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Millennials represent the most important group among the working age population. Destined to be the leaders of the future, their professional and personal profiles differ considerably from previous generations. Despite being considered as the most successful generation, millennials face a societal transformation and a labor reality marked by high levels of unemployment and underemployment that shape their career choice. Although millennials’ and university students’ job preferences have long been debated in the literature, some research gaps remain. Studies rarely consider the interplay between individuals’ profiles and the institutional form of business, particularly cooperative versus non cooperative options. To predict the compatibility between Millennials’ profiles and the cooperative job preference, a multinomial logit model is developed based on a survey of millennial business college students. Our key findings showed that some extrinsic issues are related to cooperative job preference, however the factor that has the most significant impact is the cooperative knowledge. This has important implications for the cooperative movement and for policy makers in charge of cooperative development.
Inmaculada Buendía-Martínez; Carolina Hidalgo-López; Eric Brat. Are Cooperatives an Employment Option? A Job Preference Study of Millennial University Students. Sustainability 2020, 12, 7210 .
AMA StyleInmaculada Buendía-Martínez, Carolina Hidalgo-López, Eric Brat. Are Cooperatives an Employment Option? A Job Preference Study of Millennial University Students. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (17):7210.
Chicago/Turabian StyleInmaculada Buendía-Martínez; Carolina Hidalgo-López; Eric Brat. 2020. "Are Cooperatives an Employment Option? A Job Preference Study of Millennial University Students." Sustainability 12, no. 17: 7210.
The increase in the weight of social entrepreneurship (SE) in the economy has driven the increase in research on the subject. Within the set of approaches developed by scholars to analyse SE, the institutional approach has recently acquired greater relevance. Following this research trend, this article seeks to expand the empirical research on SE by focusing on the informal factors that are less studied in the literature and using a cross-national base. Using the New Institutional Economics and partial least squares–structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM), our findings show the influence of cultural context on the SE dimension. In addition, this influence occurs through two groups of variables led by social capital and corporate social responsibility, although their impacts show opposite signs. These factors have important implications for policy makers in charge of fostering SE development.
Inmaculada Buendía-Martínez; Inmaculada Carrasco Monteagudo. The Role of CSR on Social Entrepreneurship: An International Analysis. Sustainability 2020, 12, 6976 .
AMA StyleInmaculada Buendía-Martínez, Inmaculada Carrasco Monteagudo. The Role of CSR on Social Entrepreneurship: An International Analysis. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (17):6976.
Chicago/Turabian StyleInmaculada Buendía-Martínez; Inmaculada Carrasco Monteagudo. 2020. "The Role of CSR on Social Entrepreneurship: An International Analysis." Sustainability 12, no. 17: 6976.
Over the last few decades, the social and solidarity economy (SSE) has undergone complex changes, from being undervalued to being institutionalized as a key sector in the economy. Within this context of change, Ecuador is a remarkable example of a country that has revamped its public policy to situate the SSE in a position of prominence on the national landscape. Using the business cycle theory and based on a model of panel data from 2007–2017, this article attempts to empirically validate that the relationship between the size of Ecuadorian cooperatives, as core businesses of SSE, is coupled with the expansive and destructive economic cycles by adding two more variables: business structure and public policy. From a global perspective, the results confirm a procyclical of the behavior of cooperatives and the positive impact of the new public policy. However, the sectoral and territorial analysis concludes that only production cooperatives in the primary sector have grown in the new institutional framework, and that this growth is concentrated in provinces with a strong cooperative tradition.
Inmaculada Buendía-Martínez; Agustín Álvarez-Herranz; Mercedes Moreira Menéndez. Business Cycle, SSE Policy, and Cooperatives: The Case of Ecuador. Sustainability 2020, 12, 5485 .
AMA StyleInmaculada Buendía-Martínez, Agustín Álvarez-Herranz, Mercedes Moreira Menéndez. Business Cycle, SSE Policy, and Cooperatives: The Case of Ecuador. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (13):5485.
Chicago/Turabian StyleInmaculada Buendía-Martínez; Agustín Álvarez-Herranz; Mercedes Moreira Menéndez. 2020. "Business Cycle, SSE Policy, and Cooperatives: The Case of Ecuador." Sustainability 12, no. 13: 5485.
It has been shown that, in a context of economic crisis, cooperatives remain more resilient and flexible than other forms of entrepreneurship. The current study investigates the possible explanations for the varying dimension of cooperatives sector in different countries. To this end, focusing on the institutional environment, this work introduces a variable not commonly found in studies on entrepreneurial activity, political activism. We present an empirical analysis based on a structural equation model (SEM-PLS) applied to a database on 52 countries. The model leads us to draw the conclusion that there exists a direct and indirect relationship between political activism and the size of cooperative sector.
Inmaculada Carrasco Monteagudo; Inmaculada Buendía-Martínez. Political Activism as Driver of Cooperative Sector. VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations 2020, 31, 601 -613.
AMA StyleInmaculada Carrasco Monteagudo, Inmaculada Buendía-Martínez. Political Activism as Driver of Cooperative Sector. VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 2020; 31 (3):601-613.
Chicago/Turabian StyleInmaculada Carrasco Monteagudo; Inmaculada Buendía-Martínez. 2020. "Political Activism as Driver of Cooperative Sector." VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations 31, no. 3: 601-613.
This article presents an empirical analysis of determinants of the survival of firm or self-employed workers in the Spanish translation sector. In the midst of a global downturn, the survival of firm and self-employed workers is a key factor for the progress of the economy and for a better and more stable future. The analysis explores the combination of variables including human capital, contingency and economic investment that potentially drive translation and interpreting firms to survive. The study performs a comparative qualitative analysis using a fs/QCA methodology and identify seven combinations of causes that lead to the outcome. The results show that different causal paths predict the survival of those translation and interpreting firms or self-employed entrepreneurs. With little literature on the topic of firm survival in the translation sector, the research aims to fill that gap and make a valuable contribution to the current literature.
Clara Gieure; Inmaculada Buendía-Martínez. Determinants of translation-firm survival: A fuzzy set analysis. Journal of Business Research 2016, 69, 5377 -5382.
AMA StyleClara Gieure, Inmaculada Buendía-Martínez. Determinants of translation-firm survival: A fuzzy set analysis. Journal of Business Research. 2016; 69 (11):5377-5382.
Chicago/Turabian StyleClara Gieure; Inmaculada Buendía-Martínez. 2016. "Determinants of translation-firm survival: A fuzzy set analysis." Journal of Business Research 69, no. 11: 5377-5382.
María Inmaculada Carrasco Monteagudo; Inmaculada Buendía Martínez. Social justice, entrepreneurship and innovation. European J. of International Management 2015, 9, 635 .
AMA StyleMaría Inmaculada Carrasco Monteagudo, Inmaculada Buendía Martínez. Social justice, entrepreneurship and innovation. European J. of International Management. 2015; 9 (5):635.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaría Inmaculada Carrasco Monteagudo; Inmaculada Buendía Martínez. 2015. "Social justice, entrepreneurship and innovation." European J. of International Management 9, no. 5: 635.
Las zonas rurales enfrentan un conjunto de desafíos globales como resultado de las actuales transformacioneseconómicas y sociales. La contribución de las cooperativas, en tanto que empresas de estructura colectiva conuna fuerte adscripción territorial, ha originado que sean consideradas en algunos países como un pilar de laspolíticas rurales. Este trabajo analiza una exitosa iniciativa pública de casi treinta años: las cooperativas dedesarrollo regional. Su función como promotoras del movimiento cooperativo de Quebec es fundamentalpara la diversidad empresarial y el empleo de las regiones rurales.
Inmaculada Buendía-Martínez; Alain Côté. Desarrollo territorial rural y cooperativas: un análisis desde las políticas públicas. Cuadernos de Desarrollo Rural 2014, 11, 20 .
AMA StyleInmaculada Buendía-Martínez, Alain Côté. Desarrollo territorial rural y cooperativas: un análisis desde las políticas públicas. Cuadernos de Desarrollo Rural. 2014; 11 (74):20.
Chicago/Turabian StyleInmaculada Buendía-Martínez; Alain Côté. 2014. "Desarrollo territorial rural y cooperativas: un análisis desde las políticas públicas." Cuadernos de Desarrollo Rural 11, no. 74: 20.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) can be conceived as a construct that embraces different ideas, conceptions and relations between firms and society. This role as interface allows CSR to act as a business driver to transfer cultural values from the macro-level and transform them into part of corporate culture in the micro-level. Considering this integrative theoretical framework, relationships among development, changing values, CSR, innovation, and internationalisation are analysed. An empirical study using a Structural Equation Model (SEM) of Partial Least Square (PLS) technique, based on data from 32 countries, has been made. The results show that when society's values shift to post-materialism, firms that integrate CSR in their corporate culture obtain a source of knowledge creation that encourages firms' innovation and internationalisation.
María Inmaculada Carrasco Monteagudo; María Inmaculada Buendía Martínez. Corporate social responsibility: a crossroad between changing values, innovation and internationalisation. European J. of International Management 2013, 7, 295 .
AMA StyleMaría Inmaculada Carrasco Monteagudo, María Inmaculada Buendía Martínez. Corporate social responsibility: a crossroad between changing values, innovation and internationalisation. European J. of International Management. 2013; 7 (3):295.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaría Inmaculada Carrasco Monteagudo; María Inmaculada Buendía Martínez. 2013. "Corporate social responsibility: a crossroad between changing values, innovation and internationalisation." European J. of International Management 7, no. 3: 295.
There has been a considerable increase in studies dealing with women’s entrepreneurship and with collective entrepreneurship, respectively. However, studies focusing on women’s collective entrepreneurship are far from understanding the conceptualization of the relationship between collective entrepreneurship and women. To help fill this void, the authors use the essay method. In the first part, they begin by identifying the two transformative perspectives at the foundation of women’s collective entrepreneurship, that is to say self-management and feminism, which both converge and differ. They then present concrete manifestations illustrating the building of new economic and gender-based social relations, through examples of social innovations at the organizational level. In the second part, they discuss the strategic positioning of the transformative perspectives in public policies, as it is from these perspectives that the movements develop their strategic capability to mobilize resources, such as those of the State.
Marie-Claire Malo; Inmaculada Buendía-Martínez; Martine Vézina. A Conceptualization of Women’s Collective Entrepreneurship: From Strategic Perspectives to Public Policies. Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economics 2011, 211 -224.
AMA StyleMarie-Claire Malo, Inmaculada Buendía-Martínez, Martine Vézina. A Conceptualization of Women’s Collective Entrepreneurship: From Strategic Perspectives to Public Policies. Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economics. 2011; ():211-224.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarie-Claire Malo; Inmaculada Buendía-Martínez; Martine Vézina. 2011. "A Conceptualization of Women’s Collective Entrepreneurship: From Strategic Perspectives to Public Policies." Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economics , no. : 211-224.