Management

Firms’ ability to innovate and protect thefruits of their R&D investments is of ever increasing importance in a world of fast paced competition and imitation. With regard to protection, R&D managers are normally faced with the choice between keeping innovations secret and filing for patents. Compared to secrecy, patents have the distinct advantage of granting

The importance of leadership forpositions of responsibility is essential for the future of a company. A manager, who is a real leader, is able to motivate his/her team to give their best, commit themselves and get involved in their project. A survey conducted by Lee Hecht Harrison among 1900 leaders all over the world showed

Nowadays, the figure of a business manager is gaining importance.Every day, new business challenges come up, and workers look for leaders and reference people to guide and orient them in their business career. Being the manager of a company is much more than only being the director or the owner of a company. These days,

The Impact of Patient Safety Culture on Health Care Quality and Employees’ Quality of Life in Hospitals Aida Ortega, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí Miriam Sánchez-Manzanares, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Mirko Antino, ISCTE Lisboa Purpose: Patient safety is a central concern and goal in health-care organizations. Past research has highlighted the importance of

Leadershipis a core ingredient for your projects success. However, is not a mistake free experience. The first thing to know is that most leaders are not born leaders, but learned. This means that throught practical experience you can Strengthen your assertive communication, negotiation and empathy abilities. What are the most common mistakes in leadership?  1.

Hace nueve meses, los británicos votaron salir de la Unión Europea. Pese al rechazo actual de los británicos por parte de la mayoría del resto de los europeos, puede que sea precisamente en el Reino Unido multicultural dónde se esté fraguando la identidad de la futura Europa. Llevo tres años viviendo a caballo entre Madrid

En el ámbito de los negocios la buena comunicación es fundamental. Si varias empresas deben afrontar un negocio juntas deben hablar el mismo lenguaje comercial, no necesariamente el mismo idioma. De hecho, en el ámbito internacional es habitual que las empresas que hacen negocios pertenezcan a culturas, idiomas, países y creencias diferentes. Sin embargo, estas

Our Colleague Nikolaos Kavadis has recently accepted to serve for a four-year term at the European Academy of Management (EURAM). The term includes the representation of the Corporate Governance interest group of EURAM, the coordination of its activities, as well as its program during the annual conference. EURAM is a major scholarly community in management

Last October 30th, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid organized the 5th Madrid Work & Organizations Symposium in Puerta de Toledo. The Symposium, an annual conference organized in collaboration with IESE and IE Business School, invites top scholars from all around the world to present their own state-of-the-art research on work and organizations. This year, we

Reconocer la oportunidad, definir un mensaje claro y emocionar. Esas son las tres claves de éxito en las campañas medioambientales en redes sociales según una investigación de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) y del Instituto INGENIO, un centro mixto de la Universidad Politécnica de Valencia y el CSIC, y que ha recibido un