Antonio Juan Briones-Peñalver

Lessons for Technological Innovation Analysis. A Case of Study Based on McLuhan Tetrad Applied to Laser Cleaning Machines

One of the main purposes for a Project Management course under the Industrial Engineering grade is to lead the students by early applying their multidisciplinary competences to a professional framework, in order to develop their active profile to encourage them to always look for the best available techniques to brings organizations up to date. This paper summarizes how the McLuhan Tetrad help the students to handle the laser cleaning technique as a case of study.

Impacts of the CSR strategies of technology companies on performance and competitiveness

This study used structural equation modelling to analyse and investigate the adoption of corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies by the Spanish technology industry and the impacts of these strategies on technology companies’ performance and competitiveness. The research was conducted using a survey of companies located in Spanish science and technology parks. The analyses’ results reveal positive, direct and statistically significant relationships between companies’ CSR strategies and competitiveness and between their competitiveness and performance.In addition, the results show that competitiveness is a mediating variable in the relationship between CSR strategies and technology companies’ performance.

Technological Immersion in Industrial Engineering for a Project Management Course to Develop Dual Use Technology

Technological Immersion (TI) is defined as an approach process to current industrial activity. It is focused on improving the competitive standards of the production activity by analyzing innovation processes, which were regulated by any standard that summarizes most of the international and relevant knowledge on Innovation Management Processes (for Spain, this is the regulation UNE166000). It allows using education on Project Management as a basic foundation to develop dual use technologies for security and defense purposes and for any other industry framework as well. The aim of this case study is to compile, under a TI scope, the experiences acquired by the students of the fourth course at the University Centre of Defense at the Spanish Air Force Academy, when studying the last generation of films that may have high strategic interest for defense as well as for many industrial applications. The TI was performed through a workshop about UNE166000 (Spanish Regulation), McLuhan Tetrad and other lessons on Innovation Management, the main purpose being to teach the students how to draft a professional report about the technological and knowledge transfer opportunities that these films may generate in order to develop new industrial advantages on dual use industry.

RELACIONES INTERORGANIZATIVAS DE LA INDUSTRIA DE DEFENSA: SU INFLUENCIA EN LA INNOVACIÓN Y COOPERACIÓN Y SU EFECTO SOBRE LA COMPETITIVIDAD

The economic, cultural and social impact derived from the policies of the Ministry of Defence (MDE) has recently been studied, demonstrating the existence of effects derived from the MDE activity with direct implications in the society and economy of the country. However, the relations of the defence industry and their implications for the competitiveness of the companies that compose the industry have not been studied. In this paper a model of structural equations is proposed in order to analyse these relationships. The results of the model reveal that there is a positive and significant relationship between innovation and cooperation, and this about competitiveness

Responsabilidad social corporativa en los agronegocios: dimensiones que influyen en el desempeño

Corporate Social Responsibility (hereinafter CSR) may explain the achievement of competitive advan- tages. CSR aims to minimize the negative effects that several aspects of the organization cause in the environment. With the development of a CSR, businesses, in addition to carrying out “good prac- tices” in their activities, could be considered socially responsible agents, improving its image, status and corporate reputation. The relationship between CSR and financial performance has been the subject of controversial discussion for years. This research aims to provide new insights into this debate consi- dering as main objective to analyze how it influences the development of culture in terms of CSR and the contribution to the realization of the strategic dimensions or measures of CSR, on business per- formance. An empirical study with a sample of 226 companies in the agribusiness sector was developed. The results indicate that both the strategic dimen- sions that refer to the social values as CSR measures involving interest groups, influence business results.