Outputs (43)

Exploring attitudes and adoption intentions of online assessment, marking, and feedback practices in a post-Covid-19 era (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Da Silva Filipe Soares, A., & Lerigo-Sampson, M. (2021, June). Exploring attitudes and adoption intentions of online assessment, marking, and feedback practices in a post-Covid-19 era. Paper presented at Teaching and Learning (MKE) Bristish Academy of Management (BAM) Conference

As a sector, Higher Education (HE) has become increasingly competitive, and many universities are exploring the use of digital technologies in teaching and learning to help meet market demands and maintain relevancy (Reed and Watmough, 2015; Ahlburg,... Read More about Exploring attitudes and adoption intentions of online assessment, marking, and feedback practices in a post-Covid-19 era.

Working together: Factors affecting the relationship between leadership and job satisfaction in Iranian HR departments (2021)
Journal Article
Nazarian, A., Atkinson, P., Foroudi, P., & Soares, A. (2021). Working together: Factors affecting the relationship between leadership and job satisfaction in Iranian HR departments. Journal of General Management, 46(3), 229-245. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306307020968535

Implementation of human resource management (HRM) practices in Iran has been patchy and unenthusiastic despite them having been found to be beneficial in Western countries. To investigate this problem, survey data were gathered from 63 private sector... Read More about Working together: Factors affecting the relationship between leadership and job satisfaction in Iranian HR departments.

The impact of digitalization and servitization on the financial performance of a firm: An empirical analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Abou-foul, M., Ruiz-Alba, J. L., & Soares, A. (2021). The impact of digitalization and servitization on the financial performance of a firm: An empirical analysis. Production Planning and Control, 32(12), 975-989. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2020.1780508

Manufacturing firms have vigorously pursued opportunities for profitability and growth through servitization and digitalization processes. However, the current body of research provides contradictory results on the impact of servitization and digital... Read More about The impact of digitalization and servitization on the financial performance of a firm: An empirical analysis.

Gamification and entrepreneurial intentions (2019)
Journal Article
Ruiz-Alba, J. L., Soares, A., Rodríguez-Molina, M. A., & Banoun, A. (2019). Gamification and entrepreneurial intentions. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 26(5), 661-683. https://doi.org/10.1108/JSBED-09-2018-0266

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how gamification can influence entrepreneurial intentions (EI) of a group of users of an online platform provided by a private company. Design/methodology/approach – A quantitative research strat... Read More about Gamification and entrepreneurial intentions.

Servitization strategies from customers’ perspective: the moderating role of co-creation (2018)
Journal Article
Ruiz-Alba, J. L., Soares, A., Rodríguez-Molina, M. A., & Frías-Jamilena, D. M. (2019). Servitization strategies from customers’ perspective: the moderating role of co-creation. Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, 34(3), 628-642. https://doi.org/10.1108/JBIM-02-2017-0028

© 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the moderating role of co-creation in the implementation of servitization strategies in the pharmaceutical industry in a business-to-business (B-to-B) context. More specifica... Read More about Servitization strategies from customers’ perspective: the moderating role of co-creation.

The financial consequences of servitization in manufacturing firms: An empirical analysis (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Ruizalba, J., Soares, A., Izadi, J., & Abou-Foul, M. (2017, November). The financial consequences of servitization in manufacturing firms: An empirical analysis. Paper presented at 6th International Conference on Business Servitization 2017 (ICBS2017), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-BarcelonaTech), Barcelona, Spain

Prior body of servitization research falls short to fully capture the financial consequences of servitization. This paper aims at investigating the financial consequences of servitization in listed manufacturing companies in four countries, namely UK... Read More about The financial consequences of servitization in manufacturing firms: An empirical analysis.

Servitization of manufacturing: Exploring financial performance (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Ruizalba, J., Soares, A., & Izadi, J. (2017, June). Servitization of manufacturing: Exploring financial performance. Presented at Centre for Business & Industrial Marketing (CBIM) Academic Workshop, Stockholm Business School, Stockholm, Sweden

(1) Research question This research aims at investigating the impact of servitization on firm financial performance of listed manufacturing companies. (2) Theoretical background Most of the existing research on industrial services and servitizatio... Read More about Servitization of manufacturing: Exploring financial performance.

Causal recipes for product innovation: Quality management practices as ingredients (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Soares, A., & Silva, G. (2017, May). Causal recipes for product innovation: Quality management practices as ingredients. Paper presented at 8th Annual Conference of the European Decision Sciences Institute (EDSI 2017): Information and Operational Decision Sciences, Granada, Spain

This study uses complexity theory to explore the apparent tension between quality management practices and product innovation. A survey of 112 manufacturing firms was conducted and the resulting data were analyzed using fuzzy set qualitative comparat... Read More about Causal recipes for product innovation: Quality management practices as ingredients.

Servitization and firm performance (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Ruizalba, J., Soares, A., Rodriguez-Molina, M., & Gounaris, S. (2017, May). Servitization and firm performance. Poster presented at European Marketing Academy (EMAC) 2017, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen, Netherlands

This paper explores the implementation of servitization from the viewpoint of servitized firms in the Spanish pharmaceutical industry. A quantitative research strategy was used to investigate the: (1) servitization motives (quest for profitability, c... Read More about Servitization and firm performance.

The influence of supply chain quality management practices on quality performance: an empirical investigation (2017)
Journal Article
Soares, A., Soltani, E., & Liao, Y. Y. (2017). The influence of supply chain quality management practices on quality performance: an empirical investigation. Supply Chain Management, 22(2), 122-144. https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-08-2016-0286

© 2017, © Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The extant literature highlights the notable lack of a consensus among operations and supply chain management scholars regarding the theoretical underpinnings and associated empirical evidence for the pe... Read More about The influence of supply chain quality management practices on quality performance: an empirical investigation.