Editor’s introduction

Citation

Campos e Cunha, R. (2012), "Editor’s introduction", Management Research, Vol. 10 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/mrjiam.2012.50610baa.001

Editor’s introduction

Article Type: Editorial From: Management Research: The Journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management, Volume 10, Issue 2

The last issue of Management Research contained three papers in the organizational behavior area. This issue is dedicated to human resource management topics and includes one conceptual paper and two empirical studies, carried out with Spanish companies.

In the first paper, Gergana Markova uses the resource based view as a theoretical anchor to conceptually elaborate about the relationship between human resource information systems and firm competitiveness, and applies the concept of dynamic capabilities to the HR literature, for its role in fostering codification and dissemination of path-dependent organizational processes allowing the firm to repeat its successes, while recognizing the likely danger of diminished organizational flexibility necessary for competitiveness in a dynamic environment.

The second article, by C. Garcia-Olaverri and E. Huerta, provides an analysis of how innovative organizational practices are carried out by Spanish industrial companies and the factors with which these practices are associated. While their results suggest that information sharing is the main differentiator, market competition, positioning strategies, a participatory attitude in management and the participation in networks along the value chain are the main factors associated with the implementation of the developed management systems.

Third, the study of Eva Carmona, José Céspedes and Javier Martinez broaches a very timely issue: environmental human resource management. Using a sample of 94 Spanish chemical firms, they present evidence that the relationship between pollution prevention technologies and cost or differentiation competitive advantage is positively moderated by HR environmental practices.

Finally, and as usual, this issue’s special section “A Life in Research”, features an interview with Maria José Tonelli, a Professor at the Department of Management and Human Resources, at Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo, Fundação Getúlio Vargas. We thank Professor Santiago Ibarreche, Director of the Center for Hispanic Entrepreneurship, Centers for Entrepreneurial Development, Advance, Research and Support, at University of Texas at El Paso, for his continued cooperation to this special section of MRJIAM and for allowing us to better know this achieved scholar and her contributions to the development of management practice and research in the Iberoamerican region.

I am certain that the readers of Management Research will find this issue interesting, not only for the new insights in a scientific area, but also for the pleasure of better understanding how Iberoamerican scholars consistently contribute to Management Science.

So, until the next issue, my personal request is, as usual, keep submitting to Management Research!

Rita Campos e Cunha