Objective: This study analyses corporate sustainability reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) since 2016, identifying trends, gaps, and areas for development in corporate practices and academic research. It addresses five research questions concerning the development of research, productive authors, emerging subtopics, relevant regions and institutions, and conceptual gaps in this field. Methodology: A bibliometric analysis of 589 publications from 2017 to 2022 was conducted using the Web of Science Core Collection to map the research community and citation trends. Results: The analysis revealed a highly interconnected research community with significant citation growth, indicating expanding interest, especially in regions like Wales, Denmark, and Switzerland. Interdisciplinary engagement is increasing with contributions from environmental sciences and health research. Limitations: The study is limited to publications within the Clarivate database and may not capture all global research activities. Rapid changes in corporate reporting may outpace academic documentation. Practical implications: Corporations need more integrated and empirically supported sustainability indicators. Exploring blockchain technology to enhance reporting reliability offers a novel approach. The study serves as a reference for practitioners aligning corporate strategies with SDG targets and for policymakers strengthening reporting frameworks.
9 June 2022 in Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración
Purpose: This paper analyzes the influence of leadership styles and human resource management (HRM) on teacher well-being and how these contribute to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 3: Good Health and Well-being, 4: Quality Education, and 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth. The analysis assesses the extent to which the well-being of schoolteachers is influenced by the human resource management and leadership style of the school management.Design/methodology/approach: The aim of this study is to determine how leadership by example, high communication leadership, human resource management and gender, influence two dimensions of teacher well-being, namely emotional and physical well-being. Gender was used as a moderating variable. The relationships between these variables are reflected in the hypotheses of this study. Linear regression analysis was used to test these hypotheses. The measurement scales were drawn from the literature. Data were obtained using non-probabilistic convenience sampling of 300 public and subsidized (concertado) high schools. To include large and medium-sized Spanish cities in the study, Madrid, Valencia, Malaga, and Murcia were selected. The final sample consisted of 315 high school teachers from 75 schools.Findings: The results suggest that leadership by example and high communication leadership influence human resource management directly and positively. Human resource management, in turn, influences the physical and psychological well-being of schoolteachers.Originality/value: This paper adds to the literature on leadership styles and human resource management by expanding the knowledge of factors influencing schoolteachers' well-being. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first article reporting a study on such factors in schools in Spain.
In the current competitive context, innovation has become a necessity, to the point that it seems that no company can survive without developing innovation processes. One of the great concerns of small and medium-sized companies is about the investment of resources in innovation activities and their success. Therefore, this article analyzes the influence of different innovation activities performed by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of the Colombian Caribbean region on their product innovation outcomes and thereby provides a solid groundwork for the design of innovation strategies. To achieve this objective, a data collection instrument was first validated in 56 SMEs, followed by the application of a reflective measurement model with convergent validity analysis. The results of the model application revealed that investment in Research and Development (R&D) and innovation, knowledge transfer, technology adoption, and financial aspects explain to a greater extent the introduction of new products to the market.
1 January 2019 in International Journal of Intellectual Property Management
The purpose of this study is to present the state of the art of research on start-up accelerators, to identify extant trends and gaps in the literature, and to inform future research. We used a bibliometric method to analyse the body of research reported in 21 articles on start-up accelerators indexed in the Web of Science database for the period 2010-2019. Such articles display theoretical voids, fragmented approaches and coincidental views and findings on core aspects and focus on corporate accelerators. We hypothesise that the reason for such little research reported in this field may be due to the novelty of the start-up accelerator phenomenon and its overlapping with business incubators. Consequently, organising and presenting some of the most recent and indexed work will hopefully guide future research and decision-making in this field.