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.

MOOCs at work: what induces employer support for them?

Abstract: Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are the learning technology with the fastest adoption rates in recent years, and they have the potential to transform corporate development practices. There is, ...

Compensation Consultants and Executive Pay

Abstract: This study investigates the relation between compensation consultants and CEO pay using a unique data set of over 200 publicly traded UK firms. We present theoretical arguments that compensation consultants (who are experts in the market for compensation services) promote pay contracts to align managerial and shareholder interests. Empirically we show that CEO pay is greater in firms using large consultants, namely consultants with a greater number of clients. There are other important contingencies. We find that CEO pay is greater in firms whose compensation consultants supply other services to the client firm. We also find CEO pay is greater the higher is the average CEO pay of the consultants other clients. To explain this phenomenon we draw on two other theoretical paradigms -managerial power and social comparison theory. Overall, the evidence provides consistent support for our hypotheses. We argue that the results have important implications for executive pay scholars, as well as for the designers of compensation packages. (JEL G31, G34, M41)

The limits of institutional isomorphism in the design of e-recruitment websites: a comparative analysis of the USA and Spain

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to run a comparative analysis of the recruitment websites of the largest national companies of two different countries, Spain (companies within the IBEX 35 stock market index) and the USA (companies within the Dow Jones stock market index). Using an e-recruiting taxonomy of best practices with 27 attributes, we test the extent to which the selection of specific functionalities reflects different types of isomorphic relations due to socio-economic, technological or cultural forces. Our results show that (i) there is a high level of homogeneity within the two groups as regards the selection of e-recruitment attributes included in their websites and (ii) there are significant differences between DJIA and IBEX 35 e-recruitment attributes, showing low levels of alikeness among their websites. Results are discussed in terms of the institutional forces that may drive companies toward isomorphism in the design of their e-recruitment attributes and content.

Barriers to eco-innovation

Abstract: Although many potentially significant eco-innovations exist, many of them leading to competitive gains and social and environmental benefits, they are underused, that is, they do not diffuse easily and quickly in the economy. Many factors (barriers and/or absence of drivers) contribute to this.

A study of new supply chain management practices in the Brazilian and Spanish auto industries

Abstract: In the last decade, new practices in Supply Chain Management (SCM) have been implemented in leading industrial sectors such as the Automotive Industry (AI), usually at a greater speed than has been studied or reported by academia. In the case of Brazil, pursuant to a series of investments in new plants, the AI has become a reference in several aspects of SCM. Spain, in turn, after seeing its automotive sector grow and prosper for almost two decades, is now experiencing a phase of relative stagnation and of concern, particularly due to the growing membership in the European Union (EU) and the resulting establishment of new plants and investments in Eastern Europe. In this context, the main purpose of this paper is to present and discuss the major findings of a case study focusing on new practices in SCM implemented in Brazilian and Spanish automotive plants that use new supply chain configurations.