The objective of this paper is to examine the current state of strategic renewal research in family businesses, identifying the main research gaps and providing a path for future research to the academics. To do so, we have performed a systematic and comprehensive review of 21 studies (20 articles and 1 book chapter) about strategic renewal and family business published between 2009 and 2022. Our comprehensive analysis reveals that the majority of studies to date are empirical studies that have focused on the strategic renewal’s antecedents, while the strategic renewal’s outcomes remain unexplored. This and other significant research gaps are identified and discussed in this review, which emphasizes the need for further research about the topic.

Digitalization, digitalization, or digital transformation is a phenomenon without which it would be difficult to understand the reality of our time. Although it is often associated with the incorporation of technology into business, the economy, or our own lives, it goes further by involving a transformation process that can significantly improve sustainable corporate development. The work, from the perspective of bibliometric analysis, maps the state of the art in the area of study of digitization, digitization, digital transformation, and sustainability from 72 articles obtained from the Web of Science database, dating from the beginning of time to the year 2024, without limiting our search to a particular type of document or discriminating by year of publication. The software used to carry out this bibliometric analysis was SciMAT. The results allow us to establish digitalization as an area of research that is in full development and a link between different areas of research, with the areas of “Environmental Sciences” and "Green Sustainable Science Technology" being the most often addressed by academics. In addition, this study identifies digitalization and the blockchain as driving themes, leaving other topics such as challenges, artificial intelligence, information technology, or digital transformation with less importance. This allows researchers to expand existing knowledge in the field, position themselves in areas of high relevance and potential impact, and be a starting point for future research.

In recent decades, city councils have become a powerful tool used to “motivate” entrepreneurship. Through a content analysis of the webpages of 50 Spanish city councils corresponding to the period 2015–2019, the evolution of the degree of disclosure of information on entrepreneurship has been analysed. A series of population, economic and political explanatory factors have researched the disclosure of this type of information in two ways. First, a cluster analysis was carried out based on a previously calculated disclosure index. Second, an analysis of variance was performed to verify the existence of an association between the proposed determining factors. The results show that the information disclosed on entrepreneurship by municipalities is related to the size of the population, municipal debt, institutional capacity, the unemployed population and political competition.

En diciembre de 2022, el Parlamento Europeo y el Consejo de la UE adoptaron la Decisión por la que se establece el Programa Estratégico para la Década Digital 2030, donde se fijan una serie de objetivos y metas que guiarán la transformación digital de Europa. Entre estos objetivos se encuentra la transformación digital de las empresas. En España, el Gobierno lanza el Plan “España Digital 2026”, orientado a impulsar sinergias de las transiciones digitales y ecológicas, de manera que llegue a toda la sociedad y concilie las nuevas oportunidades que ofrece el mundo digital. Por todo ello, se puede decir que la digitalización se ha convertido en un factor clave para la competitividad de las empresas, debido a la importancia de implementar una estrategia digital sólida para adaptarse a los cambios en los mercados y las demandas de los consumidores. Sin embargo, a pesar de su importancia, no existe un instrumento de medida específico que evalúe este tipo de comportamientos. El objetivo del presente estudio consiste en el diseño de indicadores que permitan medir y comparar los comportamientos acerca de la información sobre digitalización que las empresas ofrecen a través de sus sitios web. Para lograr este objetivo, se ha planteado un análisis de contenido sobre diferentes parámetros en torno a la digitalización, disponibles en WOS.

Nowadays, the acquisition of a high level of digital competence has become a real need for professional development in any field. Future graduates in Labour Relations and Human Resources should achieve an advanced level of this skill. The main aim of this research is to determine the level of acquisition of digital competence in Labour Relations and Human Resources students. The second purpose is to check whether there is a link between gender and digital competence achievement. This paper is based on the application of a questionnaire on digital competences which is organized around 5 aspects, and mainly based on the basis of Likert-type scale questions. The data collected belong to 26 undergraduates studying at the third year of Degree in Labour Relations and Human Resources at the University of Extremadura. The results obtained show that a large majority of students (65.4%) have an advanced level of digital competence, nevertheless, it would be advisable for the rest to achieve the same level before they graduate and exercise their profession. The second important conclusion is that the level of acquisition of digital competence is not conditioned by gender aspects.

Purpose: Corporate digital responsibility is a challenge for companies as it recognizes that the use of technology can have a significant impact on society. In addition, a whole philosophy of nonfinancial disclosure has recently been developing and has become a priority for organizations seeking to be transparent and accountable. While some companies have already adopted this approach, practices related to information transparency in corporate digital responsibility are still in their early stages, creating a need to improve reporting and promote greater understanding in this evolving field. Based on a study analyzing the disclosure of information on digitization and taking into account that the board of directors is the body in charge of companies’ disclosure policy, the study aims to identify the factors that favor this disclosure. Design/methodology/approach: As established by Ponce et al. (2022), IBEX-35 companies are Public Interest Companies subject to European and international regulations and are required to provide information on economic efficiency indicators and nonfinancial indicators. In relation to the proposed objectives, the aim is to analyze the possible factors that condition the degree of dissemination of information on digitization. To this end, a multiple linear regression of the dissemination index has been proposed following the works of Gil et al. (2018), Rodríguez-Ariza et al. (2014) and Briano-Turrent & Rodríguez-Ariza (2013). The estimation will be performed using the SPSS software (version 27). Findings: The results show that the number of independent directors has a positive influence on the level of information disclosed by companies online. Conversely – and in line with previous studies – board size does not have a significant impact on the level of information transparency. Research limitations/implications: This study has a few limitations that adversely impact the generalizability of the results. First, the subjective problem inherent in the rating and evaluation of information collected in the annual reports of sample companies cannot be excluded. Second, the consideration that each element that constitutes the IDT has the same weight, there being no weighting criteria. Finally, the study population is limited to 35 listed companies, not considering medium and small companies. Nevertheless, despite these limitations, the results are sufficiently interesting to justify and extend the research to a larger number of companies and, of course, to other stock market indices. Another interesting future line of research would be to include more independent variables to analyze what other factors determine the degree of digital transparency of companies. Practical implications: The study may be useful for organizations to take into account when identifying the corporate governance characteristics that will improve the disclosure of information on digitalization, which is still incipient and voluntary. Similar considerations could be made with respect to the competent authorities in regulating the disclosure of information by companies, insofar as they should promote policies that, in general, favor corporate transparency. Originality/value: This study contributes to the literature in three main ways: 1) although there is a large body of research that has explored the impact of corporate governance dimensions on the level of nonfinancial transparency, the present study pioneers the approach to digitalization disclosure in Spanish listed companies; 2) it provides evidence that it is highly advisable to have a majority of independent directors to achieve a higher degree of digital disclosure; and 3) the results of this research show the current state of digital transparency on the websites of most of the listed companies in Spain, which could serve as a benchmark for those responsible for issuing corporate governance policies and guidelines.