Factores determinantes de la intención de cambio estratégico: el papel de los equipos directivos

• Autores: Luz Sánchez Peinado, Esther Sánchez Peinado, Alejandro Escribá Esteve
• Localización: Cuadernos de economía y dirección de la empresa, ISSN 1138-5758, Nº 42, 2010, págs. 75-112
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.1016/s1138-5758(10)70004-9
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Determinant factors of strategic change intent: the role of top management teams
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  • español

    La capacidad de una empresa para adaptarse y responder a las oportunidades y presiones del entorno es uno de los aspectos más importantes en la búsqueda de la competitividad y de la supervivencia. Este trabajo pretende mejorar la comprensión de los factores que influyen en la intención de impulsar cambios en el contenido de la estrategia, analizando los factores motivadores y de resistencia tradicionalmente considerados, así como el papel facilitador de las características de los equipos directivos. Nuestros resultados resaltan que la heterogeneidad de los equipos directivos facilita la predisposición a impulsar cambios en las estrategias competitivas y corporativas, y que los cambios en la composición de los equipos dinamizan el cambio en el nivel competitivo. Asimismo, los resultados apuntan que la intencionalidad del cambio estratégico está fuertemente relacionada con el modo en que los directivos perciben e interpretan la evolución de las condiciones del entorno, con el nivel de complacencia y satisfacción de los directivos con los resultados de la empresa, y de su apego y compromiso con las estrategias actuales

  • English

    The ability of a firm to adapt and respond to the environmental opportunities and threats constitutes a key factor in the search for survival and competitiveness. This paper aims to improve our understanding about which factors have an influence on the decisions to renew the strategy content, by examining the factors that ease or limit change, as well as the facilitator role of the characteristics of the Top Management Teams. Our results show that TMT heterogeneity facilitates the willingness to impulse strategic changes both at the corporate and the competitive level, and that changes in the TMT composition may promote an internal debate and deliberation within the team about the future competitive arguments. In addition, our results point out that the intentionality of strategic change is closely related to how managers perceive and interpret the environmental changes, their level of complacency and satisfaction with the firms� performance and their commitment with the current strategy.

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