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.

Entrepreneurship Education as a First-Person Transformation

Abstract: As entrepreneurship education spreads and aims to transform mindsets, its theories and methods need to be attuned to the first-person perspective of the learner. We provide a map for entrepreneursh...

Resource partitioning and strategies in markets for technology

Abstract: By bridging literature on resource partitioning and markets for technology, this article proposes that companies that pursue a broad (focused) product strategy buy more (less) technology in the mar...

Perception of Risk by Venture Capital and Private Equity Firms: A European Perspective

Abstract: We introduce and test an integrated model that links venture capitalist risk perceptions with the choice of governance measures The sample consists of 104 European private equity funds The results provide support for our proposed model and we identify several links between pre-contractual screening and post-contractual control mechanisms We find that diligent pre-investment screening enhances the perceived effectiveness of post-investment control mechanism suggesting a number of behavioral implications for the venture capital fund manager and the entrepreneur TOPICS:Private equity, in portfolio management, risk management, quantitative methods

Transformational and Transactional Leadership: An Examination of Managerial Cognition Among Spanish Upper Echelons

Abstract: Transformational leadership predicts follower's satisfaction and performance beyond traditional forms of leadership. However, little is known about the beliefs system associated with transformational leaders. Taking a cognitive perspective, we examined how the managerial beliefs that executives hold about their followers relate to their perceived leadership style among a sample of 76 Presidents and CEO´s of Spain largest firms. The results support the idea that executives with a learning orientation are more likely to report a transformational leadership style; whereas executives with a performance goal orientation are more likely to report a transactional leadership style. We also found that self-rated transformational leaders hold stronger Theory Y beliefs than self-rated transactional leaders. Furthermore, we found that these mental associations are held to a stronger degree for executives with graduate degrees of formal education. These results are discussed in terms of their significance for transformational leadership theory and leadership development.

Propaganda and Combat Motivation: Radio Broadcasts and German Soldiers’ Performance in World War II

Abstract: What explains combat motivation in warfare? Scholars argue that monitoring, material rewards, and punishment alone are insufficient explanations. Further, competing ideological accounts of motivation are also problematic because ideas are difficult to operationalize and measure. To solve this puzzle, the authors combine extensive information from World War II about German soldiers’ combat performance with data about conditionally exogenous potential exposure to Nazi radio propaganda. They find evidence that soldiers with higher potential exposure to propaganda were more likely to be decorated for valor even after controlling for individual socioeconomic factors, home district characteristics like urbanization, and proxies for combat exposure.