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Although studies that analyze eco-innovation without differentiating among industries are proliferating, research has not yet identified the factors that lead to eco-innovation in tourism sector firms. Since innovation in general is nourished by access to knowledge sources and the intensity with which they are used, this study analyzes the effect of intensive use of knowledge sources on eco-innovation in the tourism sector. It also analyzes the possible mediating role of traditional orientation of the firm in product innovation and/or process innovation. We use two data sources: panel data from Spain’s National Statistics Institute on 199 tourism firms for 2011-2015 and primary data gathered from a set of 198 tourism firms collected separately via questionnaire in 2021 during the Covid-19 pandemic. The second dataset, which was collected independently of the first, aims to corroborate the results of the first in a different economic context and different firms. Our results indicate a significant distinction between product/service and process innovation. The findings show that that tourism firms rely on process innovation to implement eco-innovation, whereas product innovation has no influence in these firms in any of the years analyzed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: To understand how organizations, public or private, must increase their productivity perception (PP), independently of the sector. This article aims to analyze PP in the digital transformation (DT) process to determine how it is affected by technostress (TS) and work engagement (WE), two concepts that seem to be forces opposing PP. Design/methodology/approach: The authors use data from a questionnaire addressed to personnel in two organizations (public and private). The analysis applies partial least squares technique to the 505 valid responses obtained from these organizations. This analysis is based not on representativeness but on uniqueness. Findings: The results suggest a positive, significant relationship between DT and PP. This article integrates DT and its effects on aspects of people's health, PP and WE. The model thus includes interactions of technology with human elements. In both business and administrative environments, PP is key to optimizing resources and survival of organizations. Research limitations/implications: DT processes are different and complex because every organization is different. The authors recommend expanding this study to other sectors in both spheres, public and private. Aligning the objectives of the institutions for aid with DT is also quite complicated. Practical implications: This study contributes to improving participating organizations. It also provides government institutions with a clear foundation from which to encourage actions that promote the health and WE of their workforce without reducing productivity. In addition, this study adds novelty to the research line. Originality/value: The authors have deepened this line of research by developing fuller knowledge of the relationships among novel and necessary variables in organizations. The authors provide complementary, different and inspiring value in addressing this line of research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Entrepreneurial orientation (EO) is a key factor in the creation and development of companies. This study examines the CEO's personal background (personality, proactivity and resistance to change) and its influence on the EO of the organization to determine which factors enhance or weaken EO. We achieve this goal through quantitative research, developing a structural equations model with partial least squares to analyse a sample of 358 Spanish SMEs from different sectors. The results suggest that specific personality dimensions exert substantial influence on the organization's EO. We also analyse individual proactivity and resistance to change as conduits for the effect of personality dimensions on the company's EO. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To purchase or authenticate to the full-text of this article, please visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8551.2007.00547.x Byline: Victor J. Garcia-Morales ([dagger][double dagger]), Francisco Javier Llorens-Montes ([dagger][double dagger]), Antonio J. Verdu-Jover ([dagger][double dagger]) Abstract: Today's information and knowledge society requires new leaders who can confront a reality based on knowledge and foster innovation to achieve improvements in organizational performance. However, organizations sometimes fail to achieve sustainable competitive advantage due to their limited understanding of the relationships between these strategic variables. To date, very little research has analysed the direct and indirect relationships between these variables. Our study seeks to fill this research gap by analysing theoretically and empirically how the leader's perceptions of different intermediate strategic variables related to knowledge (knowledge slack, absorptive capacity, tacitness, organizational learning) and innovation influence the relation between transformational leadership and organizational performance. Based on the literature, we develop a theoretical model that shows the interrelations between these variables. We then test the model using data from 408 Spanish organizations, discuss the findings and provide several implications for business practitioners. Author Affiliation: ([dagger])Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Granada, Campus Cartuja, s/n, Granada 18071, Spain ([double dagger])Faculty of Social and Juridical Sciences, University Miguel Hernandez, Edificio La Galia, Avda del Ferrocarril, s/n, Elche (Alicante) 03202, SpainEmails:fllorens@ugr.es;victorj@ugr.es;ajverdu@umh.es

A description of the EPA/NIH (Environmental Protection Agency/National Institutes of Health) Chemical Information System provides background for a discussion of the management of the system by public agencies; problems which led to the decision to transfer the system of the private sector; and the current status of the database. (CLB)

Byline: Victor J. Garcia-Morales, Francisco Javier LLorens-Montes, Antonio J. Verdu-Jover We propose that conscious organisational learning, level II/III learning and learning from internal and negative experience produce greater organisational performance than unconscious organisational learning, level I learning and learning from external and positive experience. We also propose that level I learning is sufficient in a well-understood environment, while level II/III is better for an ambiguous environment and that vicarious learning produces better organisational performance than congenital learning.

Byline: Francisco Javier LLorens-Montes, Victor J. Garcia-Morales, Antonio J. Verdu-Jover This paper analyses the differences between innovator and adaptive organisations based on the capabilities of personal mastery, organisational learning and capacity to innovate and on organisational performance and job satisfaction. The hypotheses are tested using data from 402 Spanish firms. The results show that: personal mastery, organisational learning, capacity to innovate and organisational performance are highly inter-linked in both innovator and adaptive organisations; innovator organisations encourage more personal mastery, organisational learning, capacity to innovate and organisational performance than adaptive organisations; personal mastery, organisational learning and capacity to innovate better explain the organisational performance and job satisfaction in innovator organisations than in adaptive organisations.