Research Group on Entrepreneurship, Cooperatives and Social Economy Management and Corporate Sustainability

Description

Study on entrepreneurship, creation of companies in general and social companies in particular. Analysis of the concepts of emissary and entrepreneur, their characteristics and implementation of the different theories on entrepreneurship. Implementation of company-creating tools and definition of company business plan. Special impacts on social companies and the concepts of entrepreneurship and social innovation. Study on administration and management of cooperative companies and Social Economy. Its strategic diagnosis, the design of goal systems working towards mission, vision and values, the formulation of corporate and competitive strategies and the implementation of said strategies via organisational design, planning, control and behavioural studies: these are all included. Implementation of Strategic Administration tools in cooperative and other organisations of Social Economy: stakeholders analysis and power-interest matrix, environment analysis, internal analysis through resource auditing and VRIO analysis, analysis for assessment and design of strategies and organisational design variables. All the various group members will work on research involving the aspects of entrepreneurship and management of cooperative companies and Social Economy so as to apply these tools to the resolution of problems affecting these companies and contribute to the creation of new knowledge on the matter, all through competitive multilevel (regional, national, European) research projects.

Goals CT

Acquiring new knowledge on entrepreneurship, management of cooperative companies and Social Economy and Corporate Sustainability and differents models of corporate social responsibility.
Contributing to the resolution of real problems for entrepreneurship, management of Social and Cooperative Economy companies and sustainable and socially responsible companies
Generating new organisational methods for entrepreneurship, creation of social companies and corporate sustainability
Training for undergraduates and professionals in entrepreneurship, management of cooperative companies and Social Economy and corporate sustainability, corporate governance, business ethics and ESG criteria

Research lines

Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Study on entrepreneurship and the creation of enterprises in general, especially social enterprises. Analysis of the entrepreneur concept, its characteristics and application of the different theories of entrepreneurship. Study of sustainable entrepreneurship
Corporate Sustainability, Entrepreneurial Social Responsibility and Business Ethics
Enterprise management of the Social Economy
Study on the administration and management of co-operative enterprises and the Social Economy. It includes its strategic diagnosis, the design of the system of objectives with the mission, vision and values statements, the formulation of corporate and competitive strategies and their implementation.

Management