We introduce motivation theory as a way of understanding the decision-making process in the work and family context. We use core concepts from motivation theory - extrinsic, intrinsic and prosocial motivation - and link them to motivational learning to build our framework. We then propose a...

This exploratory study on one social entrepreneur challenges existing knowledge on the intention formation process of entrepreneurship. Drawing from social and cognitive psychology, we adapt an intention-based model from entrepreneurship and translate it to social entrepreneurship. Building on...

Mary Parker Follett never wrote on ethics in management nor on business ethics, both of which are now familiar. However, some implicit and even explicit references to these topics can be found in her thought. What is more, underlying her whole approach to business and management are concepts...

This paper analyzes decisions regarding the location of headquarters in the U.S. for the period 1996-2001. Using a unique firm-level database of about 30,000 U.S. headquarters, we study the firm and location-specific characteristics of headquarters that relocated over that period. Headquarters...

En 2008, la rentabilidad de la bolsa española fue -40%, sólo hubo tres empresas (entre 136) con rentabilidad positiva y 61 empresas tuvieron una rentabilidad inferior a -50%. Las 136 empresas destruyeron valor para sus accionistas por importe de 420 millardos de euros. Ha sido un año con gran...

We study the process of how firms access basic research and translate this into applied research. Drawing on basic research, firms develop higher quality technologies and develop these technologies more intensely internally. Critical in this process are boundary crossing inventors - inventors...

El documento trata de los métodos de retribución variable que se han generalizado en los últimos tiempos. Pone de manifiesto el papel que han jugado en los escándalos financieros y en la gestación de la crisis y analiza la propuesta de John Roberts de incentivos débiles, fundamentándola...

Obesity has risen dramatically at the same time as globalization has surged, which poses the question of whether the two are related. In this paper we document the association between type of globalization (economic, political or social) and obesity using data from 15 up to 23 different...