Carmen Cabello Medina

The connection between personal well‐being and planetary health is often overlooked. This study is aimed at researching into the effects of entrepreneurs' well‐being on eco‐innovation. More specifically, and grounded on the entrepreneurship literature, we argue that entrepreneurial orientation, as an internal factor, and ecosystem exploitation, as an external factor, mediate the relationship between well‐being and eco‐innovation. Based on a sample of 401 entrepreneurs and using an SEM analysis, results suggest that entrepreneurial well‐being does not directly promote eco‐innovation. Thus, feeling well is not an enough precondition to promote improvements for the environment. Instead, working internally toward more entrepreneurial attitudes, as well as working externally by leveraging the available mechanisms in the ecosystem, may help entrepreneurs to engage in eco‐innovation. Our research supports a holistic view of entrepreneurship as a human and ecological endeavor, contributing not only to economic value but also to the resilience of individuals, organizations, and their ecosystems.

Informe sobre el emprendimiento en la provincia de Sevilla 2024-2025

El Informe GEM de la provincia de Sevilla 2023-2024, presenta los resultados del análisis de la actividad emprendedora en la provincia y del contexto para emprender, siguiendo la metodología establecida por el Observatorio Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM).

El Informe GEM (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor) de la Provincia de Sevilla 2021-2022 ha sido realizado por un grupo de investigadores de la Universidad Pablo de Olavide y la Universidad de Sevilla. Desde GEM se elaboran anualmente informes de ámbito global, nacional, regional y local, gracias a una red de equipos de investigación en los países que participan en el observatorio. La metodología común que se sigue en todos estos ámbitos, permite la obtención de indicadores homogéneos sobre la actividad emprendedora y, por tanto, la comparación del fenómeno entre diferentes territorios y el análisis de su evolución a lo largo del tiempo.

This research examines the impact of coopetition (i.e., competitor alliances) on the development of internal R&D human capital. The study was conducted using survey data from 111 biotech firms in Spain and United States. Results show a mediation relationship: coopetition increases a firm’s internal R&D human capital via its proactiveness to pursue R&D partnerships. To further examine the link between competitor alliances and R&D partnerships, we also investigate the role of two moderators, alliance satisfaction and alliance coordination. We argue that the two factors exert opposite moderation effects on the relationship between coopetition and proactiveness to pursue R&D partnerships. Results demonstrate that when a firm and its alliance partners are satisfied with each other, the effect of coopetition on proactiveness decreases, but the moderation effect of alliance coordination, though predicted to be in the opposite direction, is not significant.

In this research, we analyze the influence of two alliance management capabilities, coordination and interorganizational learning, on the performance of alliances for innovation. By adopting a contingency view, we explore whether the effectiveness of these capabilities depends on certain features of the alliance portfolio configuration (partner and geographic diversity). Based on a sample of Spanish companies belonging to the five leading biotech clusters, our results demonstrate that alliance management capabilities are not equally effective across different contexts. Alliance coordination capabilities become more effective when partner diversity is low and geographic diversity is high. By contrast, interorganizational learning capabilities have a positive effect on alliance portfolio performance when partner diversity is high and geographic diversity is low. These results also have useful implications for managers involved in alliances for innovation, who can direct the organizational efforts towards the most effective alliance capabilities, depending on the features of their alliance portfolio. JEL CLASSIFICATION M19

Alliances are increasingly considered a key element for innovation, especially in knowledge‐intensive firms. While this is true, the mere membership to alliances does not explain innovation performance, and thus the alliance's characteristics that determine high performance must be examined. This research address the question of how the diversity of partners in a certain alliance for innovation affects innovation performance, and how this influence can be moderated by certain characteristics, such as the relational dimension of social capital and the type of knowledge shared among partners. The empirical analysis of a sample of 90 biotech companies shows that there is an inverted U‐shaped relationship between alliance partner diversity and innovation performance and confirms the positive moderating effects of relational social capital and knowledge codifiability. These findings contribute to the current research on alliances for innovation by providing empirical evidence on why some alliances perform better than others. Also, the results suggest that the study of alliance partner diversity, as a determinant of alliance performance, should not be addressed in isolation.