Due to the dynamism and complexity of the competitive environment firms must respond flexibly and, in this context, innovation is an essential capability to be able to respond to the existing demands. Together with innovation, the tourism industry plays a fundamental role in the economy of many countries due to its contribution to GDP and […]
Organizations have become aware of the need to expand their objectives beyond traditional economic issues. Thus, since the concepts of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Corporate Sustainability (CS) were introduced, more and more managers introduce social and environmental objectives in their decision-making process. Additionally, organizations focus their efforts on the development of their intangible assets […]
The tourism sector has been strongly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and, as it is necessary to respond to crisis situations as quickly as possible, there is great interest in the study of organisational resilience. Resilience should be developed as an iterative process for long term organisational development rather than a crisis management tool (McManus […]
The digital age has been witnessing important changes derived from ICTs development in every economic sector (Soava, 2015). Consequently, if they want to survive and develop in the digital age, the different economic sectors will need to integrate ICTs into their everyday activities. The tourism sector currently arises as a key driver of economic growth […]
The dynamic environment that firms face forces them to respond quickly and flexibly to market changes in order to survive the competition. Proof of this is the call from different political, economic, social and academic institutions to companies to increase their efforts in the social and environmental fields, through the development of three essential pillars: […]
This paper has the purpose to perform an exploratory study aimed at determining the degree of ambidexterity in Spain-based subsidiaries. Three research questions are formulated: (1) Are Spain-based subsidiaries knowledge explorers? (2) According to intra-corporate knowledge flows, which role do they play inside the multinational? (3) Can they be considered ambidextrous organisations? We proposed a […]
The purpose of this paper is explore if the use of a high-performance work system (HPWS) facilitates the development of organizational ambidexterity directly (OA) or through a mediating variable such as human resource flexibility (HRF). We propose a quantitative approach. The theoretical model and the hypotheses proposed were tested using a sample of 100 Spanish […]
The purpose of this paper is explore if human resource flexibility (HR flexibility) facilitates the development of organizational ambidexterity (OA), which in turn brings positive effects on firm performance. We proposed a quantitative approach. The theoretical model and the hypotheses proposed were tested using a sample of 100 Spanish hotels. We chose the hotel industry […]
Purpose –The dilemma posed by March (1991) about the contradictions involved in exploration and exploitation learning gave rise to the emergence of the “Organizational Ambidexterity (OA)” concept as a metaphor to define those organizations which are able to develop exploitation and exploration learning at the same time. On the other hand, special attention has been […]