Various authors maintain that innovation practices depend on business strategies, therefore companies must configure an organizational structure that facilitates the coordination of tasks and allows objectives to be reached. In a sample of 203 service companies, an analysis was carried out of the influence of business strategies and organizational characteristics on technical innovation and administrative innovation. The results indicate that there is an important relationship between the business strategy and the technical and administrative innovations. On the other hand, organizational characteristics only had a significant relationship with technical innovation but not with the administrative innovation.

La gestión de innovación de los negocios tiene diferentes aplicaciones y comprende diversos conceptos que están asociados al entorno, como factor externo de la empresa, y a otros factores internos, como los recursos humanos, el conocimiento, los tipos de innovación, los diseños modulares, las configuraciones organizacionales y los tipos de estrategia de negocio, etcétera. Estos factores internos y externos, en forma conjunta, influyen en el crecimiento y el desempeño organizacional de la empresa. Este documento presenta una revisión general de escritos sobre la gestión de innovación e identifica los factores que influyen en su aplicación; como factor externo se considera al entorno; como factores en la fase de iniciación, el conocimiento, los recursos humanos, el aprendizaje organizacional y los tipos de innovación; como factores en la fase de implementación, la configuraci...

El caso explica la historia del chef Ferrán Adriá y describe la transformación del restaurante El Bulli en uno de los mejores del mundo y cómo, de un momento a otro, el chef dio la noticia que cerraba para continuar con otras actividades complementarias al giro del negocio. Se pretende analizar: ¿cuáles fueron las estrategias y/o la clave del éxito del restaurante El Bulli para conseguir los extraordinarios resultados?, ¿cuál fue el motivo para que se cierre el restaurante? y ¿qué opciones estratégicas tenía el chef para continuar con el negocio?

Several authors consider the environment variable to be an influential element on the innovation variable, but they do not provide further insight of the dimensions of these variables. This study, applied to a sample of service companies, includes dimensions of environment (uncertainty and complexity) and dimensions of innovation (technical and administrative), as well as organizational characteristics as a moderating variable in this relationship between environment and innovation. The results indicate that an uncertain environment promotes only technical innovation, while a complex environment promotes both administrative and technical innovation. It was also found that organizational characteristics partially moderate the relationship between the two variables.

Several authors consider the environment variable to be an influential element on the innovation variable, but they do not provide further insight of the dimensions of these variables. This study, applied to a sample of service companies, includes dimensions of environment (uncertainty and complexity) and dimensions of innovation (technical and administrative), as well as organizational characteristics as a moderating variable in this relationship between environment and innovation. The results indicate that an uncertain environment promotes only technical innovation, while a complex environment promotes both administrative and technical innovation. It was also found that organizational characteristics partially moderate the relationship between the two variables.

This article is an approach to new definitions of materiality as applied to corporate performance and disclosure practices. Over time, the materiality lens will have implications for multiple operating areas. They will range from; risk and compliance to strategy setting, corporate policy and governance, management practices including stakeholder engagement, and even human resource management. In the second part there is a presentation of the definitions, scope and perspectives of materiality according to six relevant standard-setters in the field of sustainability reporting. Finally there is the presentation of how materiality is reported according to the six biggest groups of quoted companies in Spain.

Some authors have proposed that project team efficacy influences the success of project management; however, this relationship has not been well investigated. The objectives of this study are to analyze the relationship between project team efficacy and the success of project management and to examine three moderator variables (task uncertainty, task interdependence, and chaos effect) in the relationship between them. This study was based on a sample of 52 mining work teams. The suggested hypotheses were con-firmed, there is an influential relationship between project team efficacy and the success of mining project management, as well as the significance of the moderate variables.

Several authors argue that project management is conducted with quantitative techniques that correspond to a linear cause-effect behavior; however, it should be treated with techniques that correspond to a nonlinear cause and effect behavior. This study explores the behavior of project management under a non-linear cause-effect approach using chaos theory and four project management variables: time, human resources, quality, and cost. Parkinson's law and chaos theory are used; mathematical equations are formulated to explain nonlinear cause-effect behavior in project management. The study was conducted considering the experience of management in mining projects. The mathematical model found can be used by academics to deepen the analysis of the reasons for the complexity of project management. Also, this study is useful for managers in making decisions to calculate the expected duration ...