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The context of the COVID pandemic has accelerated the pace of the digitalization of society, especially of its business fabric. Among the various applications offered by the Internet, social networking platforms have been identified as powerful tools that organizations have at their disposal for the development of their online business activities. This is due to the closeness and trust generated by word-of-mouth communication. In this context, the aim of this article is to identify which organizational characteristics are directly related to popularity on social networks, measured by the number of followers on these accounts. In order to achieve this objective, the Argentinean beekeeping organizations have been taken as a case study and the fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis method has been used. The results obtained allow us to validate the different organizational factors which, beyond the use of Facebook itself, lead to better results for the organizations in their social network strategies. These factors include their cooperative nature, localization, environmental sensitivity and presence on other digital platforms.
Jimena Andrieu; Domingo Fernández-Uclés; Adoración Mozas-Moral; Enrique Bernal-Jurado. Popularity in Social Networks. The Case of Argentine Beekeeping Production Entities. Agriculture 2021, 11, 694 .
AMA StyleJimena Andrieu, Domingo Fernández-Uclés, Adoración Mozas-Moral, Enrique Bernal-Jurado. Popularity in Social Networks. The Case of Argentine Beekeeping Production Entities. Agriculture. 2021; 11 (8):694.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJimena Andrieu; Domingo Fernández-Uclés; Adoración Mozas-Moral; Enrique Bernal-Jurado. 2021. "Popularity in Social Networks. The Case of Argentine Beekeeping Production Entities." Agriculture 11, no. 8: 694.
Spain is a global leader in the wine sector in terms of production capacity, which is in stark contrast to its low domestic wine consumption. This situation forces Spanish producers to develop a clear focus on exports. Traditionally, the business model in Spain has been based on low prices, high volumes, and a strong dependence on traditional markets, which places Spain at a clear competitive disadvantage in terms of value. Given these commercial challenges in this sector, where cooperatives play a central role, information and communication technologies, particularly websites, offer a source of competitive advantage. The main aim of this research is to analyze the organizational factors and commercial features that are associated with the online popularity of wine producers. This study seeks to verify the influence of organizational aspects (company size and integration), commercial features (sales of bottled wine, internationalization, and organic certification), and website quality on the popularity of corporate websites. The analysis was conducted using fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA). The results reveal that the number of website visits is positively related to business integration, organic certification, export activity, website quality, and the marketing of bottled wine.
Enrique Bernal-Jurado; Adoración Mozas-Moral; Domingo Fernández-Uclés; Miguel Jesús Medina-Viruel. Online popularity as a development factor for cooperatives in the winegrowing sector. Journal of Business Research 2020, 123, 79 -85.
AMA StyleEnrique Bernal-Jurado, Adoración Mozas-Moral, Domingo Fernández-Uclés, Miguel Jesús Medina-Viruel. Online popularity as a development factor for cooperatives in the winegrowing sector. Journal of Business Research. 2020; 123 ():79-85.
Chicago/Turabian StyleEnrique Bernal-Jurado; Adoración Mozas-Moral; Domingo Fernández-Uclés; Miguel Jesús Medina-Viruel. 2020. "Online popularity as a development factor for cooperatives in the winegrowing sector." Journal of Business Research 123, no. : 79-85.
This study aims to assess the economic efficiency of Tunisian olive oil firms in order to identify the organizational and technological variables that are directly associated with greater efficiency. The Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and fuzzy sets Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) method were used to achieve this. We find the managing director′s education level and information and communication technologies (ICT) training, the longevity of the company in inverse relationship with efficiency, the company′s presence on and use of virtual social networks, and the outsourcing of ICT management in combination have significant explanatory power in the companies that display greater economic efficiency.
Domingo Fernández-Uclés; Saida Elfkih; Adoración Mozas-Moral; Enrique Bernal-Jurado; Miguel Jesús Medina-Viruel; Saker Ben Abdallah. Economic Efficiency in the Tunisian Olive Oil Sector. Agriculture 2020, 10, 391 .
AMA StyleDomingo Fernández-Uclés, Saida Elfkih, Adoración Mozas-Moral, Enrique Bernal-Jurado, Miguel Jesús Medina-Viruel, Saker Ben Abdallah. Economic Efficiency in the Tunisian Olive Oil Sector. Agriculture. 2020; 10 (9):391.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDomingo Fernández-Uclés; Saida Elfkih; Adoración Mozas-Moral; Enrique Bernal-Jurado; Miguel Jesús Medina-Viruel; Saker Ben Abdallah. 2020. "Economic Efficiency in the Tunisian Olive Oil Sector." Agriculture 10, no. 9: 391.
This paper focuses on the achievement of one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Social Economy enterprises. Specifically, this research studies which are the conditioning factors for the active use of ICT (technological innovation) in the second-degree of olive oil cooperativism in Spain. The reason for the importance of this sector is that it currently leads world oil production. Moreover, second-degree cooperativism overcomes one of the problems frequently pointed out by the literature on the olive sector, namely the lack of concentration and integration of supply. In order to achieve the objective established in this research study, the fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) methodological technique has been used. The results obtained indicate that the degree of technological innovation is favored by the intensity of cooperative integration, diversification within the company, orientation towards the final market (packaged sales), ICT training of employees, the commercial importance of the foreign sector and the supply of ecological products.
Adoración Mozas-Moral; Enrique Bernal-Jurado; Domingo Fernández-Uclés; Miguel Medina-Viruel. Innovation as the Backbone of Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainability 2020, 12, 4747 .
AMA StyleAdoración Mozas-Moral, Enrique Bernal-Jurado, Domingo Fernández-Uclés, Miguel Medina-Viruel. Innovation as the Backbone of Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (11):4747.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAdoración Mozas-Moral; Enrique Bernal-Jurado; Domingo Fernández-Uclés; Miguel Medina-Viruel. 2020. "Innovation as the Backbone of Sustainable Development Goals." Sustainability 12, no. 11: 4747.
Los objetivos de este trabajo son examinar en qué medida las empresas españolas del sector de la agricultura ecológica están aprovechando el sitio web como canal de venta, identificar los factores que explican la calidad de estas plataformas virtuales y estudiar la relación de dicha calidad sobre los rendimientos empresariales. Para ello, se ha analizado la website de las empresas de aceite de oliva ecológico españolas, la mayoría de ellas cooperativas, identificando los factores relacionados con la calidad de sus sitios web. Entre dichos factores, se ha prestado una especial atención a la influencia de la forma jurídica cooperativa. Para alcanzar estos objetivos se ha utilizado la técnica QCA (Quality Comparative Analysis) en su variante fuzzy set (fsQCA), junto con otras técnicas estadísticas. Los resultados sugieren que las empresas oleícolas ecológicas, especialmente las cooperativas, presentan una escasa calidad de sus sitios web y que esta calidad está relacionada directamente con la obtención de unos mejores ingresos de explotación. Cabe destacar, que, entre los distintos elementos utilizados para valorar la calidad del sitio web, es la información sobre responsabilidad social corporativa la que se relaciona con más intensidad con los resultados empresariales.
Enrique Bernal Jurado; Adoración Mozas Moral; Domingo Fernández Uclés; Miguel Jesús Medina Viruel; Raquel Puentes Poyatos. Calidad de los sitios web en el sector agroalimentario ecológico y sus factores explicativos: el papel del cooperativismo. CIRIEC-España, revista de economía pública, social y cooperativa 2019, 95 -118.
AMA StyleEnrique Bernal Jurado, Adoración Mozas Moral, Domingo Fernández Uclés, Miguel Jesús Medina Viruel, Raquel Puentes Poyatos. Calidad de los sitios web en el sector agroalimentario ecológico y sus factores explicativos: el papel del cooperativismo. CIRIEC-España, revista de economía pública, social y cooperativa. 2019; (95):95-118.
Chicago/Turabian StyleEnrique Bernal Jurado; Adoración Mozas Moral; Domingo Fernández Uclés; Miguel Jesús Medina Viruel; Raquel Puentes Poyatos. 2019. "Calidad de los sitios web en el sector agroalimentario ecológico y sus factores explicativos: el papel del cooperativismo." CIRIEC-España, revista de economía pública, social y cooperativa , no. 95: 95-118.
Organic agri-food products in Spain face major commercial problems in the home market as a result of consumers’ lack of information about this type of product and difficulties in accessing it, and the considerable price differential between organic products and their conventional equivalents. This study proposes that consideration should be given to social media as a factor for mitigating these commercial problems and improving the competitiveness of organic food companies. Specifically, the aim of this research was to examine the social media penetration and activity of olive oil sector companies and ascertain whether organic and non-organic operators present differences in this respect. To this end, a checklist was used to analyse the social media activity of 663 olive oil companies in total, comprising both organic and non-organic producers. The results reveal statistically significant differences in social media penetration and use by organic and non-organic operators, with the former being more active in these networks. Nevertheless, the social media efforts of organic operators are less effective, owing to the limited demand for their products.
Enrique Bernal Jurado; Domingo Fernández Uclés; Adoración Mozas Moral; Miguel Jesús Medina Viruel. Agri-food companies in the social media: a comparison of organic and non-organic firms. Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja 2019, 32, 321 -334.
AMA StyleEnrique Bernal Jurado, Domingo Fernández Uclés, Adoración Mozas Moral, Miguel Jesús Medina Viruel. Agri-food companies in the social media: a comparison of organic and non-organic firms. Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja. 2019; 32 (1):321-334.
Chicago/Turabian StyleEnrique Bernal Jurado; Domingo Fernández Uclés; Adoración Mozas Moral; Miguel Jesús Medina Viruel. 2019. "Agri-food companies in the social media: a comparison of organic and non-organic firms." Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja 32, no. 1: 321-334.
Adoración Mozas-Moral; Enrique Bernal-Jurado; Domingo Fernández-Uclés; Miguel Jesús Medina-Viruel. SOCIAL MEDIA AS A ROUTE TO DEVELOPING THE AGRIFOOD SECTOR IN SPAIN. New Medit 2018, XVII, 101 -112.
AMA StyleAdoración Mozas-Moral, Enrique Bernal-Jurado, Domingo Fernández-Uclés, Miguel Jesús Medina-Viruel. SOCIAL MEDIA AS A ROUTE TO DEVELOPING THE AGRIFOOD SECTOR IN SPAIN. New Medit. 2018; XVII (2):101-112.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAdoración Mozas-Moral; Enrique Bernal-Jurado; Domingo Fernández-Uclés; Miguel Jesús Medina-Viruel. 2018. "SOCIAL MEDIA AS A ROUTE TO DEVELOPING THE AGRIFOOD SECTOR IN SPAIN." New Medit XVII, no. 2: 101-112.
Spain is among the largest producers of organic olive in the world. Yet the Spanish organic olive oil sector faces a major commercial problem due to an internal demand that is too small to match the volume of supply. Factors that explain this problem include the scarcity and scattered nature of points of sale, the lack of information available to consumers, and the very large gulf in the price between organic and nonorganic olive oil. To address these problems, the literature highlights the key commercial role of information and communication technologies (ICTs). The corporate website is a core element around which the company’s e-commerce activity revolves. The goal of this study is to confirm the relationship between business efficiency, measured using data envelopment analysis (DEA), and the quality of the corporate website, measured using the extended Model of Internet Commerce Adoption (eMICA). Although this analysis did not identify a direct relationship between these two variables, fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) revealed that combinations of elements related to corporate website quality (interactivity and processing), organizational, and structural factors (size of firm and outsourcing of ICT management) can have a direct effect on organizational performance, measured in terms of economic efficiency.
Enrique Bernal Jurado; Adoración Mozas Moral; Miguel Jesús Medina Viruel; Domingo Fernández Uclés. Evaluation of Corporate Websites and Their Influence on the Performance of Olive Oil Companies. Sustainability 2018, 10, 1274 .
AMA StyleEnrique Bernal Jurado, Adoración Mozas Moral, Miguel Jesús Medina Viruel, Domingo Fernández Uclés. Evaluation of Corporate Websites and Their Influence on the Performance of Olive Oil Companies. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (4):1274.
Chicago/Turabian StyleEnrique Bernal Jurado; Adoración Mozas Moral; Miguel Jesús Medina Viruel; Domingo Fernández Uclés. 2018. "Evaluation of Corporate Websites and Their Influence on the Performance of Olive Oil Companies." Sustainability 10, no. 4: 1274.
En los últimos años hemos padecido una crisis económica que ha intensificado la preocupación de los gobiernos por corroborar la eficacia y eficiencia con la que se utilizan los fondos públicos. Esta situaciónse justifica (Wiesner, 2000), entre otras, por la mayor necesidad de responsabilidad y de transparencia, por el alto coste político que se sufre cuando la opinión pública estima la falta de eficiencia de los programas públicos y por la importancia de que los ajustes o correcciones fiscales sean racionales. Por otra parte, la necesidad de evaluación de los programas de desarrollo empresarial está justificada por la gran cantidad de fondos destinados a su implementación (Awasthi y Sebastián, 1996). El objetivo de este trabajo es evaluar las políticas públicas y constatar cómo, a través de la medición del impacto económico y social de los programas públicos, se puede conocer el retorno de la inversión pública a la sociedad. Tomando como caso de estudio la Junta de Andalucía, se analizará el retorno de la inversión pública en materia de emprendimiento de Andalucía Emprende, Fundación Pública Andaluza en el año 2015. Se ha utilizado la metodología coste-beneficio. Los resultados indican que el retorno a la sociedad supera la inversión realizada.
José María Casado Ruiz; Enrique Bernal Jurado; Adoración Mozas Moral; Domingo Fernández Uclés; Miguel Jesús Medina Viruel. Medición del impacto social y económico: políticas públicas de emprendimiento en Andalucía. CIRIEC-España, revista de economía pública, social y cooperativa 2017, 75 -102.
AMA StyleJosé María Casado Ruiz, Enrique Bernal Jurado, Adoración Mozas Moral, Domingo Fernández Uclés, Miguel Jesús Medina Viruel. Medición del impacto social y económico: políticas públicas de emprendimiento en Andalucía. CIRIEC-España, revista de economía pública, social y cooperativa. 2017; (90):75-102.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJosé María Casado Ruiz; Enrique Bernal Jurado; Adoración Mozas Moral; Domingo Fernández Uclés; Miguel Jesús Medina Viruel. 2017. "Medición del impacto social y económico: políticas públicas de emprendimiento en Andalucía." CIRIEC-España, revista de economía pública, social y cooperativa , no. 90: 75-102.
Las sociedades cooperativas no están ajenas al fenómeno social y tecnológico que ha despuntado en la Red durante principios de siglo, aunando a miles de millones de personas y que ha generado un indiscutible impacto en la sociedad; estamos haciendo mención a las redes sociales virtuales. Concretamente, nos centramos en el sector de productos ecológicos, también de creciente importancia en la sociedad, tal y como refleja la senda de continuo desarrollo de este mercado y, en particular, en el sector del aceite de oliva, en el que España ocupa una posición de privilegio a nivel mundial. De esta forma, el objetivo del trabajo se centra en el análisis de la penetración y utilización de estas herramientas virtuales por parte del tejido empresarial oleícola ecológico, haciendo especial distinción en las entidades que pertenecen a la Economía Social, la amplia mayoría de ellas cooperativas. Así pues, aplicando diversas metodologías, entre las que destaca el método de análisis envolvente de datos (DEA) se obtienen unos resultados que muestran que, pese a la lentitud de las entidades de la Economía Social en hacer uso de las redes sociales virtuales, son precisamente estas organizaciones las que presentan unos mayores índices de eficiencia en lo que respecta a la utilización de estos medios.
Domingo Fernández Uclés; Adoración Mozas Moral; Enrique Bernal Jurado; Miguel Jesús Medina Viruel. Uso y eficiencia de la social media. Un análisis desde la economía social. CIRIEC-España, revista de economía pública, social y cooperativa 2017, 5 -27.
AMA StyleDomingo Fernández Uclés, Adoración Mozas Moral, Enrique Bernal Jurado, Miguel Jesús Medina Viruel. Uso y eficiencia de la social media. Un análisis desde la economía social. CIRIEC-España, revista de economía pública, social y cooperativa. 2017; (88):5-27.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDomingo Fernández Uclés; Adoración Mozas Moral; Enrique Bernal Jurado; Miguel Jesús Medina Viruel. 2017. "Uso y eficiencia de la social media. Un análisis desde la economía social." CIRIEC-España, revista de economía pública, social y cooperativa , no. 88: 5-27.
Spain looms large worldwide in organic olive oil production. However, this productive potential contrasts with the low internal consumption of the product. This situation makes Spain a world leader in its export. Companies in this sector have clear deficiencies, which must be corrected to ensure their survival over time. In this context, the aim of this study is to analyse the level of efficiency, in economic terms, of organic olive oil producers and to identify the factors explaining the best organizational practices. To do so, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) have been used. The results reveal low levels of economic efficiency and the variables determining said efficiency.
Enrique Bernal Jurado; Adoración Mozas Moral; Domingo Fernández Uclés; Miguel Jesús Medina Viruel. Determining Factors for Economic Efficiency in the Organic Olive Oil Sector. Sustainability 2017, 9, 784 .
AMA StyleEnrique Bernal Jurado, Adoración Mozas Moral, Domingo Fernández Uclés, Miguel Jesús Medina Viruel. Determining Factors for Economic Efficiency in the Organic Olive Oil Sector. Sustainability. 2017; 9 (5):784.
Chicago/Turabian StyleEnrique Bernal Jurado; Adoración Mozas Moral; Domingo Fernández Uclés; Miguel Jesús Medina Viruel. 2017. "Determining Factors for Economic Efficiency in the Organic Olive Oil Sector." Sustainability 9, no. 5: 784.
Adoración Mozas Moral; Enrique Bernal; Miguel Jesús Medina Viruel; Domingo Fernández Uclés. Factors for success in online social networks: An fsQCA approach. Journal of Business Research 2016, 69, 5261 -5264.
AMA StyleAdoración Mozas Moral, Enrique Bernal, Miguel Jesús Medina Viruel, Domingo Fernández Uclés. Factors for success in online social networks: An fsQCA approach. Journal of Business Research. 2016; 69 (11):5261-5264.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAdoración Mozas Moral; Enrique Bernal; Miguel Jesús Medina Viruel; Domingo Fernández Uclés. 2016. "Factors for success in online social networks: An fsQCA approach." Journal of Business Research 69, no. 11: 5261-5264.
E. Moral Pajares; José Domingo Sánchez Martínez; Adoración Mozas Moral; E. Bernal Jurado; M.J. Medina Viruel. Recursos locales y competitividad global: la exportación de aceite de oliva virgen en Andalucía. Boletín de la Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles 2015, 1 .
AMA StyleE. Moral Pajares, José Domingo Sánchez Martínez, Adoración Mozas Moral, E. Bernal Jurado, M.J. Medina Viruel. Recursos locales y competitividad global: la exportación de aceite de oliva virgen en Andalucía. Boletín de la Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles. 2015; (69):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleE. Moral Pajares; José Domingo Sánchez Martínez; Adoración Mozas Moral; E. Bernal Jurado; M.J. Medina Viruel. 2015. "Recursos locales y competitividad global: la exportación de aceite de oliva virgen en Andalucía." Boletín de la Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles , no. 69: 1.
El actual entorno globalizado y el aumento generalizado de la difusión y de la utilización de las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación (TIC) por parte de las empresas y de los consumidores, hace que el uso de estas tecnologías sea fundamental para que el sector cooperativo oleícola afronte la creciente competencia en el mercado. Centrado en dicho sector, en este trabajo analizamos el grado de utilización del comercio electrónico, tanto a través de los sitios Web como mediante los mercados electrónicos y la utilización que estas empresas realizan de las redes sociales como herramientas facilitadoras de la actividad comercial. Para esto, realizamos un análisis comparativo entre las cooperativas oleícolas andaluzas y el resto de formas jurídicas presentes en el sector.
Domingo Fernandez Uclés; Enrique Bernal Jurado; Adoración Mozas Moral; Miguel Jesús Medina Viruel; Encarnación Moral Pajares. El sector cooperativo oleícola y el uso de las TIC: un estudio comparativo respecto a otras formas jurídicas. REVESCO. Revista de Estudios Cooperativos 2015, 120, 53 -75.
AMA StyleDomingo Fernandez Uclés, Enrique Bernal Jurado, Adoración Mozas Moral, Miguel Jesús Medina Viruel, Encarnación Moral Pajares. El sector cooperativo oleícola y el uso de las TIC: un estudio comparativo respecto a otras formas jurídicas. REVESCO. Revista de Estudios Cooperativos. 2015; 120 ():53-75.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDomingo Fernandez Uclés; Enrique Bernal Jurado; Adoración Mozas Moral; Miguel Jesús Medina Viruel; Encarnación Moral Pajares. 2015. "El sector cooperativo oleícola y el uso de las TIC: un estudio comparativo respecto a otras formas jurídicas." REVESCO. Revista de Estudios Cooperativos 120, no. : 53-75.
Electronic business (e-business) is becoming a real alternative to traditional market channels, particularly for the organic product sector. Traditionally, this sector has faced a multitude of commercial obstacles that e-business can solve. The present paper examines how the characteristics of the company’s manager – following upper echelon theory – and the number of office employees available can boost or limit this sector’s use of information and communication technology (ICT) and, specifically, electronic business. This study, which used the fuzzy set Quality Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) method, confirms that for companies in this sector to make full use of e-business, the number of office employees available and the characteristics of the manager (age, educational background, knowledge of ICTs and view of the benefits of ICTs for product marketing) are important.
Enrique Bernal-Jurado; Miguel Jesús Medina Viruel; Adoración Mozas-Moral. Human Resource Characteristics and E-Business: ANfsQCA Analysis. Business Information Systems 2015, 53 -63.
AMA StyleEnrique Bernal-Jurado, Miguel Jesús Medina Viruel, Adoración Mozas-Moral. Human Resource Characteristics and E-Business: ANfsQCA Analysis. Business Information Systems. 2015; ():53-63.
Chicago/Turabian StyleEnrique Bernal-Jurado; Miguel Jesús Medina Viruel; Adoración Mozas-Moral. 2015. "Human Resource Characteristics and E-Business: ANfsQCA Analysis." Business Information Systems , no. : 53-63.
Encarnación Moral-Pajares; Adoración Mozas Moral; Enrique Bernal; Miguel Jesús Medina Viruel. Efficiency and exports: Evidence from Southern European companies. Journal of Business Research 2015, 68, 1506 -1511.
AMA StyleEncarnación Moral-Pajares, Adoración Mozas Moral, Enrique Bernal, Miguel Jesús Medina Viruel. Efficiency and exports: Evidence from Southern European companies. Journal of Business Research. 2015; 68 (7):1506-1511.
Chicago/Turabian StyleEncarnación Moral-Pajares; Adoración Mozas Moral; Enrique Bernal; Miguel Jesús Medina Viruel. 2015. "Efficiency and exports: Evidence from Southern European companies." Journal of Business Research 68, no. 7: 1506-1511.