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Factors that determine the degree of fulfilment of expectations for entrepreneurs from the business incubator programmes
(Springer, 2022) Antonovica, Arta; Esteban Curiel, Javier de; Rodríguez Herráez, Beatriz
The uncertain economic situation that was experienced because of the global financial crisis in 2008 and the exponential growth in the use of new technologies in different industries has caused some individuals to become entrepreneurs through the development of a variety of new skills. The main objective of this research paper is to discover what factors significantly determine the degree of fulfilment of expectations for entrepreneurs who have graduated from the incubator programme. Entrepreneurs may expect that a business incubator programme is a key element for their economic development and that it provides them with skills for good image and professional recognition. From the methodological point of view, a survey technique was conducted on 100 entrepreneurs who had already graduated from different business incubator programmes in Madrid, Spain. For the data exploration phase, an Exploratory Factor Analysis was used, which made it possible to identify 10 factors. With the Multiple Linear Regression analysis, these newly created and named factors were ordered by level of importance. The main findings show that most statistically significant factors consist of variables that are related to behaviour, attitude and hard skills (trained).In turn, results demonstrate that soft skills (innate) also play a certain role for fulfilling expectations for developing a successful company. Study confirms that continuous managerial training programmes for entrepreneurs in the twenty-first century are a substantial part for obtaining new skills, knowledge, insights, experiences, and change of behaviours and attitudes of different aspects needed for successful company leadership and management.
Religious Events as Special Interest Tourism. A Spanish Experience
(2008) Rubio Gil, María Ángeles; Esteban Curiel, Javier de
Este artículo contribuye al desarrollo de la comprensión teórica en el campo de la gestión del turismo religioso, considerando el Peregrinaje del Rocío como paradigma alternativo de análisis, el cual se ha constituido en un destino capaz de recibir un gran número de viajeros (peregrinos), en un período corto de tiempo (3 días), sin causar daños en el medio ambiente, tanto ecológico como social, debido a sus características antropológicas como forma de viaje que dan prioridad a la experiencia humana más que al consumo de mercado. Así, el modelo investigado en este artículo a través del concepto de “capital social” es oportuno debido a la confluencia en el análisis de diversas ciencias sociales (antropología, economía y sociología) y de la teoría y de la técnica del turismo, concluyendo que el mantenimiento de la autenticidad y de la continuidad de esta forma de turismo religioso se debe planificar no en base a un modelo de bienes inmuebles como así ha sido hasta ahora, sino en la “desestacionalización” y en la mejora de la regulación de la calidad de los servicios proporcionados. This paper contributes to the development of the theoretical understanding in the field of religious tourism management by considering the Pilgrimage of the Dew as an alternative paradigm of analysis, which has been constituted in a destination able to host a very large number of travellers (pilgrims), in a very short period of time (3 days), without damaging the environment, ecologic and social, due to the own anthropologic characteristics of this form of travelling that gives priority to the human experience more than the market consumption. Thus, the model researched in this paper through the concept of “social capital” is opportune due to the confluence in the analysis of different social sciences (anthropology, economy and sociology) and from the theory and technique of tourism, concluding that the maintenance of the authenticity and sustainability of this form of religious tourism should be planned not on the basis of a real state model as currently, but on the unseasonality and a much better and regulated quality of the services provided
The impact of health crisis on sports consumption – A longitudinal study
(Elsevier, 2023) Adá-Lameiras, Alba; Antonovica, Arta; Esteban Curiel, Javier de; Aydogan, Merve
This research identifies the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and compares it with the pre-pandemic year of 2019 on leisure sports consumption patterns among Spanish families from the gender perspective. The study analyses longitudinal official open massive data collected from the Spanish Family Budget Survey (2019–2020) to create market segmentations based on gender, year, age, and sociocultural level variables. The study's findings reveal stereotypes in leisure sports expenditure based on the gender of the household earner. In 2020, spending on leisure sports increased to a record high of 176%, with spending by men drastically lower and women considerably higher than in 2019.