Programa del congreso

Nowadays, nothing is more critical for business than dealing with environmental degradation. Following the Upper Echelon Theory, we delve into the influence of narcissistic CEOs on corporate environmental performance, distinguishing between grandiose narcissism and vulnerable narcissism. Based on 214 observations of Spanish firms over the period 2015-2020, we find stronger corporate environmental performance when CEOs exhibited traits of grandiose narcissism; and weaker when they exhibited traits of vulnerable narcissism. In addition, we analysed the moderating role of CEO duality in the above relationships. When the CEO also chairs the board of directors, the negative effects of vulnerable narcissism on firms' environmental performance are more pronounced.

This paper contributes to the debate on the brokerage activity of firms in a cluster. Considering the cluster as a network metaphor generated from the relationships that are established between the actors in the cluster, the existing literature confirms that a firm’s location in the network is a strategic factor. However, the literature also argues that overly central positions can have negative or locking effects, so firms must expand their relational horizons outside the cluster to explore new knowledge. This activity, which may seem to reduce the firm's connection to its local network, may actually increase its value as a knowledge broker. In turn, this brokerage capacity is enhanced by other factors, such as absorptive capacity and links to local supporting institutions. To address these research questions, an empirical study was carried out in the Valencian cluster of the Toy Valley. The results reveal that extra-cluster links benefit the firm's brokerage activity, as well as the existence of a threshold necessary for absorptive capacity and local supporting institutions connectivity to favor this dynamic. Finally, we consider that this paper makes interesting contributions to the open debate in the literature on the value of knowledge brokers in networks or clusters.

This work analyzes, under a strategic approach, the role of organizational resilience (OR) in connecting pioneering orientation (PO) and sustainability orientation (SO), thus filling a significant and unexplored gap in the literature. The empirical study was conducted on a sample of 223 companies in the cultural tourism industry in Spain. The results show a total mediating effect of OR in the relationship between PO and SO in its economic, environmental, and social dimensions, and a partial effect in the case of the cultural dimension. The study highlights the U-shaped curvilinear relationship between PO and OR, reflecting a brake on the growth of OR when companies have a strong tendency to enter the market early. Companies should adopt the role of early followers to strengthen resilience and achieve a strong strategic commitment to sustainability.

Producir de forma sostenible es una estrategia cada vez más necesaria y urgente, Una de sus derivadas más visibles es a través de modelos de negocio basadas en la economía circular.

Cuando ese enfoque estratégico lo adoptan empresas de muy pequeña dimensión sus efectos medioambientales en el planeta soy muy pequeños, sin embargo, en su entorno local son de gran valor ecológico y suponen una fuente de inspiración para emprendedores. A ese tipo de modelo empresarial los denominamos en este trabajo microsostenibles.

El emprendimiento rural se basa en la microsostenibilidad y supone una importante alternativa económica para las pequeñas poblaciones por ser fuente de empleo y atracción de personas para repoblar y rejuvenecer esas localidades con respeto por su entorno y naturaleza.

Este trabajo tiene por objeto el análisis del modelo de negocio del emprendimiento rural y economía circular llevado a cabo por la empresa productora de cerveza artesanal y ecológica La Somniada.