This paper aims to determine whether the traditional consideration by the scientific literature of the negative influence of the age of the micro-entrepreneur on the innovation performances of the business, can become positive when using information and communication technology (ICT) and developing strategies of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and diversification. The study was conducted using a sample of 148 micro Spanish companies. The results have been contrasted by two models, one without interactions to test the main effects of each of the variables under study; and a second model that includes interactions of the variable age with these moderator variables. The results show that the use of ICTs and the development of CSR activities by micro-entrepreneurs moderate the negative effect of the variable age over the innovation performance of the micro-enterprise. In contrast, the diversification decision enhances this negative effect. T. Priede-Bergamini et al.
<p>Ante la preocupación generalizada de la sociedad acerca de las carencias de los jóvenes en cuanto a la expresión escrita, el presente artículo tiene como objetivo analizar si esta competencia se desarrolla y se evalúa en la Universidad. La comunidad académica no puede permanecer ajena a este problema, por lo que es importante que incluya dentro de sus planes de estudio la mejora de esta competencia. El desarrollo de la expresión escrita se incluye entre las competencias generales instrumentales para el aprendizaje y la formación. Se considera, por tanto, una competencia necesaria para cualquier tipo de estudio y cualquier perfil profesional. En particular, en los estudios de ADE, la adquisición de la expresión escrita no se circunscribe a ninguna asignatura en concreto, sino que puede desarrollarse en varias de ellas a lo largo de la titulación. No obstante, el Trabajo de Fin de Grado es una de las asignaturas en la que mejor puede enmarcarse la consecución de esta habilidad. Por este motivo, se realiza un análisis sobre el diseño, la organización, el contenido y la evaluación del Trabajo de Fin de Grado en todas las universidades de la Comunidad de Madrid, tanto públicas como privadas, en las que se imparte el Grado en Administración y Dirección de Empresas. El estudio se ha elaborado a partir de la información de los planes de estudio y de las guías docentes de la asignatura, disponibles en las páginas web de las universidades.</p><p> </p>
This research aims to study two determinant factors of the ICT adoption and use in the Spanish micro-enterprise’s framework. Furthermore, this article analyses the combined influence of the age and the training experience of the entrepreneur according to the use of ICT in the company. Previous research has considered that the age of the entrepreneur has a negative effect while the level of education of the entrepreneur always have a positive effect in the use of ICT. However, any previous research has found the analysis of the combined effects of both variables together: the age and training, since the combined effects may be different from the effects of each variable separately. On this basis it has analysed a sample of 148 Spanish firms with fewer than 10 employees. The survey results seem to conclude that the specific training of entrepreneurs on issues related to ICT, (rather than the overall level of their training), moderates the negative effect caused by the increasing age the employer in the use of ICT.
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