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Inherited organizational performance? The perceptions of generation Y on the influence of leadership styles (2017)
Journal Article
Lottermoser, B., Nazarian, A., & Soares, A. (2017). Inherited organizational performance? The perceptions of generation Y on the influence of leadership styles. Leadership and Organization Development Journal, 38(8), 1078-1094. https://doi.org/10.1108/LODJ-05-2016-0119

© 2017, © Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: Leadership has a major impact on organizational performance (Agle et al., 2006; Felfe and Schyns, 2004; Peterson et al., 2003). However, results are still conflicting regarding these effects and research... Read More about Inherited organizational performance? The perceptions of generation Y on the influence of leadership styles.

Developing entrepreneurial intentions through gamification using online business challenges (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Ruizalba, J., Soares, A., Banoun, A., & Rodriguez-Molina, M. (2016, July). Developing entrepreneurial intentions through gamification using online business challenges. Paper presented at 8th annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN16), Barcelona, Spain

Purpose: This paper describes the results of a research project aimed at investigating the moderating role of gamification on the development of entrepreneurial intentions through the use of online business challenges. Following the theory of plann... Read More about Developing entrepreneurial intentions through gamification using online business challenges.

Assessing the impact of gamification on students’ engagement and motivation (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Ruizalba, J., Soares, A., & Nato, J. (2016, July). Assessing the impact of gamification on students’ engagement and motivation. Presented at 8th annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN16), Barcelona, Spain

Gamification is gaining momentum in Higher Education (HE) as scholars begin to enquire what they can learn from game experiences to improve students’ engagement and motivation (Niman, 2014). Gamification does not mean using games, instead it refers t... Read More about Assessing the impact of gamification on students’ engagement and motivation.

Internal market orientation and work-family balance in family businesses (2016)
Journal Article
Arán, M. V., Ruizalba, J., Soares, A., Vallespín, M., & González Porras, J. (2016). Internal market orientation and work-family balance in family businesses. European Journal of Family Business, 6(1), 46-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejfb.2016.06.002

This research paper aims at investigating the importance of work-family balance (WFB) on family businesses from Andalusia (Spain) and its impact on job satisfaction and employees' commitment. The research objectives are twofold: (1) to classify compa... Read More about Internal market orientation and work-family balance in family businesses.

Servitization and co-creation: Customers’ Perspective (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Ruizalba, J., Soares, A., Rodriguez-Molina, M., & Frías, D. (2016, June). Servitization and co-creation: Customers’ Perspective. Presented at 2016 Center for Business & Industrial Marketing (CBIM) Academic Workshop: Extending Value Through Product, Service and Platform Innovations, The Faculty of Economics and Business, University of the Basque Country – UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain

This research aims at investigating the moderating role of co-creation in the implementation of servitization strategies (in a B2B context) in the pharmaceutical industry from the perspective of customers (that is the servitized firms). Servitizati... Read More about Servitization and co-creation: Customers’ Perspective.

Supply chain quality management dimensions and their impact on quality performance (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Soares, A., Soltani, E., Ruizalba, J., & Rodriguez-Molina, M. (2016, June). Supply chain quality management dimensions and their impact on quality performance. Paper presented at The 23rd European Operations Management Association (EUROMA) conference, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

The primary aim of this paper is to investigate the effects of supply chain quality management (SCQM) practices on quality performance. Drawing on supply chain management and quality management literature we argue that quality performance is achieved... Read More about Supply chain quality management dimensions and their impact on quality performance.

The effect of supply chain collaboration on the servitization strategies in the pharmaceutical industry (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Ruizalba, J., Soares, A., Rodriguez-Molina, M., & Castañeda-García, J. (2016, June). The effect of supply chain collaboration on the servitization strategies in the pharmaceutical industry

This paper focuses on the investigation of the effect of supply chain collaboration on the relationships between different levels of services (base, intermediate and advanced) and their impact on servitization consequences and performance within the... Read More about The effect of supply chain collaboration on the servitization strategies in the pharmaceutical industry.

Servitization strategies and co-creation (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Ruizalba, J., Soares, A., Rodriguez-Molina, M., & Frías, D. (2016, May). Servitization strategies and co-creation. Paper presented at 2016 Spring Servitization Conference (SSC2016), Aston Business School, Alliance Manchester Business School and the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre at the University of Sheffield, Manchester, England

Purpose: This research aims at investigating the moderating role of co-creation in the implementation of servitization strategies in the pharmaceutical industry. Co-creation is expected to have an impact on the use of different levels of services, a... Read More about Servitization strategies and co-creation.

Internal market orientation and strategy implementation (2016)
Book Chapter
Ruizalba, J., & Soares, A. Internal market orientation and strategy implementation. In A. Casademunt (Ed.), Strategic Labor Relations Management in Modern Organizations (183-194). IGI Global Publishing House. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0356-9

Managing People within organisations is a complex and intricate challenge much insight can be gained from complementing the mainstream trends with other research fields. This Chapter shall focus on the role Internal Marketing Orientation (IMO) as a k... Read More about Internal market orientation and strategy implementation.

Servitization and co-opetition in the pharmaceutical distribution: Back to basics? (2016)
Journal Article
Ruizalba, J., Soares, A., & Morales, J. (2016). Servitization and co-opetition in the pharmaceutical distribution: Back to basics?

This paper discusses how the pharmaceutical distribution sector as evolved in the past decades and the role of servitization in an ever changing market led by big players. An empirical analysis was conducted on Portuguese and Spanish distributors whi... Read More about Servitization and co-opetition in the pharmaceutical distribution: Back to basics?.

Gamification and entrepreneurial intentions: A theoretical and methodological approach (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Ruizalba, J., Soares, A., Banoun, A., & Rodriguez-Molina, M. (2015, September). Gamification and entrepreneurial intentions: A theoretical and methodological approach. Paper presented at The International Gamification for Business Conference 2015 (IGBC15), Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham, England

Purpose: This study is part of an ongoing research project that aims at investigating the moderating role of gamification on entrepreneurial intentions. Design/methodology/approach: A quantitative research strategy has been designed suggesting the u... Read More about Gamification and entrepreneurial intentions: A theoretical and methodological approach.

Servitization in the pharmaceutical industry (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Ruizalba, J., Soares, A., & Mediano, J. (2015, July). Servitization in the pharmaceutical industry. Paper presented at 3rd International Symposium of the Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom, Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom (SRUK/CERU), London, England

Servitization in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Enhancing student engagement through case method with guest speakers (CMGS) (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Ruizalba, J., Soares, A., Almenta, E., & Vallespin, M. (2015, June). Enhancing student engagement through case method with guest speakers (CMGS). Presented at UWL 2015 Teaching and Learning Conference, University of West London, London, England

Enhancing student engagement through Case method with Guest Speakers (CMGS)

Servitization and co-opetition in the pharmaceutical industry (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Ruizalba, J., Soares, A., & Morales, J. (2015, May). Servitization and co-opetition in the pharmaceutical industry. Paper presented at The 2015 Spring Servitization Conference, Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham, England

Purpose: The present paper aims at providing an outlook of the portfolio of services developed by the pharmaceutical distribution in Spain and Portugal by looking at the different types and levels of implementation. This paper also provides the rese... Read More about Servitization and co-opetition in the pharmaceutical industry.

Assessing the impact of inter-firm relationships on supply chain quality management practices (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Soares, A., Soltani, E., & Liao, Y. (2014, June). Assessing the impact of inter-firm relationships on supply chain quality management practices. Paper presented at 21st European Operations Management Association (EUROMA) conference, University of Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Purpose: Inter-firm relationship has long been considered as a fundamental ingredient for the successful implementation of quality management practices. This importance has been echoed in Deming’s (1986) comment in that the synergy of closer relati... Read More about Assessing the impact of inter-firm relationships on supply chain quality management practices.

The influence of inter-firm relationships on Supply Chain Quality Management (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Soares, A., Soltani, E., & Liao, Y. (2012, March). The influence of inter-firm relationships on Supply Chain Quality Management. Presented at 4th Annual International Conference of the Association of Global Management Studies (AGMS), University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, USA)

Claims of the association between inter-firm relationships and the successful implementation of Supply Chain Quality Management (SCQM) practices have been long discussed in the literature. Nevertheless, these assumptions lack consistent empirical sup... Read More about The influence of inter-firm relationships on Supply Chain Quality Management.

Supply Chain Quality Relationship Management (SCQRM): A step forward (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Soares, A., & Soltani, E. (2011, September). Supply Chain Quality Relationship Management (SCQRM): A step forward. Paper presented at 25th Annual Conference of the British Academy of Management (BAM), Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham, England

The main focus of this paper is to highlight the importance of efficient implementation of quality management systems throughout the whole supply network, through Strategic Supplier Relationship Management (SSRM) and the establishment of adequate rel... Read More about Supply Chain Quality Relationship Management (SCQRM): A step forward.

An investigation into the factors influencing Supply Chain Quality Management processes (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Soares, A., & Soltani, E. (2010, September). An investigation into the factors influencing Supply Chain Quality Management processes. Paper presented at 24th Annual Conference of the British Academy of Management (BAM), The University of Sheffield, (Sheffield, UK)

Given that Supply Chain Quality Management (SCQM) seems to be the key for future competitiveness it is crucial to understand how to control quality throughout the whole Supply Chain (SC). The extended and globalised SC generated “co-ordinating” probl... Read More about An investigation into the factors influencing Supply Chain Quality Management processes.