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The purpose of this paper is to evaluate business model (BM) disclosure. As the BM shows how a company creates and captures value, its communication in the Annual Report is considered a necessary background for a dynamic analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of the intellectual capital (IC) contribution to a company’s competitive advantage.

Focusing on a sample of listed UK companies operating in high-technology industries, this paper runs a content analysis of BM disclosure presented in the Strategic Report (SR). To develop the analysis, it refers to an ontological approach that encompasses the main research contributions to this topic.

The analysis of SRs revealed that few companies use their BM disclosure to highlight the contribution of their IC to create and capture value. BM descriptions are not always clearly distinguishable from other strategic concepts and poorly illustrate the interactions among the BM components, which help understand how IC is entangled in a company’s value creation process.

This paper answers the Financial Reporting Council’s call for comments about its Guidance on SR. More in general, it contributes to the issue of the regulation of narrative information in the Annual Report.

This paper proposes a methodological framework for the analysis of BM disclosure quality. Thanks to this framework, it points out some critical issues of BM disclosure and offers some hints useful for its regulation.

This paper aims to help small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to seize the potential of Big Data in their marketing strategies to leverage a competitive advantage in the rising digital marketplace and lead the post-pandemic economic recovery. However, Spanish SMEs have had serious difficulties in working with Big Data.

In this study, a roadmap is designed to pave the way for a successful Big Data implementation.

SMEs with updated information on how to access the historic funding opportunities might profit to this opportunity. It not only generates financing opportunities for SMEs but also grants continuity to their strategies by offering the most profitable techniques by which they can efficiently analyse data and gain consumer insights, thus overcoming the many problems they face when working with Big Data as well as helping them to monetise their marketing strategies.

The main advantage of this research is its innovative approach to business strategy as it provides. The value added by this paper lies in its holistic and updated approach to supporting SMEs’ Big Data strategies.

The purpose of this study is to explore the information leaders keep their organisations competitive by determining if their business model is under threat and/or needs changing and whether business model innovation is needed.

This study uses a grounded theory approach to probe an area which has been so far researched very little.

The paper identifies that while quality of management information affects leaders’ decisions about whether their business model is under threat or needs changing, leaders may or may not choose to use it.

The research was carried out with large firms in six sectors in the UK. Research in other sectors, in smaller firms and in other countries, should be carried out to test generalisability.

Although many large firms have made very large investments into areas such as customer insight in the past few years, there may be resistance to using this information even if it indicates that a firm’s current business model is under threat, because of straightforward denial or because of the inertia associated with factors such as difficulties in changing business models or the extent to which the firm’s financial situation is based upon exploiting its current business model, no matter how much that model is under threat from firms with other business models. Therefore, in strategic reviews, firms should factor in these risks and seek to mitigate them.

In public sector organisations, these risks of denial or inertia may be stronger because of conservatism and lack of willingness to take the risks of change, so public sector decision makers need to be particularly aware of these risks and seek to mitigate them.

The theoretical contribution of this research is to add to business model and strategic management literature by explaining the role that information plays in business model choice and how its role depends on whether and how the information is used by senior management.

The purpose of this article is to share the gist of an interview with Rita Campos e Cunha conducted by Santiago Ibarreche. It highlights her vitality, her love for academia and her personal dedication to her students in Iberoamerican and international contexts.

This paper is an interview.

The interview explores Rita’s career, her achievements and continued search for excellence in terms of teaching, research and service in academia, especially her contributions in the areas of innovative behavior and corporate social responsibility.

The interview in this special section, A Life in Research, brings out an individual scholar’s experience and history not only as recognition of scholarly impact but also as recognition of the person.

El presente artículo muestra la esencia de una entrevista a Rita Campos e Cunha, llevada a cabo por Santiago Ibarreche. Muestra su vitalidad, su amor por la academia y su dedicación personal hacia sus estudiantes en Iberoamérica y otros contextos internacionales.

Este artículo es una entrevista.

La entrevista explora la carrera de Rita, sus logros y búsqueda continua de la excelencia en términos de docencia, investigación y servicio en la academia y sociedad; especialmente sus contribuciones en las áreas de Comportamiento de Innovación y Responsabilidad Social Corporativa.

La entrevista en esta sección especial, A Life in Research, muestra la experiencia e historia de un académico. No es solo un reconocimiento a su impacto en la academia, sino también un reconocimiento a la persona.

Academia, Mozambique, Portugal, Innovación, Ciencias del Comportamiento, Consejería,Mentores

Tipo de artículo – Punto de vista

Este artigo apresenta a essência de uma entrevista com Rita Campos e Cunha, levada a cabo por Santiago Ibarreche. Salienta a sua vitalidade, a sua Paixão pela academia e a sua dedicação pessoal aos seus alunos, nos contextos ibero-americano e internacional.

Este artigo é uma entrevista.

A entrevista explora a carreira da Rita, as suas realizações e a sua procura contínua da excelência em termos de ensino, investigação e serviço, na academia e na sociedade; especialmente as suas contribuições nas áreas de Comportamentos de Inovação e Responsabilidade Social Corporativa.

A entrevista nesta seção especial, A Life in Research, traz a experiência e a história de um estudioso individual, não só como reconhecimento de impacto acadêmico, mas também como reconhecimento da pessoa.

Academia, Moçambique, Portugal, Inovação, Ciências do Comportamento, Recomendações, Mentores

Punto de vista

This paper aims to share the essence of an interview with Rodrigo Varela Villegas, conducted by Santiago Ibarreche. It highlights his passion for academia, his commitment to developing responsible entrepreneurs and commitment to forging and disseminating the entrepreneurial spirit in Colombia, Iberoamerica and the world.

This paper is an interview.

The interview explores Rodrigo’s career, his achievements and continued search for excellence in terms of teaching, research and service in academia. Of relevance are his contributions to the discipline of entrepreneurship through the development and divulging of the concept of entrepreneurial spirit.

The interview in this special section, A Life in Research, brings out an individual scholar’s experience and history, not only as recognition of scholarly impact but also as recognition of the person.

Este artículo comparte la esencia de una entrevista con Rodrigo Varela Villegas, dirigida por Santiago Ibarreche. Destaca su pasión por el mundo académico, su compromiso con el desarrollo de empresarios responsables y su compromiso con la creación y difusión del espíritu empresarial en Colombia, Iberoamérica y el mundo.

Este documento es una entrevista.

La entrevista explora la carrera de Rodrigo; Sus logros y la búsqueda continua de la excelencia en términos de enseñanza, investigación y servicio en el mundo académico. De relevancia son sus contribuciones a la disciplina del espíritu empresarial a través del desarrollo y divulgación del concepto de espíritu emprendedor.

la entrevista en esta sección especial, Una vida en investigación, revela la experiencia y la historia de un académico individual, no solo como reconocimiento del impacto académico, sino también como reconocimiento de la persona.

Educación, Emprendimiento, Colombia, América Latina, Valores familiares

Ponto de vista

Este artigo compartilha a essência de uma entrevista com Rodrigo Varela Villegas, conduzida por Santiago Ibarreche. Ele destaca sua paixão pela academia, seu compromisso com o desenvolvimento de empreendedores responsáveis e o compromisso de forjar e disseminar o espírito empreendedor na Colômbia, na Iberoamérica e no mundo.

Este artigo é uma entrevista.

A entrevista explora a carreira de Rodrigo; suas realizações e busca contínua de excelência em termos de ensino, pesquisa e serviço na academia. De relevância são as suas contribuições para a disciplina de empreendedorismo através do desenvolvimento e divulgação do conceito de espírito empreendedor.

A entrevista nesta seção especial, Uma Vida em Pesquisa, traz à tona a experiência e a história de um acadêmico individual, não apenas como reconhecimento do impacto acadêmico, mas também como reconhecimento da pessoa.

Educação, Empreendedorismo, Colômbia, América Latina, Valores pamiliares

Punto de vista

The learning outcomes are as follows: identify how tools and frameworks of strategic management can be applied to understand the evolution of the timeline of a firm; analyse the core competencies and weaknesses of a firm and understand their relevance in strengthening the competitive advantage of a firm; and design appropriate business models that are grounded in an integrated strategic analysis.

The case series traces the attempts of Nisrine Khalifeh to save her family’s ailing Lebanese artisan micro-enterprise that produces handmade glass blown jars, jugs and cups. Despite their unique traditional know-how in glassblowing, The Khalifeh struggle to survive since the early 2000s until today in a context of a growing concurrence by more competitive glass products. After each triggering event faced by the Khalifeh firm, Nisrine’s exploits opportunities offered to her in an archaic business model approach that provides short business solutions. Nisrine seems not to realize that her business approach is just keeping her family business from dying today instead of tomorrow while keeping it on the verge of going under. Facing an additional dilemma, she is challenged to realize how competitive and sustainable the Khalifeh business model is, and which actions she should take to withstand the competitive threats. More sustainable business options exist to this traditional micro-enterprise which carries a strong growth rate potential if sustainable business models are developed and deployed using key tools and frameworks of strategic management analysis.

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CSS 11: Strategy.

The purpose of this paper is to create a model that connects drivers between organizational innovation and business model innovation (BMI) to guide empirical research and the design of innovation management strategies.

The model was designed based on the results of a systematic literature review over the past 25 years that provides common predictor variables to build bridges between these two types of innovations.

It is a conceptual relationship between organizational innovation and BMI based on processes, new structures and customer relationship management. Moreover, there are five bridges from common predictors: strategy, top management, exploratory learning, technological innovation and environmental complexity.

The relationships between organizational innovation and BMI have been neglected in the literature. The model fills this gap by proposing hypotheses for empirical research and critical variables and relationships to steer organizational and business model innovation.