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Nowadays, organizations face strong competition, making it essential to look for new ways of operating in the market. One of the strategies they use to survive is to internationalize their businesses. Given its importance, the aim of this research was to draw up an overview of publications on internationalization on the Scopus scientific database, considering the time frame from January 2013 to December 2023. The research, which took a quantitative approach, searched for papers with the word "internationalization" in the title, abstract and keywords in the Scopus database using the RStudio, Bibliometrix and Biblioshiny tools. To this end, we opted for a study characterized as bibliometric research using data collected from the databases. At the end of the collection, the corpus of the research was 40 articles, including articles from national and international journals. It can be said that the topic needs more research due to its importance for organizations. It was also observed that most of the papers published in these databases are concentrated in Brazil and Colombia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Product innovation is essential for the growth and profitability of SMEs. Existing scientific evidence suggests that firm strategy and participation in business networks could influence this innovation. In turn, participation in networks might influence the configuration and allocation of the organizational resources and capabilities that help shape firm strategy. Hence, this study analyzes business networks as a mediator between firm strategy and product innovation in SMEs. It uses a sample of 205 SMEs from Costa Rica compiled by the Global Competitiveness Project. The proposed mediation is tested using OLS regression equations. The findings show that business networks do indeed play a mediating role in the relationship between firm strategy and product innovation, which has implications for SMEs in terms of the relevance of participating in such networks and also for public policymakers regarding the importance of managing them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Product innovation is essential for the growth and profitability of SMEs. Existing scientific evidence suggests that firm strategy and participation in business networks could influence this innovation. In turn, participation in networks might influence the configuration and allocation of the organizational resources and capabilities that help shape firm strategy. Hence, this study analyzes business networks as a mediator variable between firm strategy and product innovation in SMEs. It uses a sample of 205 SMEs from Costa Rica compiled by the Global Competitiveness Project. The proposed mediation is tested using OLS regression equations. The findings show that business networks do indeed play a mediating role in the relationship between firm strategy and product innovation, which has implications for SMEs in terms of the relevance of participating in such networks and also for public policymakers regarding the importance of managing them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article seeks to identify the presence of dynamic capabilities during the process of joining delivery marketplaces as a factor in generating organizational competitive advantage. To this end, a bibliographical research was conducted to contextualize delivery marketplaces as m-commerce tools, and the motivations and difficulties faced by micro and small companies in adhering to these technologies, from the perspective of the Theory of Dynamic Capabilities. The established theoretical framework served as the basis for carrying out qualitative and exploratory field research, involving the carrying out of a case study conducted through document analysis and interviews in order to understand in depth the phenomenon in question. The results indicate a positive influence between organizational dynamic capabilities and their generation and maintenance of competitive advantage and value capture in a constantly changing business environment. The study also reveals that innovation through adherence to new technologies is not free of difficulties and resistance that can lead to its abandonment or failure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

La estrategia empresarial es fundamental para sobrevivir y alcanzar ventajas competitivas en medio de un contexto globalizado, caracterizado por altos niveles de comunicación e información. La gestión del conocimiento permite a las organizaciones identificar, capturar, almacenar, compartir y aplicar el conocimiento de manera efectiva para lograr sus objetivos y mejorar su desempeño, de allí que se convierta en un aspecto de creciente importancia en las organizaciones contemporáneas. El objetivo fue describir la gestión del conocimiento en la educación superior. Se ha realizado un estudio documental, el cual consistió en la revisión bibliográfica de diversos autores de relevancia en la materia de interés. La gestión del conocimiento representa desafíos fundamentales para la educación superior, al tiempo que representa una gran oportunidad para mejorar la calidad educativa y el desempeño de las organizaciones universitarias. Los recursos humanos y la información se convierten en los pilares del conocimiento, por lo que es fundamental invertir en la formación y capacitación del personal y en la adopción de sistemas eficientes de gestión de la información.

A inovação de produtos é essencial para o crescimento e a rentabilidade das pequenas e médias empresas (PMEs). As evidências sugerem que tanto a estratégia empresarial quanto a participação em redes podem influenciar a inovação de produtos, enquanto a participação em redes também pode influenciar a configuração e a alocação de recursos e capacidades que ajudam a moldar a estratégia. O presente estudo visa analisar as redes empresariais como uma variável mediadora entre estratégia e inovação de produtos nas PMEs. O estudo utiliza uma amostra de 205 PMEs costa-riquenhas, coletada pelo Global Competitiveness Project. A mediação é testada usando um modelo de regressão. Os resultados mostram que as redes desempenham um papel mediador na relação entre a estratégia empresarial e a inovação de produtos. As conclusões têm implicações para as PMEs sobre a relevância da participação em redes que permeiam a estratégia e para os formuladores de políticas sobre a importância de gerenciar tais redes.

Las herramientas generadas en la Ciencia Administrativa, tradicionalmente, han sido aplicadas a organizaciones lucrativas. Sin embargo, el contexto actual demanda adaptar conocimientos e instrumentos para empresas poco tradicionales como las empresas sociales, debido a que atienden necesidades sociales o ambientales no cubiertas y, su sustentabilidad operativa genera un bienestar en su territorio. Por lo anterior, se estableció la pregunta ¿cómo diseñar un proceso de planeación estratégica útil para una Organización de la Sociedad Civil? Para ello, se abordó un estudio de caso usando diversas herramientas (FODA, BSC, entre otras), para establecer una planificación estratégica para mantener la sustentabilidad operativa para una organización sin fin de lucro en una etapa de transición generacional. Esto contribuye al ser evidencia empírica de la posibilidad de implementar herramientas que coadyuven al éxito de este tipo de organizaciones. Siendo una base para aplicar conocimientos y atender necesidades de sectores prioritarios que, cada vez, son más demandadas en la academia.

This article explores the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in improving human resource management (HRM) strategies in modern economic development. It highlights the role of AI in enhancing recruitment, training, performance management, and employee engagement. The study acknowledges the challenges of implementing AI in HRM and provides recommendations to overcome them. The findings are valuable for organizations looking to enhance their HRM practices using AI and for policymakers interested in improving HRM in economic development. AI can automate routine tasks, optimize HR processes, and provide targeted recommendations, but there are varying perspectives on its use. Academicians emphasize further research and a human-centered approach, while governments stress ethical and responsible AI. Collaboration between academia, industry, and policymakers is encouraged, and business leaders recognize the potential benefits of AI in HRM. Overall, AI is seen as a tool to improve efficiency, reduce bias, and enhance decision-making in HRM. Developing countries are also investing in HRM strategies, but face challenges due to limited resources and cultural differences. Continued efforts are needed to effectively implement HRM practices to support economic growth and development. [Extracted from the article]

This article examines the impact of business strategies on achieving competitive advantage and improved organizational performance in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Jordan. The study found that effective business strategies, including vision and objectives, core values, SWOT analysis, and resource allocation plans, are positively correlated with sustained competitive advantage and improved performance. The research was conducted using a cross-sectional design and data was collected through questionnaires distributed among 300 employees in SMEs in Jordan. The findings suggest that SMEs should focus on developing and implementing strong business strategies to enhance their competitive advantage and overall performance. [Extracted from the article]

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Objetivo: investigar as motivações, o perfil e as competências do indivíduo que escolhe empreender; promover a reflexão acerca do posicionamento do empreendedor perante uma grande crise; e buscar resposta para a questão: ser digital influencer é ser empreendedor? Metodologia/ Abordagem: caso de ensino. Principais resultados: nas “notas de ensino”, são sugeridas discussões sobre o empreendedorismo, propriamente dito, o uso do modelo de negócio e a internacionalização de pequenas empresas. Contribuições teórico metodológicas: a própria estrutura do caso contribui metodologicamente para a dinâmica em sala de aula, constituindo-se uma ferramenta a mais de aprendizagem do assunto em questão. Relevância/originalidade: o caso é relevante porque retrata a história de um empreendedor (Breno) que, após realizar seu sonho e criar um negócio promissor (uma agência de viagens), em decorrência de uma grande crise (Covid-19, lockdown e seu impacto no segmento de viagens, bem como a depressão e sentimento de impotência por ela gerados), precisa se reinventar profissionalmente (tornando-se um bem-sucedido consultor on-line para empreendedores). Com o fim da pandemia e a retomada dos negócios, surge o impasse: permanecer como digital influencer ou reativar a antiga empresa (pois o turismo voltou a crescer)? Contribuições sociais para a gestão: o caso retrata a realidade do empreendedor no Brasil e traz questionamentos sobre a regulamentação da profissão de digital influencer.

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Esta investigación tiene como objetivo analizar la presencia de factores sistémicos en el proceso de identificación y análisis de riesgos estratégicos en el sector universitario privado colombiano, con certificación de alta calidad. Para esto, se revisó el estado del arte, se identificaron y presentaron los factores que, a priori, podrían caracterizar las intervenciones y perspectivas sistémicas y que proveen un marco teórico desde el cual se analizó el proceso de gestión de riesgos estratégicos. Se desarrolló una labor de campo, de tipo cualitativo, a partir del estudio de casos, implementada mediante entrevistas en profundidad y la recopilación de información pública y documentos facilitados por las instituciones. En las conclusiones se podrá observar que las universidades integrantes del colectivo estudiado han avanzado en los últimos años, en la gestión de riesgos estratégicos incluyendo en los procesos algunos factores característicos de las intervenciones sistémicas. Sin embargo, y desde la perspectiva sistémica, se han podido identificar algunas oportunidades de mejora que pueden integrar una agenda para las instituciones estudiadas.

Antecedentes: La Responsabilidad Social Empresarial (RSE) es una herramienta de naturaleza voluntaria, que involucra un genuino interés por el talento humano, medio ambiente y la sociedad, sobrepasando el cumplimiento legal. Su propósito es la promoción de una serie de acciones conexas a la estrategia organizacional. El fomento del bienestar y calidad de vida en el trabajo es un componente básico de la RSE, y las acciones que se desarrollan en torno a este fin, representan una oportunidad para gestionar de manera efectiva los factores de riesgo psicosocial. Objetivo: Indagar sobre la contribución de las estrategias de la RSE en la intervención de factores de riesgo psicosocial. Métodos: Revisión narrativa empleando términos de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo: “Responsabilidad de la empresa, “Riesgos psicosociales”, “Gestión de los riesgos” y “Estrategia empresarial”, en las bases de datos Springer, PubMed, Dialnet, ScienceDirect y SciELO. El periodo analizado fue del 2009 al 2022, el idioma seleccionado inglés y español. Resultados: Se evidencia que las estrategias y buenas prácticas adelantadas por las organizaciones en el marco de la RSE contribuyen de manera positiva en la gestión efectiva de los factores de riesgo psicosociales, impactando favorablemente el bienestar y calidad de vida de los trabajadores. Conclusiones: Se reconoce una contribución del enfoque social de la RSE en el bienestar y calidad de vida de los trabajadores, elementos que se evalúan en los instrumentos de identificación de factores riesgo psicosociales.

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Las marcas son un activo intangible con un alto valor estratégico para las organizaciones. Si bien las marcas influyen en el mercado, la relación entre la inversión en dichos activos y los impactos financieros en las firmas aun no es muy clara. En este artículo se busca entender la forma en que la creación, la adecuada gestión y la promoción de las marcas, como activos intangibles, afectan los resultados financieros de las empresas, de igual forma, nos preguntamos cuáles variables median en dicha relación. El artículo presenta una revisión sistemática de la literatura de los estudios relacionados con la inversión en marcas y su impacto en el desempeño organizacional, que fueron llevados a cabo entre 2016 y 2020. Los resultados muestran que los estudios refieren relaciones de dos niveles entre las marcas y los resultados empresariales, que las mismas usan datos de encuestas de percepción y de bases de datos de terceros y que, generalmente, estos estudios se han realizado para los países en vía de desarrollo. Esta revisión contribuye con una mirada de futuras direcciones de investigación en relación con la inversión en activos intangibles y el desempeño organizacional. Brands are an intangible asset with high strategic value for organisations. Although brands influence the market, the relationship between investment in these assets and the financial impact on firms is still not very clear. This article aims to understand the way in which the creation, management, and promotion of brands, as intangible assets, have on financial performance of firms, in the same direction, we wonder which are the variables mediating on that relationship. The paper presents a systematic review of the literature of the studies brought related to investment in brands and its impact on organisational performance between 2016 and 2020. The results show the studies refer to two-level relationships between brands and business results, that they use data from perception surveys and third-party databases, and that it has carried these studies out for developing countries. This review contributes with a look at future research directions in relation to investment in intangible assets and organisational performance.

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Este artículo es una investigación empírica, cuyo objetivo es determinar el estado del arte del concepto modelo de negocio, consiste de una revisión documental y trata de hacer una recapitulación de las transformaciones más importantes que ha experimentado la productividad de la fuerza laboral humana, al pasar de cazadores y recolectores a agricultores, en seguida a la organización racional de la producción industrial, a la teoría de la empresa y posteriormente a la innovación incremental, al benchmarking y a la innovación disruptiva, para llegar a la configuración de modelos de negocio orientados por la finalidad de ofrecer propuestas de valor que satisfagan las necesidades y deseos de los consumidores dispuestos a pagar por las experiencias del servicio.

Este artículo tiene como propósito principal evaluar los componentes presentes en las declaraciones de misión de los bancos paraguayos. Con este propósito, fueron visitadas las 17 páginas web de bancos nacionales. Para analizar la efectividad de las declaraciones de misión, se eligió el modelo de Pearce & David (1987), aplicándose el análisis de contenido para evaluar la efectividad de las declaraciones de misión identificadas. Según estos autores, para ser efectiva, una declaración de misión debe incorporar nueve elementos básicos, los que servirán de guía para el planeamiento estratégico. De acuerdo con los resultados obtenidos, los principales componentes presentes en las declaraciones de misión de los bancos paraguayos son los siguientes: clientes, servicios, filosofía y autoconcepto. En relación a la efectividad, la mayoría de los bancos analizados (11) presentan el 53% de los nueve componentes propuestos por Pearce & David (1987). Se concluye que las declaraciones de misión de los bancos estudiados aún no se adecuan totalmente al modelo de Pearce & David (1987), de tal manera a que cumplan con un papel efectivo dentro de sus procesos de estrategia empresarial.

El actual escenario disruptivo en la economía ecuatoriana incentiva a las pymes a generar innovaciones en sus modelos de gestión que les permitan obtener ventajas competitivas. Por medio de este estudio se pretende conocer, a partir de un análisis sistémico, el grado de adopción de la innovación y de las herramientas de las TIC en las pymes de la ciudad de Santo Domingo (Ecuador). Para el desarrollo del estudio se utilizó el enfoque metodológico mixto, cualitativo y cuantitativo. Mediante la aplicación de encuestas y de la revisión documental se puede valorar cómo los empresarios de esta ciudad utilizan de las TIC. Los resultados del estudio muestran un escaso uso de la tecnología existente para el desarrollo de estrategias gerenciales innovadoras, consecuencia del bajo nivel de cultura empresarial y de la aversión al riesgo de los empresarios, resultado ya reportado en estudios precedentes.

El objetivo general del estudio es servir de apoyo a las empresas para diseñar un marco analítico que facilite la planificación y ejecución de estrategias empresariales basado en la investigación empírica utilizando el modelo de Rasch. Por otro lado, el propósito específico del análisis es determinar y comparar la posición jerárquica de las empresas de un municipio en relación con la variable latente “fortaleza económica empresarial”, así como identificar los factores potenciales más relevantes de la misma, todo ello enfocado a promover el desarrollo económico del municipio sevillano de Osuna. La medición de la “fortaleza económica empresarial” se apoya en una serie de ítems que la definen, y que el modelo de Rasch clasifica en función de la dificultad o facilidad de logro en la cuantificación realizada. Conocer el posicionamiento de estos ítems en el logro de la variable latente posibilita a las empresas adaptar sus acciones estratégicas, para lograr un mayor impacto. Este análisis puede ser trasladado a otros municipios o bien plantearlo desde una perspectiva multiterritorial y dirigido a actividades productivas similares. Consideramos que este instrumento analítico abre la posibilidad de fortalecer el tejido productivo de un territorio o de una actividad específica, lo que lo convierte en una herramienta muy interesante para mejorar la efectividad y eficiencia en el diseño de estrategias empresariales con el consiguiente efecto en la competitividad y el crecimiento económico del área considerada.

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Barbados ha emprendido una iniciativa audaz para ecologizar su economía y avanzó considerablemente en algunos sectores económicos (como la energía). Este artículo investiga hasta qué punto las pequeñas y medianas empresas (pymes), uno de sus segmentos más grandes de la actividad económica, han adoptado iniciativas ecológicas, y los factores que las han llevado a hacerlo. Se estima un modelo probit usando una base de datos a nivel de las empresas extraída de la base de datos Productivity, Technology, Innovation in the Caribbean (PROTEqIN), que gestiona Compete Caribbean. Las pymes se han quedado rezagadas en la adopción de estrategias ecológicas con respecto a las empresas más grandes. Una de las principales limitaciones era la insuficiente disponibilidad de apoyo y conocimientos técnicos dentro de estas empresas. Se concluye que, para que la isla tenga éxito en la ecologización de sus pymes, se tendrá que mejorar su acceso al apoyo técnico. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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