Dr. Llanos-Contreras, Orlando

Natural disasters (e.g., earthquakes and pandemics) negatively affect firms and their stakeholders. These disasters disrupt the operations of firms and lives of people by generating a shock in the system. Small firms are especially vulnerable to the shocks and disturbances resulting from these disasters. Since small firms, especially family firms, are key economic contributors and agents of recovery in any community, understanding their post-disaster recovery processes is critical. Therefore, this study examines the post-disaster recovery processes of small family firms. We utilize a grounded theory approach to analyze and propose that resources and socioemotional wealth priorities influence the post-disaster recovery of small family firms. Utilizing the 8.8 Richter scale earthquake in Chile in 2010 as a natural disaster, we examine the eight-year lagged data of 20 small family firms with disrupted operations. Our findings have important implications for small firms experiencing the negative consequences of disruptions, including those experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic-induced disruption.

This article is oriented to the analysis of organizational and emotional variables in amateur sporting organizations. The general objective is to analyze the influence of organizational variables such as service quality, transactional leadership, and transformational leadership and emotional variables such as affective commitment, emotional attachment investment, and emotional attachment dividend to predict the credibility that members of amateur sporting organizations perceive, as well as their degree of identification and loyalty. The opinions of 203 members of Chilean amateur football teams [169 men and 34 women, with ages between 18 and 68 years (mean = 32.75 years, DT = 9.92)] have been analyzed through a self-completed questionnaire. To reach the objectives, two types of differential but complementary analyses, in the form of hierarchical regression models (from hereon, HRMs) and qualitative comparative analysis (from hereon, QCA), were performed. The results obtained suggest that the organizational variables are better predictors than the emotional variables in all of the cases. In the same way, the inclusion of the emotional variables improves the predictive capacity of the proposed models to explain identification and loyalty, but not in the case of credibility. In general, the variables considered seem to explain 37% of the credibility, 56% of loyalty, and 65% of identification. On the other hand, considering the results of the QCA, no variable turned out to be necessary. However, different combinations of variables (conditions) were observed that were able to explain between 47 and 91% of the cases of the variables analyzed. In general, based on these results, it was observed that the emotional variables were important in interaction with other organizational ones since they are present in the three combinations that most explain identification and loyalty and are also present in the three combinations that most explain credibility. This study contributes to the literature by supporting the importance of managing emotions in order for sporting organizations to be more successful.

Desarrollar la actitud emprendedora, componente esencial de la competencia para innovar y emprender, es un objetivo importante de la orientación para el desarrollo profesional propio de la formación universitaria, y una contribución para impulsar el desarrollo económico y social. En esta investigación se estudian las variables principales para la formación de dicha actitud, utilizando un estudio exploratorio basado en un caso único de implementación de un programa universitario de formación de competencias en innovación y emprendimiento llevado a cabo con estudiantes de ingeniería, salud, ciencias sociales, ciencias y economía. Se analiza información proveniente de profesorado, coordinación del programa y estudiantes obtenida con entrevistas, cuestionarios y grupos focales, siguiendo un proceso inductivo-deductivo con ayuda del software MAXQDA12. Este trabajo contribuye al conocimiento del tema: (1) proponiendo la creación de un ecosistema de aprendizaje como el elemento más relevante en la formación de la actitud emprendedora, (2) identificando los elementos que componen dicho ecosistema (programa formativo, estudiantes y ecosistema de emprendimiento regional) y cómo interactúan, y (3) destacando el carácter sistémico del proceso que forma la actitud emprendedora. Como conclusión se observa que la implementación de este programa impulsa la orientación para el desarrollo profesional dentro de la universidad, y de esta con el entorno público y privado que dan forma a un ecosistema de emprendimiento, lo que contribuye con la comprensión del papel que pueden jugar las universidades en la orientación para el desarrollo profesional mediante procesos formativos en emprendimiento y el fortalecimiento de ecosistemas de emprendimiento regional.

Purpose: This article explains the causal mechanism supporting sustainable longevity by analysing the last three generations of one of the oldest family firms in Latin America. Design/methodology/approach: An explanatory single-case qualitative research based on critical realism explores why and how this family firm has been able to maintain its multigenerational longevity. Findings: Los Lingues's evolutionary strategy, driven by transgenerational entrepreneurship under effectuation, has supported this family firm's sustainable longevity. Its effectual logic emerged mainly from the richness of the firm's historical resources embedded in its identity, knowledge and social capital and priority to preserve socioemotional wealth. Originality/value: This study integrates socioemotional wealth and effectuation theory to explain a family firm's ability to survive through generations and sustain longevity. The study demonstrates the relevance of effectual logic in the entrepreneurial dynamics of a multigenerational family firm. Effectual logic drives the firm evolution and adaptation for sustainable longevity.