any imitation. Foreign growth was mainly the result of market seeking, although it also occurred, to a lesser degree, by natural resources seeking, specific assets seeking and productive efficiency seeking, along with support and escape strategies.
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Vol. 3 No 2 (2018): Special Issue: Expansion and Internationalization of Business Companies in Brazil; 57-91
The internationalization of WEG
Saes, Alexandre Macchione; Universidade de São Paulo
Grandi, Guilherme
Moraes, Fábio Faria de
2018-07-11
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Although there are a considerable number of research papers dedicated to understanding the WEG internationalization process, we believe that the existing case studies are still extremely restricted to the counterpoint of the institutional narrative and international theories of internationalization. Our perspective, on the other hand, points in the direction of assessing the company’s trajectory within the political economy of the sector. That is, it is not possible to analyze the process of transformation of a company over decades without understanding the institutional aspects of the whole sector and of the national policy that regulates and foments it, as well as the transformations in the international economy, in general. In this sense, this paper seeks not only to present WEG's trajectory based on the company’s internal strategies and innovations, but also to relate these characteristics to the Brazilian institutional environment, especially during the military government, which seems to have been decisive both for the rise of the group nationally and for its later entry into the international market.
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Vol. 4 No 1 (2019); 70-108
U.S. Companies in Argentina: Trade and Investment Patterns (1890–1930)
Lluch, Andrea; CONICET Argentina/Universidad de los Andes Colombia
2018-12-19
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j053
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Argentina was viewed as the least Americanized country in Latin America at the beginning of the twentieth century. However, the role U.S. companies in shaping the Argentinean economy in the first decades of the twentieth century has not yet been fully documented. For this reason, this article provides a new estimate of the scope and characteristics of U.S. interests in Argentina, and try to explain the role and impact of U.S. firms in Argentina’s economic growth to 1930. It proposes that the impact of U.S. investments on the Argentinean economy was of longer standing and more widely diversified than has generally been assumed.
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Vol. 4 No 2 (2019): Special Issue: Presence of Chinese Businesses in the World; 132-174
The creation and transfer of entrepreneurship in emerging economies of the world. An approach through large family-owned corporations of China, Mexico and Brazil
Fernandez-Moya, Maria; CUNEF
Fernandez-Perez, Paloma; Universitat de Barcelona
2019-07-12
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This article analyses the process of creation and transfer of entrepreneurial competitive advantages in large family firms of three dynamic emerging economies of the 21st century: Brazil, Mexico and China. It does so by studing path dependencies and the creation of dynamic capabilities in three case studies: Pao de Açúcar (Brazil), Grupo Carso (Mexico) and Hutchison Whampoa (China). The interdisciplinary perspective of the article enables a long-term analysis of entrepreneurship, and facilitates the study of one important topic of debate in family business studies: the generational transfer of the so-called entrepreneurial spirit. The results of the article show on the one hand that existing historically determined institutions ruling local and global markets, and also inherited practices and values, have highly conditioned the strategies used to create and transfer entrepreneurship between generations in some of the largest family firms in Brazil, China and Mexico.
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Vol. 4 No 1 (2019); 142-179
Consolidation and rationalization of the public companies in Spain: the information and communication technologies (ICT) holding
Calvo, Angel; Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
2018-12-19
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This article aims to study a strategic sector in the first years of the new millennium, whose results have been already been partially presented. It is structured into four main sections, which include the introduction, a presentation of the public sector of information and communication technologies, the restructuring of the public sector of ICTs and the birth of the Inisel group, called to play an important role in the future for its leading role in the creation of the technological firm Indra. The article, which is predominantly descriptive in nature, combines industrial history with strategic management, and methodologically is a case study using primary sources of both public and private origin together with reports and studies from large international organizations.
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Vol. 4 No 1 (2019); 180-207
Gringo Entrepreneurship in Latin America. The Thorndikes of Peru, 1901-1938
Wong Cam, David; Universidad del Pacífico
Hernández Lefranc, Harold; Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Carrasco Weston, José Manuel; Universidad del Pacífico
2018-12-19
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j056
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This article studies with a business history framework the history of immigrant entrepreneurship of a North American family in Peru, whose origin goes back to the second half of the nineteenth century and its development takes place in the first forty years of the twentieth century. The origins go back to Ernesto Thorndike, a North American businessman whose business trajectory was situated principally in Peru. At the end of his life, he saw the decline of his fortune despite his social and intellectual capital, of being part of the economic and social elite of Lima at the end of the nineteenth century and the beginnings of the twentieth, and of the diversification of its businesses. The article analyzes this evolution and indicates driving factors of success and decline: intellectual capital un-exploitable because of Peru´s political and economic instability (the construction of railroads was paralyzed at the end of nineteenth century); the lack of speed to produce the necessary tacit technical knowledge to diversify of its businesses; and the lack of bonding social capital, which prevented the constitution of a family business group that capitalized contacts and relationships that extends in time the existence of firms beyond a generation.
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Vol. 5 No 1 (2020): Special Issue: Entrepreneurial and Innovation Ecosystems; 221-264
Standing the test of time: External factors influencing family firm longevity in Germany and Spain during the twentieth century
Fernandez Moya, Maria; CUNEF
Fernandez-Perez, Paloma; Universitat de Barcelona
Lubinski, Christina; Copenhagen Business School
2020-01-30
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While most research on family business longevity focuses on how internal corporate governance issue impact resilience, the aim of this article is to foreground the relevance of external environmental factors, and to do so in an internationally comparative perspective. By historically comparing the largest family businesses in Germany and Spain in the twentieth century, we find that they differ significantly in age and ask how external factors help us better understand these variances. After analysing the institutional framework of the two countries during the second part of the 20th century, we explore the strategic responses developed in reaction to that framework by four of the largest family businesses in the two countries. With this, we strive to capture the interdependent nature of internal decision-making processes and external environmental changes, ultimately arguing for a more holistic understanding of family business resilience over time.
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Vol. 4 No 1 (2019); 208-228
The protocol and its effect on the continuity of the family business through structural equation models
Lucero Bringas, Maria de los Angeles; UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CORDOBA
Caro, Norma Patricia; Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
2018-12-19
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j057
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Family businesses are representative of the economy in Argentina. They are characterized by a strong vocation for continuity as part of the family legacy. However, their permanence has been hindered in most cases by lack of management of the business family. The high rate of disappearance is due in most cases to family-type setbacks.The family protocol is a tool that contributes to progress of family businesses, facilitating management of the company and the business family. The objective of this work is to find correlation among behaviour of family businesses and the family protocol as a management tool for the permanence of the family business. Structural equations models (SEM) were applied, where on the one hand, the latent variable "continuity"- which indicates the perception that members of family businesses have - was defined and on the other hand, if “having a protocol” has an implication on their endurance.It is concluded that having a family protocol which includes the guidelines for family and business management contributes to permanence of the family business with all the benefits that this implies both for the business family itself and for the society and economy in which it is immersed.
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Vol. 4 No 1 (2019); 1-25
Digitalization in German family firms – some preliminary insights
Cravotta, Sven; SRH Hochschule Heidelberg, Campus Calw/ Germany
Grottke, Markus; AKAD University
2018-12-19
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Currently, digitalization is a key topic among firms. This paper addresses this topic in the case of German family firms. German family firms have been internationally recognized already for a long time to be at the same time very innovative but also acting very secretly. Therefore it is not surprising that prior literature on this topic is between scarce to inexistent even though literature on digitalization and SME’s in general is widespread. The key question addressed in this paper is how German family firms try to face the challenge of the digital transformation. To provide some suggestions, we relate in an explorative and theorizing essay current evidence from literature on digitalization to key characteristics of German family firms and to insights we have gained in our personal relations to German family firms and their networks. We find indications that the digital transformation touches the heart of those firms as in the light of the new technological opportunities, key values such as innovation, secrecy, specialization on a niche and customer orientation might be in need to be redefined. As a result, starting from the German case we outline challenges and opportunities for family firms that might go far beyond the German case and point to fruitful areas for future research on family firms.
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2018-12-19T16:15:29Z
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Vol. 4 No 1 (2019); 109-141
Adapting marketing strategies: a linguistic analysis of wine advertising in Spain, 1970-2010
Alcaraz-Mármol, Gema; Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Medina-Albaladejo, Francisco José; Universitat de València
2018-12-19
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The Spanish wine sector has undergone a series of changes in the last decades, particularly due to the decreasing domestic demand and the growing international competence. Consequently, Spanish wineries have had to adapt to this new situation by adopting new marketing policies. The aim of this study is to explore to what extent these new policies have been applied by means of the linguistic analysis and comparison of different types of advertisement in specialized printed media, focusing on the specific frequency of the most used word families in adverts from the 70s to present day. A corpus of 640 adverts has been compiled. We have particularly paid attention to the words that have been used in those messages. Results reveal that the Spanish wineries started their adaptive process during the 90s. They evolved from simple no picture messages related to the production system to more elaborated and pictured ones with the introduction of new visual support and terms related to tradition, exclusiveness and quality.
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Vol. 4 No 2 (2019): Special Issue: Presence of Chinese Businesses in the World; 45-67
Chinese investments in Latin America: An analysis of host country determinants
Quer, Diego; University of Alicante
Rienda, Laura; University of Alicante
Andreu, Rosario; University of Alicante
2019-07-12
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Despite cultural differences and political instability, Latin America is already the second main destination of China’s outward foreign direct investment (OFDI), only behind Asia. Although natural resource-seeking has been the traditional motivation for Chinese firms doing business in Latin America, market-seeking is also becoming an increasingly important driver. The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of host country factors on the location decisions of Chinese multinational enterprises (MNEs) in Latin America. We analyzed a sample of 106 investments carried out by 52 Chinese MNEs in 10 Latin American countries between 2005 and 2017. Our findings indicate that cultural distance negatively influences location choice by Chinese MNEs, while political risk has no influence. Moreover, market-seeking motivations and good diplomatic relations between China and the host country also matter.
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Vol. 4 No 2 (2019): Special Issue: Presence of Chinese Businesses in the World; 175-203
Chinese Business in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Historical Overview
Palma, Patricia; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Montt Strabucchi, María; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
2019-07-12
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This article provides a historical background of Chinese presence in Latin America and the Caribbean from the arrival of the first Chinese workers in the 1850s until the Great Depression. The objective is to demonstrate that Chinese businesses and investment in the region is far for being a recent phenomenon. Methodologically, this article explores an extensive bibliographic corpus and analyzes the International Chinese Business Directory of the World of 1913, one of the most important sources on Chinese businesses in the region. By focusing on the early migration patterns, the establishment of Chinese businesses and transnational economic networks, this article reveals how Chinese businesses were part of the urban landscapes of several Latin American and Caribbean cities, establishing historical commercial ties which continue, if in different forms, to this day.
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Vol. 4 No 2 (2019): Special Issue: Presence of Chinese Businesses in the World; 68-107
Chinese Companies and Foreign Direct Investment in Brazil between 2000 and 2018
Dalla Costa, Armando João; Federal University of Paraná
Yi, Li Yu Fang; Federal University of Parana
Althaus Junior, Adalto Acir; Federal University of Paraná
2019-07-12
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The article aims to understand the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and the presence of Chinese multinationals in Brazil. To achieve its purpose, the text retrieves theoretical elements about FDI and the theories that explain the process of internationalization of companies, in order to explain the growing presence of Chinese multinationals in the country. We used data from official sources, such as the Central Bank of Brazil (CBB), UNCTAD and the Ministry of Commerce of China (MOFCOM), and from unofficial sources, such as the American Business Institute (ABI) and the Brazil China Business Council. We present some case studies of multinationals such as Sinopec (petroleum sector), Didi Chuxing (Technology/ Startup), State Grid (Electric Power) and Chery Automobile (Auto Industry), with intent to show the modus operandi of companies from different economic sectors. To analyze these companies, we used data from their websites and other information available online. As a preliminary conclusion, it can be stated that Chinese FDI in Brazil increased significantly during the 21st century, when compared to the total direct investment from other countries. The Chinese multinationals in Brazil focus their interests in search for raw materials and sale of products with greater added value.
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Vol. 4 No 2 (2019): Special Issue: Presence of Chinese Businesses in the World; 13-44
Chinese companies conquering the world: A descriptive analysis of the rapid rise of Chinese acquisitions
Casanova, Lourdes S.; Cornell University. SC Johnson College of Business. Emerging Markets Institute
Miroux, Anne; Cornell University
2019-07-12
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In this article, we study the global acquisition trends of Chinese companies. We look at the countries and sectors they are investing in and the factors driving those investments. We consider the inflexion points and the changes before and after the Global Financial Crisis. The focus of the paper is the evolution of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), but we also consider greenfield investments and overall outward foreign direct investments. To that end, we use longitudinal data from three sources: the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the Standard & Poor’s Capital IQ, and Financial Times fDi Markets. We note that M&A activity was key for the rapid growth and the fast internationalization pace of Chinese companies. While M&A is the entry mode of choice for Chinese firms to approach the developed world (Europe and the U.S.), greenfields are more common for expansion in Asia and Africa. The paper also provides comparisons with data from other emerging markets and the U.S.
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Vol. 4 No 2 (2019): Special Issue: Presence of Chinese Businesses in the World; 108-131
The Chinese Project “One Belt One Road” Toward Latin America and the Caribbean. Economic-financial implications
González-Sáez, Ruvislei; Research Center of International Policy (CIPI) and Havana University
2019-07-12
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In September 2013, the president of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping presented in Kazakhstan the idea of the great project Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Two years later Beijing made official the megaproject with the institutionalization of six corridors and its two slopes, the Economic Belt of the Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road of the 21st century. In its initial projection the connection of Asia with Europe, crossing the Middle East and involving Africa was proposed. However, starting in 2016, the extension to Latin America and the Caribbean is being projected, through the development of a series of economic-financial projects. The article uses primary and secondary sources, and a narrative style, to argue that BRI is more than an infrastructure and economic initiative. The major objective of the study is to determine and highlight the relevance of economic-financial dimensions, without downplaying the obvious political implications.
oai:revistes.ub.edu:article/28845
2022-01-20T12:12:53Z
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Vol. 4 No 2 (2019): Special Issue: Presence of Chinese Businesses in the World; 1-12
The presence of Chinese businesses in the world
Barahona Márquez, Felix; EU Mediterrani (Spain) Universitat de Barcelona (Spain)
2019-07-12
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This article introduces the special issue of the Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business about the global presence of Chinese businesses and explains some important aspects in order to understand outward Chinese investments. The article also presents the seven special issue articles that provide new insights about the international presence of Chinese companies, in general in the world but with a particular attention paid to investments in Latin American countries.
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2022-01-20T12:01:50Z
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Vol. 5 No 2 (2020): Special Issue: Perdurability, families, and internationalization processes: approaches from business history in Latin America; 215-247
Political risk management practices of Multinational Corporations: their approaches to deal with developing countries under economic sanctions
Gonzalez-Bravo, Yoel Modesto; Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (Venezuela)
2020-06-29
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j081
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This article explores adjustments to the traditional political risk management practices followed by Multinational Corporations (MNCs) in their international operations to incorporate an increasingly concerning risk arising from the more frequent imposition of economic sanctions on developing countries over the last ten years for political purposes. In order to identify the main determinants of this risk and its consequences, a literature review is conducted, highlighting the models proposed by Tsebelis (1990) and Kakutami (2017) as the main frameworks to understand the dynamics for sanctions impositions, their frequency and the management of this risk by traditional MNCs from developed countries. Kakutami’s model is further enhanced in this article with a game theoretical model to understand the dynamic behavior of MNCs under this context, considering evidences of a growing presence in international markets of MNCs from developing countries, whose motivations for their expansion are explored. Finally, different political risk mitigating strategies are reviewed to explore their suitability to MNCs, with particular emphasis on the use of insurance to cover this risk and its effects on MNCs’ willingness to engage with sanctioned countries. As a general finding, from a reputational point of view, MNCs should take a more active role in their network analysis to identify their direct and indirect exposure to this risk, given the more frequent imposition of sanctions with an extraterritorial reach.
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2021-07-05T08:30:35Z
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Vol. 6 No 2 (2021); 1-41
Internet access standards: dissemination of the Integrated Services Digital Network in Spain, 1984-2005
Calvo, Angel; University of Barcelona (Spain)
2021-07-01
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This article aims to narrate the birth and evolution of the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) in Spain with an essentially descriptive methodology, from an interdisciplinary perspective and from varied sources. The study aims to investigate the forms of the transition from a conceptual or engineering phase to the market in a standard of Internet access and, at the same time, in the different patterns of technological innovation and the factors that motivate them. It tries to verify if the own nature of the techniques, the degree of diffusion of the previous technologies, the technological level -digitalization- and the structure of market of the telecommunications — continued existence of the monopoly of the historical operator National Telephone Company of Spain — had a significant impact on the inequality of penetration with respect to other countries. The research authorizes to conclude that a very heterogeneous combination of factors caused that leading countries in the diffusion of a technology did not achieve that leading role in the diffusion of other technologies.
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Vol. 5 No 2 (2020): Special Issue: Perdurability, families, and internationalization processes: approaches from business history in Latin America; 150-176
Industrial business groups in a context of deindustrialization. The Uruguayan Case, 1980-2015
Geymonat, Juan Ignacio; Universidad de la República (Uruguay)
2020-06-29
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j079
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During the 1990s, a series of institutional transformations took place that strongly affected the national productive structure, as well as its agents. Among the main effects of the new openness and liberalization policies are: the loss of relevance of the manufacturing sector in the economy, the abandonment of the complex system of tariffs and subsidies and the accelerated growth of foreign direct investment. How have these transformations impacted the structure of national industrial business groups? This is the central question that guides the article.The paper takes two samples from large industrial business groups in the late 1980s and in 2015, comparing their evolution in both benchmark years. In the construction of both samples, information was taken from the Central Bank of Uruguay, the Montevideo Stock Exchange, Official Newspaper and press sources, in addition to previous work. The evidence presented shows that aspects such as size, level of diversification and the form of family control have not varied much in each period. In this sense, the groups have remained stable around certain attributes. On the other hand, there are notable variations in the formation of alliances, the sector distribution of the business portfolio and the links with the government in different modalities.These variations and permanence can be explained by the impact of the new institutional context in the framework of a small economy like Uruguay. Although similar reforms in other countries in the region have strengthened national business groups (promoting their internationalization and their internal expansion into new business areas), the Uruguayan case seems to represent the opposite. In this way, the paper contributes to the discussion about family groups and their adaptation to the context of the second globalization in peripheral economies.
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Vol. 5 No 1 (2020): Special Issue: Entrepreneurial and Innovation Ecosystems; 14-51
How Technology Evolution and Disruption are Defining the World’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: The Case of Barcelona’s Startup Ecosystem
Condom-Vilà, Pere; University of Barcelona
2020-01-30
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j067
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This article provides a critical overview of the development process of entrepreneurial ecosystems and the role played by technology and startups within such process. The analysis focus on the characteristics and components of entrepreneurial ecosystems with special attention to startups, as they are the main actors of these ecosystems. The objectives are reached through a critical literature review. Results show the evolution of these ecosystems, and an in-deep analysis of the role played by startups, big companies and governments in such evolution. The knowledge paradox between universities and startups is also taken into account together with and the importance of cities in the development of successful entrepreneurial ecosystems. We apply the result of our critical review to the analysis of the case of the Barcelona Ecosystem. Last section is devoted to policy implications for the strengthening of entrepreneurial ecosystems with special reference to the universities and the need for a redesign of technology transfer strategies. Success factors analysis and specific policy recommendations can help to a better understanding and policy planning of entrepreneurial ecosystems.
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Vol. 5 No 2 (2020): Special Issue: Perdurability, families, and internationalization processes: approaches from business history in Latin America; 80-114
Study cases of two small medium size enterprises (SMEs) in the southern metropolitan region of Buenos Aires
Russo, Cintia Nelly; Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Gutti, Patricia; Universidad Nacional de Quilmes (Argentina)
2020-06-29
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j077
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The main purpose of the paper is to understand which specific strategies Argentinian small medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) adopted during the second half of the 20th century to adapt to and confront economic cycles, and how the learning process allowed them to endure over time. To do so, we focus on the learning paths of two metallurgy firms established in the Quilmes District, south of the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Region: SINPAR (1931), and Gora (1958), which have accumulated experience and recognition at the local level, for more than sixty years. By studying those companies, we aim to a twofold result. The first is to show that the strategies of the SMEs in the manufacturing sector are based on internal capabilities of meeting demand and responding to the domestic economy. The second one associates the long-term endurance of companies with a strong family management structure over more than one generation. Based on those results, we will argue that the SMEs lasted over time because their founders and successors developed the ability to adapt and of learning how to respond to and take advantage of the uncertainty, restrictions and opportunities of the Argentinian economy.
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Vol. 5 No 2 (2020): Special Issue: Perdurability, families, and internationalization processes: approaches from business history in Latin America; 33-79
Business families in Southern Patagonia: from the end of the 19th Century to the first decades of 20th century
Bandieri, Susana; Conicet-IPEHCS (Argentina)
Almaraz, Araceli; El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (México)
2020-06-29
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j076
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The groups of settlers who arrived in Punta Arenas in Southern Patagonia in the second half of the 19th century, established the trade in hunting products, leather and exotic feathers. They organized the first companies as trading houses between individuals and friends. The capital accumulation of these immigrants promoted take-off and productive control based on external trade routes, an evidence of prior connections abroad. From 1881, the multiplication of some family companies boosted out controlling branches and suppliers of value productive chains through different association to foreign groups encouraged by the offer of land concessions. Partnership by friendship and family also added anonymous societies with a shareholder scheme including family members. The major article’s goal is to analyze first family business in this context, through a genealogy business approach. Theoretical concepts and method used here include debates of economic history and entrepreneurial history focused on family business. The core is social and commercial structures for understanding the family continuity, and also business survival in specific contexts. We elaborate three intertwined commercial and family genealogies that worked first in Punta Arenas before 1908 and later in Argentina. And, we analyze strategies by family members of second and third generations achieved for survival, and configuration of the Braun-Menéndez Behety business family. We relate some findings to the connections between Punta Arenas economy and European capitalism; interregional connections; the family as a socio-cultural dimension in entrepreneurship; management innovations in rural contexts and the pathways followed to establish the firsts mother-firms in Austral Patagonian Area.
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Vol. 5 No 2 (2020): Special Issue: Perdurability, families, and internationalization processes: approaches from business history in Latin America; 177-214
Pathways from Deglobalisation: Colombian Business Groups, 1950-1985
Rodriguez-Satizabal, Beatriz Elena; Queen Mary University of London (United Kingdom) Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)
2020-06-29
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j080
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What are the characteristics of the Colombian business groups and how did they evolve between 1950 and 1985? How did the characteristics change during a period of deglobalisation? This paper provides a description of the Colombian business groups. It tracks the evolution of 25 groups since their consolidation in the 1950s, during a period of Industrialization by Substitution of Imports (ISI), until 1985, a year before the Colombian government considered for the first time trade liberalisation policies. By concentrating on descriptive variables such as size, ownership and control, foundation year, and diversification, this paper provides an overview of the consolidation, development and restructuring of the groups. The task implied answering the underlying questions of what and who the business groups are by relying extensively on secondary literature for the main concepts and primary sources, valued for their ‘first-handedness’, to illustrate and complement the arguments on their characteristics. Combining the analysis of the track record of 25 groups, this research places the business group as the unit of analysis, and also includes 428 group-affiliated firms. Despite their current importance and presence in the economy since the second half of the twentieth century, a profile of the largest Colombian business groups during this period has not yet been produced. Most of the variables used to characterise the groups are the ones set out by the literature, however, the paper also brings indexes to quantify the historical evolution of the characteristics.
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Vol. 5 No 1 (2020): Special Issue: Entrepreneurial and Innovation Ecosystems; 116-157
Strategies of innovation and appropriation. Sectoral analysis of Argentine manufacturing firms
Petelski, Natalia; Instituto de Industria, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento (IDEI-UNGS)
Milesi, Darío; Instituto de Industria, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento (IDEI-UNGS)
Verre, Vladimiro; Instituto de Industria, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento (IDEI-UNGS)
2020-01-30
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Following the evolutionary and neoshumpeterian theoretical framework, this research studies how the appropriation strategy of firms is formed in different industrial sector and what factors explain the use of the mechanisms that firms use to protect their innovations. The analysis is based on evidence from Argentine manufacturing firms surveyed by the National Survey of Employment Dynamics and Innovation (ENDEI) for 2010-2012. The results of the statistical analysis allow to identify three clusters at the sectoral level with differentiated characteristics in terms of their innovation activities and business conformation. The cluster of high innovative activity shows a greater incidence of the use of secrecy and patents, while the cluster of low innovative activity presents a greater use of complementary assets and first mover. The econometric analysis (Probit models) shows different effects of the factors considered (type of effort and innovative results, capabilities, linkages, structural factors) on the mechanism used, showing that the appropriation strategy is an emerging of innovation process and differs according to the sectoral cluster considered. The type of innovative effort affects only the appropriation strategy of the high and low innovative activity clusters; while the structural factors of firms explain only the appropriation strategy of sectors of high and medium innovative activity.
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Vol. 5 No 1 (2020): Special Issue: Entrepreneurial and Innovation Ecosystems; 52-80
Innovation policy instruments through the lens of open innovation. An analysis in the Spanish context
Flor, María Luisa; Universitat Jaume I
Blasco Díaz, José Luis; Universitat Jaume I
Lara Ortiz, María Lidón; Universitat Jaume I
2020-01-30
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Open innovation (OI) involves the deliberate use of external and internal knowledge flows by organisations in order to accelerate their innovations and expand the markets for the external use of innovations. Despite the relevance of OI for firms’ competitiveness, firms’ abilities to leverage and combine internal and external knowledge flows cannot be taken for granted. In this context, innovation policies can play a crucial role in stimulating firms’ OI strategies. The objective of this research is to examine the degree to which existing public innovation policies promote open innovation by companies. In doing so, we review the set of innovation policy instruments developed by governments within the Spanish national and regional innovation systems and examine the extent to which they support open innovation by companies, either by facilitating firms’ open innovation practices or by acting on the external factors that influence them. Our results show that innovation policies in Spanish national and regional settings partially promote firms’ open innovation, since governments base their actions on the interaction between science, industry and government, sometimes with intermediaries that promote it. We propose the development of instruments to encourage firms to implement open innovation practices in such a way that they complement the existing ones and can fully achieve the benefits associated with open innovation.
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Vol. 5 No 1 (2020): Special Issue: Entrepreneurial and Innovation Ecosystems; 81-115
Smart specialization for building up a regional innovation agenda: the case of San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Solleiro-Rebolledo, Jose Luis; Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
García-Martínez, Moisés Braulio; University Center for Business Technology Support, Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí
Castañón-Ibarra, Rosario; Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
Martínez-Salvador, Laura Elena; Institute of Social Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
2020-01-30
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The state of San Luis Potosí (SLP) is divided into four regions: “Altiplano, Centro, Huasteca and Media”. A large socioeconomic inequality is perceived among the regions, this is especially observed when comparing Centro with the other regions, mainly because Centro region shows greater economic dynamism and has a great amount of companies, educational institutions and research centers, which contributes to lower its socioeconomic lag. In order to reduce the social inequality and the economic development gap of SLP, a project for the construction of innovation agendas with a regional focus was formulated applying RIS3 methodology.Therefore, this article has as its main objective, to present and analyze the results of this project, through the identification of regional economic potential and their areas of smart specialization, as well as international technological trends in those areas. As an important component, a governance mechanism was organized in the four regions used to build consensus and legitimate the RIS3 process. In the framework of triple- helix participatory workshops, a portfolio of priority innovation projects was defined. This article offers an analysis of favorable factors and obstacles faced during the process; a series of recommendations for the promotion of regional innovation agendas (RIA) plus brief conclusions.
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Vol. 5 No 1 (2020): Special Issue: Entrepreneurial and Innovation Ecosystems; 182-220
A dynamic model of entrepreneurial ecosystems evolution
Kantis, Hugo; Prodem Institute of Infdustry National University of General Sarmiento
Federico, Juan; Prodem Institute of Infdustry National University of General Sarmiento
2020-01-30
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j072
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Recent contributions on Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (EE) literature tend to highlight the need for a deeper theory-based discussion of the concept and a dynamic approach on the EE evolution. The objective of this article is to contribute to this on-going discussion by proposing a novel theoretical model to understand the origin and evolution of EE, paying special attention to the drivers that are relevant to explain the successive developments in the EE trajectory and the differences between developed and developing EE. We draw our model from the study of four different empirical settings: two well-known and developed EE (Silicon Valley and Israel), and two less developed and less studied EE (Santiago de Chile and Buenos Aires).Our model is composed by two ontologically different levels of dimensions: (i) framework conditions (culture, STI platform, business structure, social conditions and social capital) and (ii) five dynamics or drivers (the entrepreneurial dynamic, the business dynamic, the investment dynamic, the institutional dynamic, and the government and policy dynamic). Evolution, in our model, is conceptualized as a self-reinforcing process by which EE are constructed and developed over time, resulting from the co-evolution and interactions of the five dynamics and the framework conditions. Consequently, each EE would follow its own trajectory, moulded by its initial conditions, the relative importance of the different dynamics, and the interaction process between dynamics and framework conditions.
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Vol. 5 No 1 (2020): Special Issue: Entrepreneurial and Innovation Ecosystems; 158-181
Demand-oriented innovation policy: Mapping the field and proposing a research agenda for developing countries
Reyes-Mercado, Pável; Anahuac University Mexico
Angeles, Adrianela; Anahuac University Mexico
Larios-Hernández, Guillermo Jesús; Anahuac University Mexico
2020-01-30
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j071
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This article conducts a scoping review of demand side innovation policies and its associated instruments in relevant English language academic literature. Demand-side innovation policies aim to improve contextual conditions to encourage innovation adoption to address government-defined societal challenges. From the demand approach, innovation policy is expected to involve a directionality, which originates from collective priorities around relevant problems. Based on a scooping review of the innovation policy literature from the demand perspective, this research has characterized trends in the discussion about innovation policies that target such challenges, a perspective that complements the traditional supply side policy instruments. Findings indicate that literature on demand-side policies has mainly addressed energy and sustainability issues in European countries and China. Additionally, although demand-side policies have been advocated for a relatively long time, the literature recognizes that a policy mix involving also the supply-side can be more effective in encouraging innovation. In Latin America, demand-side policies have been poorly understood, leading to a defective implementation of policies and instruments. The stage of research on demand-side policies is still evolving and this article advances research propositions on innovation policy, with a deep focus on how they can be implemented in innovation-lagging developing countries.
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Vol. 6 No 2 (2021); 126-150
Academic patents and entrepreneurial intention. To what extent are other knowledge transfer mechanisms affected in a Mexican university?
Calderón, María Guadalupe; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Perez, Pilar; Instituto Politécnico Nacional
2021-07-01
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j094
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This research aims to expand the explanations about the debate on academic entrepreneurship and other knowledge transfer mechanisms, to respond to what extent entrepreneurial intention affects the diffusion and dissemination of knowledge in a Mexican university. The lack of indicators of commercial activity, leads us to propose the analysis of a pre-commercial stage of technology that we call entrepreneurial intention. After the literature review, we present a database of academic inventors in patents granted to the university, identifying patenting with an entrepreneurial intention, following Lomas (1993) knowledge transfer taxonomy. Data about publications and received citations by academic inventors is also considered for knowledge diffusion; as well as the supervision of end-of-degree projects in undergraduate and graduate studies; before and after the patent was granted, for knowledge dissemination. Using a binomial model, we estimated two data sets, one for the period 1984-2000 and the second for 2001-2020. Our findings reveal, an average increase of 60% in the number of patents obtained. We also found that the characteristics of the research group are significant in both models, but in the 2001-2020 period it is more important to integrate foreign inventors than patenting with firms, the dissemination of knowledge is more significant and has greater importance in the model. To respond to what extent entrepreneurial intention affects the diffusion and dissemination of knowledge, greater attention should be paid to the diffusion of knowledge since in both models the variable that represents publications after patenting is not significant. The explanation about the dissemination of knowledge improves substantially from one period to another.
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Vol. 5 No 1 (2020): Special Issue: Entrepreneurial and Innovation Ecosystems; 1-13
Entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems: Ibero-American perspective
Valls-Pasola, Jaume; Universitat de Barcelona
Reyes Álvarez, Juan; Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
2020-01-30
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This article introduces the special issue of the Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business about entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems. It sums ups significant changes that have taken place in the world of business innovation and entrepreneurship in recent years. Start-ups are growing at the centre of a change of paradigm where connections and global networks are key in order to develop new and disruptive technologies. In such a framework, this article presents the nine contributions of this special issue that provide research results related to the topic of entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems from an Ibero-American perspective.
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Vol. 5 No 2 (2020): Special Issue: Perdurability, families, and internationalization processes: approaches from business history in Latin America; 115-149
The internationalisation of family SMEs in the Valencian region: the growing role played by Latin America, 1980-2018
Vidal Olivares, Javier; Instituto Universitario de Estudios Sociales de América Latina, Universidad de Alicante (Spain)
Saiz, Candelaria; Instituto Universitario de Estudios Sociales de América Latina, Universidad de Alicante (Spain)
Torró, Lluís; Instituto Universitario de Estudios Sociales de América Latina, Universidad de Alicante (Spain)
Zabalza, Juan; Instituto Universitario de Estudios Sociales de América Latina, Universidad de Alicante (Spain)
2020-06-29
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SME's and family businesses are central elements in Spain's modern economic growth. However, their process of internationalization has been little explored in recent research, particularly when it has been primarily aimed at emerging economies. The article aims to understand and explain the internationalisation process of SME's in the Valencian region in Latin America. Through a set of cases of companies from different sectors (Metal, Machinery, Chemical, Ceramics, Textile, Furniture) it is showed that since 1990, the different Latin American countries have been increasing their presence in the preferential markets of most of the 22 companies studied. The growing role of the region in the investments of Valencian SME's shows the diversification and expansion of destination markets, including geographically not only the traditional European or Arab countries but also those of Latin America. Different reasons underlie this internationalisation: but the enterprises analysed based on a case studies approach showed different models of expansion. The common denominator being that of strategies specifically developed and adapted to the destination country's local environment: from an incremental and gradual expansion.
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Vol. 6 No 2 (2021); 180-208
Personal values as predictors of entrepreneurial intentions of university students
Campos Sánchez, Alejandro; University of Guadalajara, Mexico
2021-07-01
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Considering entrepreneurship as a set of actions performed by a subject, and behavior one of the main predictors of actions, this work presents a study based on the Theory of Human Values, that aims to analyze the influence of personal values on entrepreneurial intention of university students; understanding as well the personal values as cognitive characteristics that explain the attitudes of a subject towards entrepreneurship, the hypotheses of this work establish a positive relation between values associated to individualism and the entrepreneurial intention as well as a negative relation between values associated to collectivism and the entrepreneurial intention of university students. For this, a sample of 488 undergraduate students from the University of Guadalajara in Mexico is used and statistical analysis is performed through the SPSS software. Using a quantitative methodology, an exploratory factorial analysis and a linear regression model are performed to calculate the predictive capacity of the different types of personal values on the entrepreneurial intention of students at the University previously mentioned. Personal values associated to individualism prove to be highly related to entrepreneurial intentions while those related to collectivism show low or null effect. Some exceptions are discussed and lead to future lines of research regarding different types of entrepreneurship.
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Vol. 5 No 2 (2020): Special Issue: Perdurability, families, and internationalization processes: approaches from business history in Latin America; 1-32
Perdurability, families, and internationalization processes: approaches from business history in Latin America
Almaraz Alvarado, Araceli; El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (Mexico)
2020-06-29
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The main purpose of this text is to present an special issue with a set of researches that describes the history of companies, groups, and business families managed in Latin America from diverse approaches. Additionally, this article introduces the mid-range concept “durability of entrepreneurial process” as part of an agenda to business history in Latin America encouraging complementary methodologies and the theoretical debate. Economic and business history in Latin America has become open to a vigorous debate, strengthening. the analysis of sectors, large companies, national economic groups, longeval non-family business, and family-based companies as major lines of study. As emerging sublines, business historians in Latin America have also approached the study of internationalization, the evolution of organizational structures, the performance and corporate governance of businesses, women and business, and recently family succession andbusiness families in Latin America. In a much smaller proportion emerging research sublines, with great potential, have focused on small and medium-sized family businesses, immigration and ethnic descent-business. An agenda that more firmly promotes a theoretical and methodological proposal in business history studies in Latin America is urgent. The countries in which scholarship has progressed in these lines and sublines of research for over three decades are Colombia, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Peru, Brazil, and Uruguay. The Latin America Congress of Economic History (CLADHE in Spanish) is the primary engine of discussions between economic and business historians which have held six events from 2007 and also, we must recognize the breach that the Business History Conference opened in their 2019 and 2020 meetings to discuss business history in Latin America. This presentation highlights contributions in this special issue about Mexican business groups and families, and the empirical and theoretical most relevant elements of the articles included about Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, the Valencian SMEs in Latin America, and the political risks to invest in the region.
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Vol. 6 No 2 (2021); 42-86
Revisiting British Investment in Latin America: The River Plate Trust Group, 1879–1963
Lanciotti, Norma Silvana; Universidad Nacional de Rosario / CONICET
2021-07-01
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The article analyses the performance and profitability of the firms controlled by the River Plate Trust Group in Argentina and Uruguay from 1879 to 1960 to challenges the notion that British investments in the Southern Cone involved greater default or insolvency risks because of nationalism, expropriations, and over-taxation. Also known as Morris or Morrison group, River Plate Trust became the most important British business group in the region during the First Global Period, as it controlled a number of public utilities, mortgage and financial firms. Our case shows that the decline of British investment in mortgage and financial activities did not mark the end of this business cycle after WWI; rather, it signalled a change in the direction of capital flows. Capital outflows from host economies to Great Britain—via dividends—continued over the interwar period, with only a brief interruption between 1931 and 1934. The business cycle of British firms entered a new phase, characterized by stagnant British investments and increasing capital returns from Argentina and Uruguay to Great Britain.Moreover, British public utility firms continued to invest in the River Plate until the 1940s, because profits from the region supported the distribution of high dividends to shareholders.
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2022-01-12T10:19:36Z
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Vol. 7 No 1 (2022): Special Issue. Latin American Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: A Historical Perspective; 13-58
Small publishing houses in Argentina. Their dynamism and limitations within the publishing industry
Román, Viviana; Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, IIEP BAIRES - CEEED
2022-01-12
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The goal of this article is to analyze the market insertion that small Argentine publishing houses underwent between the late twentieth century and 2015. We take into account the sector’s evolution in the country, the worldwide concentration of the publishing market, and the business strategies these firms adopted, from a historical standpoint. Sources are institutional and periodical publications, oral sources obtained through interviews with key actors, statistical sources, repository information, and secondary literature. Some comparisons with other Latin American countries are also presented. The conclusions highlight elements such as the publishing houses´accumulated historical experience, business strategies, speed of adaptation to digital and multimedia formats, production focused on specific areas or topics, and the leveraging of a minimal and flexible structure, many times in unfavorable circumstances, as key factors that allow a correct understanding of the complexities of the business of publishing for small and medium enterprises in Argentina.
oai:revistes.ub.edu:article/31814
2022-01-20T12:00:41Z
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Vol. 6 No 1 (2021): Special Issue: A mixed model of hospital services: Catalonia, 1870s-2010s; 182-226
How to evaluate the capacity of hospital systems in a very long term international comparative perspective? Hospital beds per inhabitant in Catalonia 1900s-2010s
Fernández Pérez, Paloma; Universitat de Barcelona
2021-01-11
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j087
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This article proposes that the number of hospital beds available in a territory can be used as a comparative tool to gain a perspective on the very long term evolution of the historical capacity of hospital systems worldwide. The article presents: 1) the issues stemming from a lack of sources and comparative data available internationally before 1960; 2) data for the early 20th century for Barcelona and other cities of the world,; 3) data on hospital beds for various countries since the 1960s, with attention to data for Catalonia,; 4) data for the number of hospital beds per 1000 inhabitants for the past few decades in Catalonia, and a comparison with other autonomous communities and countries. The sources are the League of Nations, Yearbooks for Barcelona, the National Statistics Institute of Spain (Instituto Nacional de Estadística, INE), IDESCAT, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the OECD. The article provides research data that confirm that the beginning of the modern increase in the number of hospital beds per capita in Catalonia started as the rest of the Western world in the first third of the 20th century. Such growth was maintained throughout the 20th century up until the 1980s. After the 1980s, in Barcelona as in the rest of the world, there was a process of reducing hospital beds per capita. This has therefore created the possibility of hospital services being overwhelmed very quickly in the instance of a widespread health emergency.
oai:revistes.ub.edu:article/31907
2022-01-12T10:19:36Z
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Vol. 7 No 1 (2022): Special Issue. Latin American Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: A Historical Perspective; 59-86
Sources and Methodologies for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Study in Brazil
Dalla Costa, Armando João; Federal University of Paraná
Alam, Naijla Alves El; Federation of Industry of the state of Paraná
2022-01-12
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/31907
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This article uncovers relevant sources and methodologies to gather knowledge about micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) in Brazil. To achieve its purpose, the text presents sources and methodologies. This type of study is relatively neglected concerning MSMEs. Until this moment, not much data has been reported about these companies’ categories, and even less in advanced research. Among the most significant data and methodology of addressing MSMEs in the country, the text highlights the surveys conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service (SEBRAE), and the international annual research Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) a study on the entrepreneurial activity, which Brazil is part for more than 20 years. The Brazilian institutions, as well as consulting for those companies, collect key data that posteriorly become research sources. Also, when explaining how institutions chose and treated the data, they own specific methodologies regarding those businesses in Brazil. The paper also points out the importance of constant law monitoring, adjustment, and technology incentives. This article's contribution is to present a research methodology on MSME in Brazil with relevant data.
oai:revistes.ub.edu:article/32209
2022-01-20T12:00:41Z
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Vol. 6 No 1 (2021): Special Issue: A mixed model of hospital services: Catalonia, 1870s-2010s; 263-280
How self-government in Catalonia has integrated private not for profit care in the public healthcare service
Bohigas, Lluis; Acadèmic, Reial Academia de Medicina de Catalunya
2021-01-11
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j089
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This study aims to analyze how the hospital policy of the Catalan government during the period 1980-2020 was adapted to the specific situation in Catalonia and how it differs from previous policies put in place by the central Spanish government. The methodological approach is to present evidence found through analysis of official documents and study of changes in hospital’s affiliations during that particular period. The main contributions are to indicate that the legal status of the hospitals that, in 1980, formed part of the network of hospitals that collaborated with the public system (XHUP in its acronym in Catalan), has changed substantially when compared with the current situation today in 2020. Each case has been studied individually. The changes show a policy that keeps local government involved in healthcare matters and improves the overall efficiency of hospitals.
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2022-01-20T12:00:41Z
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Vol. 6 No 1 (2021): Special Issue: A mixed model of hospital services: Catalonia, 1870s-2010s; 156-181
Historical roots of hospital centrism in Catalonia (1917-1980)
Barceló-Prats, Josep; Universitat Rovira i Virgili de Tarragona
Bekele, Deborah; Universitat Rovira i Virgili de Tarragona
2021-01-11
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j086
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The aim of this article is to analyse the roots of the Catalonia health reform, whose first projects on reform have been documented since 1917. This historical process set-up, in Catalonia, a hospital-centric model involving three sets of regenerating and mutually reinforcing institutions: financial resources were being disproportionally distributed to hospitals, high-quality medical professionals were largely concentrated in hospitals and large outpatient departments were incorporated in hospitals, which functioned as a first point of care for many patients. Based on these premises, the intention is to contribute to the understanding of the initiatives that, during much of the 20th century, took place in Catalonia with the aim of bringing access to hospital services to the population. These same organising principles also had decisive influence on hospital planning in the rest of Spain. As such, we develop an historical approach to public policies that have been shaping the current imbalance between hospitals and primary care providers in Catalonia by combining two methodologies. On the one hand, an overview of the existing literature on this topic. On the other, an accumulation of case studies –which does not claim to be exhaustive– the result of this very research and that of other specialists in the object of study.As Catalonia still has a hospital-centric health system seeded throughout the 20th century, these findings can inform the framing of contemporary options for primary care strengthening. Without addressing these deep regenerating causes using a whole-system approach, Catalonia is unlikely to achieve a primary care orientation for health system development.
oai:revistes.ub.edu:article/32325
2022-01-20T12:00:41Z
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Vol. 6 No 1 (2021): Special Issue: A mixed model of hospital services: Catalonia, 1870s-2010s; 227-262
Origin and evolution of the Emergency Service of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (1967 to 1986)
Vila-Gimeno, Carmen; Universidad Ramon Llull
2021-01-11
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This paper aims to present the origin and evolution of hospital emergency services through the Emergency Service of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau de Barcelona, as it is the centre that has best preserved information about its own process, its evolution as a hospital and its adaptation to social change.A very particular characteristic of this hospital is that it managed to integrate its users as part of the management board at a time when the country was in the middle of a democratic transition after forty years under a dictatorship.For the realization of this paper, we have used the qualitative methodology has been used, in particular, Heidegger's hermeneutical phenomenology, so as to triangulate documentary analysis with open interviews with relevant people about the historical process being studied, and to obtain the resulting document. A descriptive work, with a completely objective, historical account.The existence of this article cannot be explained without considering the importance of certain documentary sources that remain, so far, largely unexplored, such as the archives of the neighbourhood associations of Barcelona and the impact of social movements in achieving the creation of new health services, their maintenance and surveillance, and the promotion of their development according to the needs of each historical moment. That would be the main conclusion.
oai:revistes.ub.edu:article/32331
2022-01-12T10:19:36Z
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Vol. 7 No 1 (2022): Special Issue. Latin American Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: A Historical Perspective; 87-120
Small and Medium Enterprises in Bolivia, a Look Back to the Future, 1900 - 2020
Alcon Vila, Antonio; Universidad de Alicante
2022-01-12
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/32331
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The main objective of this article is to analyze Bolivian small and medium enterprises (SMEs), their evolution, and their contribution to the country's economy. The globalization of markets is currently a reality to which companies are exposed for their survival, growth and development. In developing countries such as the plurinational State of Bolivia, this reality becomes more relevant due to the socioeconomic characteristics of the country, where the main economic activity is dependent on the export of non-renewable natural resources (natural gas and minerals), and to a lesser extent the export of primary products. In this context, the article shows that SMEs struggle to consolidate their position in local markets, and have a low participation in global markets. The article reviews relevant secondary and primary literature, and concludes that SMEs require public and private support to contribute to the promotion of entrepreneurial culture, enter into global production chains, develop technological and innovation capabilities, and achieve growth in a sustainable manner and with high levels of competitiveness. The research method used is the review of relevant primary and secondary bibliographic sources of information about the origins, evolution and current situation of SMEs in Bolivia, and about possible alternatives for growth and development.
oai:revistes.ub.edu:article/32336
2022-01-12T10:19:36Z
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Vol. 7 No 1 (2022): Special Issue. Latin American Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: A Historical Perspective; 121-165
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Ecuador: Evolution and Challenges
Araque Jaramillo, Wilson; Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Sede Ecuador
Hidalgo Flor, Roberto; Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Sede Ecuador
Rivera Vásquez, Jairo; Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Sede Ecuador
2022-01-12
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/32336
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The main objective of this article is to analyze the evolution of Ecuadorian Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME), their contribution to the national economy, institutional framework, and internal operating characteristics. To this end, the focus is on companies related to the manufacturing sector in Ecuador. The main periods of the analysis are: i) the 1990s, ii) 2000-2008 and iii) 2009-2019; however, the decades of the 1970s and 1980s have been included in the first part of the article for their relevance. Literature review is the main data collection methodology, and the databases used are from official sources. Data from the Banco Central del Ecuador (BCE, Central Bank of Ecuador), the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC, National Institute of Statistics and Census), regulations and research around the SME sector have been used. The main findings are that SMEs are crucial within the Ecuadorian industrial fabric, because of its specialization in products that contribute to satisfying basic needs, but also because they provide parts and supplies to other companies. The quantitative contribution of SMEs, however, has been declining over time, both in number of establishments, staffing, and production, which reveals the increasing relevance of large industries. In this process, the institutional framework has had an influence in the evolution of SMEs, with certain strengths and weaknesses in terms of supporting the development of SMEs. In turn, in regards to internal operation, it becomes apparent that despite some improvement, there has not been significant progress during the period under analysis. In short, this work contributes to the larger discussion about the relevance of SMEs in Ecuador, their history, and whether there might be grounds for public policies to support their development.
oai:revistes.ub.edu:article/32350
2022-01-20T12:00:41Z
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Vol. 6 No 1 (2021): Special Issue: A mixed model of hospital services: Catalonia, 1870s-2010s; 114-155
Innovation and entrepreneurship in Catalan private laboratories: origins and rise of Grifols Lab (1880-1955)
Sans-Ponseti, Cristina; [1] Centre d'Història de la Ciència (CEHIC), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193, Barcelona, Spain. [2] Grifols S.A., Jesús i Maria 6, 08022, Barcelona, Spain.
Fernández-Pérez, Paloma; University of Barcelona
2021-01-11
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j085
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Studying the evolution of private medical clinics is extremely useful in understanding the history of the Catalan healthcare system where, from the 19th century onwards, a Marshallian atmosphere of flows of knowledge, people and technology has resulted in close connections between the public and private practice of modern medicine. The history of the Grifols Laboratories, from 1880 to the 1950s, is a relevant case study in this context, as it highlights patterns that were repeated in other medical laboratories in Catalonia a century ago. But Grifols is also particularly interesting both because of its survival and evolution to this day, and for its curation of its own historical archive.This article aims to understand how a small laboratory in the healthcare district of Barcelona built its scientific foundations on laboratory medicine during the early 20th century, and finally changed its business strategy because of the Spanish Civil War, becoming a family pharmaceutical company. The sources are documents from the Grifols archive and interviews with managers at the company. The findings highlight the importance of interdisciplinary analysis, suggesting that both scientific and business adaptations by successive generations are equally important in explaining the success of Grifols Laboratories. Science-based family firms that endure over time not only acquire specialised knowledge to compete in the market, but also knowledge about transferring entrepreneurship in the long term. In Grifols case, knowledge from younger generations was crucial to adapting their activity, first to a changing scientific paradigm and then to a precarious national market.
oai:revistes.ub.edu:article/32353
2022-01-20T12:00:41Z
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Vol. 6 No 1 (2021): Special Issue: A mixed model of hospital services: Catalonia, 1870s-2010s; 30-66
The historical roots of the creation of the Catalan private-public hospital model: c. 1870-1935
Pons-Pons, Jerònia; Universidad de Sevilla
Vilar-Rodríguez, Margarita; Universidad de A Coruña
2021-01-11
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j083
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This paper analyses the roots of the creation of the Catalan hospital model, based on a preponderance of privately owned hospitals and beds over those of public provision. In particular, on the basis of new statistical and documentary sources and a review of the existing historiography, this study reinterprets the keys that shaped this historical model during what is considered to be a strategic period of the process, 1870-1935. In the late nineteenth century, hospitals dependent on provincial authorities became private charity institutions in the provincial capitals, under the control of the medical and economic elites (a decisive process in the case of the city of Barcelona). Later, during the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera and the Second Republic, institutional impetus helped foster a system of district hospitals intended to meet the public demand for a network of public utility hospitals. This network was made up the few publicly owned hospitals and numerous privately owned ones. The philosophy of this model was taken up again during the transition to democracy after responsibility for healthcare was devolved to the Government of Catalonia 1981.
oai:revistes.ub.edu:article/32370
2022-01-12T10:19:36Z
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Vol. 7 No 1 (2022): Special Issue. Latin American Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: A Historical Perspective; 166-203
Small and Medium Enterprises in Mexico and the Craft Beer Sector in Baja California: Dynamic Capabilities, Culture, and Innovation
Almaraz, Araceli; El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Tijuana, Mexico
2022-01-12
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/32370
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This article studies how Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) operating in emerging economies implement adaptative strategies to respond to constant changes in demand and global uncertainties, such as those stemming from the current SARS-COV2 pandemic. In this study the knowledge management capabilities used by SMEs in the craft beer sector in a region of northern Mexico are the focus of analysis. The objective is to present the competitive capabilities that craft beer sector has demonstrated in Baja California region and how small companies compete with the national industrial brewery and survive. Sources are data from a sample of companies and interviews with brewery owners, with which the analysis approaches, also, the Baja California business environment. The article highlights the routes of creativity, innovation, and symbolic capital of the companies in the region, and uses ideas from dynamic capabilities and knowledge management theoretical frameworks, to understand the craft brewery milieu. The conclusions in this article include the confirmation about the usefulness of these analytical frameworks based in the capabilities approach and the territorial knowledge. Also, the description of the existence of a complex Baja Californian milieu, where a multimodal scheme of craft beer characterized by different places of distribution and types of beer container, food-districts, at Mexicali, Tijuana, and Ensenada and a second generation of entrepreneur groups leading local business, is identified.
oai:revistes.ub.edu:article/32372
2022-01-20T12:00:41Z
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Vol. 6 No 1 (2021): Special Issue: A mixed model of hospital services: Catalonia, 1870s-2010s; 281-305
The Evolution of the “Catalan Health Model” in the Twentieth Century. Sources for its Study
Sabaté, Ferran; Reial Acadèmia de Medicina de Catalunya/Societat Catalana d’Història de la Medicina
2021-01-11
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j090
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This paper presents an overview of relevant sources for the study of the development of the “Catalan Health Model” during the twentieth century, and the ideas and institutions influencing its evolution. The paper indicates that it is a health system configuration where the core is public universal health assistance, complemented by the private health sector. Also, that it is the result of a dynamic traditional mixed model organization. The sources for the study of this health system are scattered in public or private archives and published reports. Due to the disruptions of war and periods of dictatorship, the model has gaps or becomes disjointed.
oai:revistes.ub.edu:article/32550
2021-07-03T06:49:33Z
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2021-07-03T06:49:33Z
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Vol. 6 No 2 (2021); 151-179
Luis Banchero Rossi (1955-1972), the best entrepreneur in Peru’s fishmeal industry: market governance, social capital, and embeddedness
Wong, David; Universidad del Pacífico
Hernández Lefranc, Harold; Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
2021-07-01
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j095
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In the 20th century, Peru was one of the major fishmeal producers worldwide. Luis Banchero Rossi (1929-1972) was the main driving force behind this economic boom. This article discusses how, given a set of historical conditions favoring such a setting, Banchero’s business performance surpassed that of other Peruvian and foreign producers in the industry, and enabled this development. This research uses complementary methodologies; i.e., case study work and financial databases. The authors find that Banchero’s share in Peru’s total exports reached 15.3 % in 1968, far above the next largest Peruvian exporter. In this regard, Banchero operated his organization following a set of criteria, called market governance by Williamson, plus several advantages, including negotiation abilities, social capital formation, human capital management, and tacit knowledge development, building on Peru’s specific sociological conditions. These conclusions help understanding how an entrepreneur of humble origins like Banchero worked around a commodity such as fishmeal to become a successful business leader worldwide.
oai:revistes.ub.edu:article/32831
2022-01-20T12:00:41Z
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Vol. 6 No 1 (2021): Special Issue: A mixed model of hospital services: Catalonia, 1870s-2010s; 67-113
Private surgery clinics in an open medical market: Barcelona, 1880s-1936
Zarzoso, Alfons; Museu d'Histporia de la Medicina de Catalunya
2021-01-11
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/j084
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The main purpose of this article is to examine how a new medical technology – the operating room- resulted in the establishment of a model of private clinics in late 19th – century Barcelona. This research explains that this kind of private medical care happened in an open medical market and successfully met a growing demand. Since its origins in the 1880s, private surgery clinics rose to more than 50 in just half-a-century. Here, several business strategies put at work by those surgeons-entrepreneurs are considered, especially those related to publicity and the search of patients/customers. Several aspects played a paramount role in that success: medical technology, domestic comfort, and surgical efficacy. In a context where medical care delivered at hospital was provided by the city-state or the local bourgeoisie as a part of the medieval model of charity, a potential customer for the private surgery clinics was formed by the urban, popular and working classes through the model of mutual aid societies and health insurance companies. Moreover, private clinics also showed how the process of medical specialization was configured and what kind of relationships surgeons-entrepreneurs established with general practitioners to attract their patients. Here, medical directories and medical journals reveal as a useful source of information.
oai:revistes.ub.edu:article/32893
2024-01-02T14:00:49Z
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Vol. 9 No 1 (2024): Patrimoni i llegat de les petites empreses familiars a l'Amèrica Llatina; 127-151
El rol de la cultura familiar en la transferència transgeneracional en l'empresa familiar colombiana
Klinger Mosquera, Willian; KSMTI
López Vergara, María Piedad; INALDE Business School – Universidad de La Sabana
Lagos Cortés, Diógenes; INALDE Business School – Universidad de La Sabana
2024-01-02
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/32893
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Aquesta recerca exploratòria pretén identificar el paper de la cultura familiar en la transferència entre generacions a les empreses familiars colombianes. S’ha considerat convenient, usar una mostra a partir d'una llista d'empreses proporcionada per la Cambra de Comerç de Chocó (Colòmbia). Per ser incloses a la mostra, les empreses havien de complir els criteris següents: (a) Tenir més de 25 anys; (b) estar en funcionament; (c) tenir una facturació de més de 265.000 dòlars (1.000 milions de pesos colombians) l'any anterior; i (d) tenir la intenció de passar a la següent generació. S’ha aplicat una entrevista semiestructurada a membres de cinc empreses familiars del departament del Chocó. S’evidencia que el tipus de cultura familiar influeix en el procés de transferència transgeneracional mitjançant la preparació per a la successió, els valors, el procés de presa de decisions i el nivell de compromís.
oai:revistes.ub.edu:article/32900
2024-01-02T14:00:49Z
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Vol. 9 No 1 (2024): Patrimoni i llegat de les petites empreses familiars a l'Amèrica Llatina; 101-126
Innovació i apropiació a l’empresa familiar argentina
Quintá Goy, M. Carolina; Latin American School of Social Sciences - FLACSO
Milesi, Darío; Instituto de Industria-Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento-IDEI-UNGS
2024-01-02
url:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/32900
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Les empreses familiars compleixen un paper fonamental en l'economia ja que constitueixen una gran majoria d'empreses de diferents països i sectors i contribueixen de manera important a l'ocupació, la producció i la generació de valor. No obstant això, ocupen un petit espai en la literatura empresarial i corporativa, que generalment estudia el comportament de les empreses sense tenir en compte aquesta característica. Aquest fet és encara més gran en la literatura sobre innovació, tot i que les empreses familiars també fan una aportació rellevant a l'economia mitjançant innovacions productives, organitzatives i comercials. Aquest article pretén omplir aquest buit en el cas argentí, analitzant el comportament innovador d'aquestes empreses i, fonamentalment, les seves estratègies d'apropiació. Per fer-ho, s'utilitza l'evidència empírica de l'enquesta d'innovació argentina més recent (ENDEI II) que té dades de 3.944 empreses, de les quals 2.954 són empreses familiars. Per analitzar la vinculació entre el caràcter familiar de les empreses, les seves activitats d'innovació i les seves estratègies d'apropiació, es recorre al concepte de familiness, que fa al·lusió a aquells elements idiosincràtics que sorgeixen de la interacció dels membres de la família i la seva participació en l'empresa, dotant-lo del seu caràcter distintiu.
oai:revistes.ub.edu:article/33082
2021-07-01T13:40:57Z
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Vol. 6 No 2 (2021); 87-125
A state-owned bank for small farmers in Chile, c.1926-1953
González-Correa, Ignacio; Universidad de Valparaíso
Llorca-Jaña, Manuel; Universidad de Valparaíso
2021-07-01
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This article deals with the creation and operations of the first agricultural development bank ever created in Chile, the Caja de Crédito Agrario (CCA), founded in 1926, in operations until 1953. The main sources are the annual reports of CCA from 1933 to 1951. The main contributions are to show first that the CCA was instrumental to provide subsidized long-term capital to small farmers in Chile to promote agricultural production, but that also had a “social mission”. The CCA soon became a protagonist within the local financial market. Given the lack of knowledge about the modus operandi of development banks in Latin America, we provide the first account of the management and financial activities of the CCA. We show that the management structure of the firm, and in particular its strategy of decentralization, was key to explain its success. Likewise, the CCA managed successfully to raise increasing amounts of capital from other state institutions at low interest rates, thus being able to cover its increasing loan operations.
oai:revistes.ub.edu:article/33179
2022-01-20T12:00:41Z
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Vol. 6 No 1 (2021): Special Issue: A mixed model of hospital services: Catalonia, 1870s-2010s; 1-29
Introduction. A mixed model of hospital services: Catalonia, 1870s-2010s
Fernández Pérez, Paloma; Universitat de Barcelona
Zarzoso, Alfons; Museu d'Història de la Medicina de Catalunya
2021-01-11
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This special issue aims to contribute to current knowledge held on mixed hospital systems from a historical perspective, as there is nowadays much debate on the sustainability and efficiency of public and private healthcare systems in the world in the COVID-19 pandemic. By focusing on the evolution of mixed hospital systems through the case study of the history of such systems in Catalonia in the last century, the authors of this special issue show that mixed hospital systems take a long period of time to be used, and trusted, by the population. It is also considered how public healthcare regulators can create a diversity of mechanisms that facilitate access by the population to healthcare services in times of external shocks such as pandemics. This introductory text begins with a section about the international context which explains the relevance of mixed hospital systems, which is followed by a summary of the main historical points regarding the Catalan model of mixed hospital provision since the 19th century. It also highlights the most significant contributions of the seven articles of this special issue, which consider how the Catalan society confronted social, economic, and political changes and how those actions led to configure a distinctive mixed model of hospital system. Finally, this text also sheds light on areas of research regarding the rich history of hospital healthcare that still need to be addressed.
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Vol. 7 No 1 (2022): Special Issue. Latin American Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: A Historical Perspective; 204-237
Chilean Public Policies and their Impact on Biotechnology Small and Medium Enterprises
Torres Zapata, Isabel Edith; Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Vargas Orellana, Omar; Universidad de Santiago de Chile
2022-01-12
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It is difficult to find cases of technology-based Small and Medium Enterprises in developing countries, however Chile has some within the biotechnology sector. How has this been possible? As a consequence of the different public policies and structural economic conditions that allowed their emergence, especially in the 1990s. This study describes the historical conditions and how they have been able to create a sector within the Chilean economy. From the analysis of secondary data the emergence of this type of company within the country is described. This analysis shows the link between structural conditions and appropriate public policies, meaning that these companies did not emerge by chance. Understanding their development process is crucial to promote the creation of more such technology-based Small and Medium Enterprises, as they have many positive externalities and are more globally competitive.
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