IE University

About: IE University is a education organization based out in Segovia, Castilla y León, Spain. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Corporate governance & Context (language use). The organization has 527 authors who have published 1709 publications receiving 64682 citations.

The national and international expansion of Chinese SMEs: evidence from Anhui Province

Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the national and international expansion of small to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in Anhui, China. The paper focuses on the interaction of SMEs with the Government, assessed through the development of specific industries as well as ownership and funding by the State, and the origins of the relative weakness of Chinese SMEs' competitive position.Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from 154 SMEs and analysed using multivariate regressions; the models used the firms' export intensity at the regional, national, and international level as dependent variables. In total seven models were run: the first analysing the industry where SMEs operate, the second and third studying state funding and ownership, and the last four analysing a set of barriers hindering firms' expansion as independent variables.Findings – The results show that: SMEs operating in labour‐intensive industries have better access to international markets; ownership and/or funding by...

Formal and Informal Facilitators of Learning Capability: The Moderating Effect of Learning Climate

Abstract: Organizations need to put in practice the most favourable conditions to facilitate learning capability. There are not clear answers about how these facilitators support and develop a learning capability. The different ways of thinking about learning in organizations distinguish two kinds of learning facilitators: formal and informal facilitators. In this paper, we suggest that organizations undertake both types of learning facilitators, but considering that informal facilitators may act as potential moderators of the effects of formal ones. We have focused on one comprehensive informal facilitator, the learning climate, and four formal facilitators: environmental scanning, strategic planning, performance measurement, and information technologies. The proposed hypotheses are tested through the analysis of surveys collected from Spanish Companies and using a structural equation model (SEM). Results show that learning climate may act as a strengthener moderator of the effects of scanning and IT on learning capability. Implications, limitations and future research are discussed.

Strategy and Structure in High-Performing Nonprofits: Insights from Iberoamerican Cases

Abstract: Some nonprofits evolve from small into large international organizations. For years, “structure follows strategy” (Chandler) has been the dictum to explain organizational strategic changes like the ones in nonprofits. But scholars also recognized organization structure to be a precondition to carry out certain strategies. Nevertheless, research on structure and strategy in nonprofits is limited. This paper explores the mutual influence of organization structure and strategy in high-performing nonprofits in Iberoamerica based on a secondary analysis of 20 unpublished research cases of the Social Enterprise Knowledge Network. It follows the research question: Which organizations’ strategies and structures characterize high-performing nonprofits over time? Four types of organizing patterns emerged: starting-up, professionalizing, decentralizing, and conglomerating.

Business-to-business value drivers and ebusiness infrastructures in financial services: collaborative commerce across global markets and networks

Abstract: This paper examines the value drivers and e-business infrastructures for collaborative commerce across two distinct types of business-to-business governance arrangements in financial services, i.e., (a) electronic markets and (b) electronic networks. This paper addresses the changing dynamics underlying global trading communities as they evolve towards greater reach and range of services for the participants. The results of this study indicate that both e-markets and e-networks adopt multiple value drivers focusing on operational and service excellence, and customer added-value. Furthermore, within global trading communities, traditional e-markets - loosely-coupled $are evolving towards collaborative - more tightly coupled - networks, whereas traditional (closed) networks are evolving toward more dynamic trading. The implications for theory, practice, and future research are discussed.

Corruption in Procurement and the Political Cycle in Tunneling: Evidence from Financial Transactions Data

Abstract: We provide evidence of corruption in allocation of public procurement and assess its efficiency. Firms with procurement revenue increase tunneling around regional elections, whereas neither tunneling of firms without procurement revenue, nor legitimate business of firms with procurement exhibits a political cycle. Data are consistent with the corruption channel - cash is tunneled to politicians in exchange for procurement contracts - and inconsistent with alternative channels. Using the strength of correlation between procurement revenue and tunneling around elections as a proxy for local corruption, we reject the "efficient grease" hypothesis: in more corrupt localities, procurement contracts go to unproductive firms.