Programa del congreso

Team creativity is critical to stay ahead in today’s competitive hospitality industry. Recent research suggests that servant leadership fosters employee creativity but the mechanisms and context in which this relationship emerges at team level is unknown. This paper aims to advance this area of research and to analyze the mediating role of empowerment climate and team citizenship behavior in the servant leadership-team creativity relationship. The analysis is on a sample of 171 hotel establishments, in which are 343 work teams, encompassing 835 respondents from several organizational departments, located in leading international tourism destinations in Spain. The results show that servant leadership has a positive indirect effect on team creativity via the sequential application of empowerment climate and team citizenship behavior.

Objectives: This research aims to understand the influence of the CEO’s financial literacy on SME’s process innovation. For this purpose, it explores the role of risk-taking propensity as a psychological association mechanism. Further, this work elaborates on the conditional role that the CEO’s financial literacy level can exert on this relationship.

Theoretical framework: Hypotheses are constructed drawing on the enriched upper echelon theory and the resource-based view, providing a multi-theoretical perspective.

Methodology: A conditional mediation model is performed on 318 Spanish SMEs using CB-SEM. Endogeneity is addressed using instrumental variables and Gaussian copulas.

Results/implications: Our results not only reveal that the CEO’s financial literacy contributes positively to process innovation by bringing rationality to the whole process, but also enables CEOs to assume more risks as a result of an enhanced risk management. Our results also suggest that above-average financial literacy levels can be considered an intangible resource which, through increased self-confidence and financial resources, can enable CEOs to make the most of their higher risk-taking propensity to innovate processes. These findings entail several implications for SMEs, advisors and legislators.

In a context of rapidly evolving business landscapes, this study delves into the intricate factors shaping pioneering orientation, focusing particularly on organizational agility in operational and market dimensions. The research, conducted with 302 companies in Peru's World Heritage Cities, utilizes structural equation modeling to analyze mediation and moderation. The results indicate that operational agility significantly influences pioneering orientation, both directly and indirectly, through its effect on market agility. Moreover, relational trust plays a distinctive moderating role in these relationships. The findings suggest that companies should strategically channel their agility from operational to market domains to enhance pioneering orientation while being mindful of the potential consequences of excessive trust in relational networks. This study provides valuable insights for businesses navigating dynamic environments, emphasizing the importance of balancing agility and trust for innovation and success.

This paper employs a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to examine distinct paths in firms' relationships that lead to innovation within the contexts of both Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) and Traditional Food Systems. These relationships include various actors such as universities, research centres, customers, competitors, and suppliers, The study explores how these diverse collaborations contribute to firms' innovation efforts. The results reveal a portfolio of equifinal paths in both contexts, suggesting a collective impact of different collaboration typologies on green innovation. Notably, the analysis identifies specific external partners such as universities, research centres, suppliers, and customers, highlighting their varying degrees of relevance and positive impact on different combinations of factors. The findings provide insights into the nuanced and context-specific nature of collaboration dynamics in fostering innovation within the realms of Sustainable Food Systems and Traditional Food Systems.