Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study advance four factors – strategy pillars – that help explain firms' success: leader and top management team; strategic focus; trust in the future; and resources support. Design/methodology/approach – These factors were identified in five case...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to suggest an instrument to measure trust in a team leader, within an R&D context. Design/methodology/approach – The material was collated from available literature and semi‐structured interviews. A total of 192 valid answers were collected from...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of team member diversity and internal social capital on project performance within the context of business plan competitions (BPCs). Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses survey data on 95 nascent entrepreneurial teams...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to offer the author's view about some of the challenges Iberoamerican scholars face in order to build a successful publication record. Design/methodology/approach – This is an individual review of some of the most common barriers Iberoamerican scholars...

Purpose – Some studies show that improvisation is a source of change, whereas others show that it is a source of stability. The purpose of this paper is to specify the factors which set the boundary between improvised change and improvised stability. Design/methodology/approach – The paper...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address the social meaning of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and improve understanding of this concept. Design/methodology/approach – A free association task was completed by a sample of 275 individuals, mostly employees from different...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to reflect on competitiveness by using the business model concept and to understand the need to adapt business models to changes in the environment. Design/methodology/approach – Using Catalonia as a context, the paper derives recommendations by...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss whether it is possible to reconcile the objectives of sustainable development (SD) with a company's socially responsible performance in the Brazilian Amazon. The relationship between the concepts of SD and corporate social responsibility (CSR)...