Luis Rubalcaba
Biographic Data
| ID | 4128469 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Luis Rubalcaba |
| GIVEN NAMES | Luis |
| FAMILY NAME | Rubalcaba |
| SIGNATURE | RUBALCABA L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de Alcalá |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5724-9091 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Cocreating service innovations in European public libraries
This study uses survey data for 543 European libraries to investigate the effect of co-creation and other factors on the usefulness of knowledge for innovation obtained from four groups: library users, non-management staff, non-profits and businesses. The study finds that 24.3% of libraries develop a 'high priority' innovation through co-creation with library users. Co-creation has a substantial positive effect on the usefulness of knowledge obta…
Women managing public services innovation: European cross-country evidence on drivers and barriers
Purpose This study aims to investigate the drivers and barriers that influence women’s capacity to innovate in public services. A theoretical framework and related hypotheses are proposed by drawing on new public management theory, self-determination theory and gender theory. Design/methodology/approach The hypotheses are tested on survey data gathered in six European countries (N = 736). Findings The results show that women managing public servi…
The ideational bases of public value co-creation and the philosophy of personalism: Why a relational conception of person matters for solving public problems
Public value co-creation has become one of the most relevant topics in the economic and social sciences in recent years. However, literature on the theme seems quite fragmented; we deem part of the explanation for why there seems not to be consensus on the definition of the nature of the processes of co-creation of value could and should be sought by querying what underlying ontology of the human being, philosophical anthropology and political ph…
Public service logic and the creation of value propositions through framing
This paper aims to contribute to the scholarly debate on public service logic (PSL) by deepening the understanding of how value propositions are created and altered. The PSL literature has so far suggested that value propositions are central to the value creation process, but there is scant understanding of how value propositions are created and adapted to citizens’ needs. The paper contributes by showing how the creation and alteration of value …
Value processes and lifecycles in networks for public service innovation
Public administrations, to innovate public services, seek strategies beyond market-like mechanisms and claim for clear paths such as lifecycles. This research bridges service management theory and theory of public management to further how networks for public service innovation mediate public value creation; the study, by integrating both theories and the public service logic approach, discusses the dynamic interactions throughout networks evolut…
Competitiveness
The notion of competitiveness is attracting more and more attention in the new globalized economic geography. Recent interest is rooted from the beginning of the 2000s when radical changes emerged, such as the new wave of offshoring and delocalization, the economic emergence of China and other developing economies, and the digital technological revolution generating deep economic transformations. Citizens, companies, and urban, regional, and nati…
Social innovation and public service: A literature review of multi-actor collaborative approaches in five European countries
A Metagovernance Model of Innovation Networks in the Health and Social Services Using a Neo-Schumpeterian Framework
Health and social services (HSS) are now, more than ever, at the center of the debate of public policy. We are interested in studying the HSS services innovations from the networked-governance strategy standpoint. With this research, we contribute by analyzing the criteria leading to the formation of HSS public service innovation networks (HSS PSINs). These criteria are important because they may result in the much-needed empirical foundation of …
Competitiveness
The notion of competitiveness is attracting more and more attention in the new globalized economic geography. Cities, regions, and countries compete to increase their standards of life, their growth, and their welfare. Competition is not necessarily a negative concept, indicating a fight against other economic entities, but it can also be a positive concept, in which all entities try to achieve something good. From an ontological perspective comp…
Social innovation research: An emerging area of innovation studies?
Service Innovation in Developing Economies: Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean
This paper proposes a framework for understanding key aspects of service innovation in developing economies, based on four dimensions: first, the integration of services in national innovation systems; second, competences and preferences; third, networking and cooperation; and, fourth, outcomes in terms of socio-economic impacts. This conceptual framework is matched with new evidence from case studies performed in six different Latin America and …
On the ‘How Many Europes’ Debate: Varieties of Service Economies
This paper shapes and identifies the varieties and dynamics of service economies in the EU 25. By adopting a neo‐Schumpeterian and evolutionary approach it contributes to enrich previous research dealing with national disparities from the perspective of services economic structures. Communalities across countries and time are detected and discussed at different levels of analysis. A wide set of models across the European region is found from an a…
Business services location and market factors in major European cities
Are Knowledge‐intensive Services Highly Concentrated? Evidence from European Regions
Knowledge‐intensive services (KIS) are important activities for regional growth and considered to be located at the top of urban and regional hierarchies. However, the widespread use of information and communication technologies (ICT) may lead to a higher degree of decentralisation. This paper presents a detailed analysis of the geographical distribution of KIS across European regions, highlighting some important patterns. Our results confirm tha…
How Many Europes? Varieties of Capitalism, Divergence and Convergence and the Transformation of the European Services Landscape
The prospects for a single European economy or the existence of a variety of different European formations of capitalism are explored in the context of the enlargement of the EU in 2004 and 2007. Using evidence based on major sectoral trends, with particular reference to service industries, a comparative analysis of the ‘quantitative’ structure of the national economies of the EU Member States is undertaken. Convergence analysis is used to establ…
Specialization and Competition amongst European Cities: A New Approach through Fair and Exhibition Activities
CUADRADO-ROURA J. R. and RUBALCABA-BERMEJO L. (1998) Specialization and competition amongst European cities: a new approach through fair and exhibition activities, Reg. Studies 32 , 133-147. This paper reviews the concept of urban specialization through the processes of exhibition concentration and diversification. Its purpose is to analyse different urban specialization patterns in Europe, evaluating to what extent specialization strategies can …
Urban Hierarchies and Territorial Competition in Europe: Exploring the Role of Fairs and Exhibitions
Cities of Europe tend to be thought of in hierarchical terms. Although interesting results have been achieved, it seems clear that there is no single hierarchy. The process of European integration is generating numerous changes in different fields. One of these changes is the need for European capitals and cities of a certain size to upscale their position from national to continental. A system of European cities competing with one another to att…
Specialization and Competition amongst European Cities: A New Approach through Fair and Exhibition Activities
CUADRADO-ROURA J. R. and RUBALCABA-BERMEJO L. (1998) Specialization and competition amongst European cities: a new approach through fair and exhibition activities, Reg. Studies 32 , 133-147. This paper reviews the concept of urban specialization through the processes of exhibition concentration and diversification. Its purpose is to analyse different urban specialization patterns in Europe, evaluating to what extent specialization strategies can …
Urban Hierarchies and Territorial Competition in Europe: Exploring the Role of Fairs and Exhibitions
Cities of Europe tend to be thought of in hierarchical terms. Although interesting results have been achieved, it seems clear that there is no single hierarchy. The process of European integration is generating numerous changes in different fields. One of these changes is the need for European capitals and cities of a certain size to upscale their position from national to continental. A system of European cities competing with one another to att…
The ideational bases of public value co-creation and the philosophy of personalism: Why a relational conception of person matters for solving public problems
Public value co-creation has become one of the most relevant topics in the economic and social sciences in recent years. However, literature on the theme seems quite fragmented; we deem part of the explanation for why there seems not to be consensus on the definition of the nature of the processes of co-creation of value could and should be sought by querying what underlying ontology of the human being, philosophical anthropology and political ph…
Are Knowledge‐intensive Services Highly Concentrated? Evidence from European Regions
Knowledge‐intensive services (KIS) are important activities for regional growth and considered to be located at the top of urban and regional hierarchies. However, the widespread use of information and communication technologies (ICT) may lead to a higher degree of decentralisation. This paper presents a detailed analysis of the geographical distribution of KIS across European regions, highlighting some important patterns. Our results confirm tha…
How Many Europes? Varieties of Capitalism, Divergence and Convergence and the Transformation of the European Services Landscape
The prospects for a single European economy or the existence of a variety of different European formations of capitalism are explored in the context of the enlargement of the EU in 2004 and 2007. Using evidence based on major sectoral trends, with particular reference to service industries, a comparative analysis of the ‘quantitative’ structure of the national economies of the EU Member States is undertaken. Convergence analysis is used to establ…
Business services location and market factors in major European cities
Urban Hierarchies and Territorial Competition in Europe: Exploring the Role of Fairs and Exhibitions
Cities of Europe tend to be thought of in hierarchical terms. Although interesting results have been achieved, it seems clear that there is no single hierarchy. The process of European integration is generating numerous changes in different fields. One of these changes is the need for European capitals and cities of a certain size to upscale their position from national to continental. A system of European cities competing with one another to att…
Specialization and Competition amongst European Cities: A New Approach through Fair and Exhibition Activities
CUADRADO-ROURA J. R. and RUBALCABA-BERMEJO L. (1998) Specialization and competition amongst European cities: a new approach through fair and exhibition activities, Reg. Studies 32 , 133-147. This paper reviews the concept of urban specialization through the processes of exhibition concentration and diversification. Its purpose is to analyse different urban specialization patterns in Europe, evaluating to what extent specialization strategies can …
How Many Europes? Varieties of Capitalism, Divergence and Convergence and the Transformation of the European Services Landscape
The prospects for a single European economy or the existence of a variety of different European formations of capitalism are explored in the context of the enlargement of the EU in 2004 and 2007. Using evidence based on major sectoral trends, with particular reference to service industries, a comparative analysis of the ‘quantitative’ structure of the national economies of the EU Member States is undertaken. Convergence analysis is used to establ…
Business services location and market factors in major European cities
Are Knowledge‐intensive Services Highly Concentrated? Evidence from European Regions
Knowledge‐intensive services (KIS) are important activities for regional growth and considered to be located at the top of urban and regional hierarchies. However, the widespread use of information and communication technologies (ICT) may lead to a higher degree of decentralisation. This paper presents a detailed analysis of the geographical distribution of KIS across European regions, highlighting some important patterns. Our results confirm tha…
On the ‘How Many Europes’ Debate: Varieties of Service Economies
This paper shapes and identifies the varieties and dynamics of service economies in the EU 25. By adopting a neo‐Schumpeterian and evolutionary approach it contributes to enrich previous research dealing with national disparities from the perspective of services economic structures. Communalities across countries and time are detected and discussed at different levels of analysis. A wide set of models across the European region is found from an a…
Social innovation research: An emerging area of innovation studies?
Service Innovation in Developing Economies: Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean
This paper proposes a framework for understanding key aspects of service innovation in developing economies, based on four dimensions: first, the integration of services in national innovation systems; second, competences and preferences; third, networking and cooperation; and, fourth, outcomes in terms of socio-economic impacts. This conceptual framework is matched with new evidence from case studies performed in six different Latin America and …
Competitiveness
The notion of competitiveness is attracting more and more attention in the new globalized economic geography. Cities, regions, and countries compete to increase their standards of life, their growth, and their welfare. Competition is not necessarily a negative concept, indicating a fight against other economic entities, but it can also be a positive concept, in which all entities try to achieve something good. From an ontological perspective comp…
A Metagovernance Model of Innovation Networks in the Health and Social Services Using a Neo-Schumpeterian Framework
Health and social services (HSS) are now, more than ever, at the center of the debate of public policy. We are interested in studying the HSS services innovations from the networked-governance strategy standpoint. With this research, we contribute by analyzing the criteria leading to the formation of HSS public service innovation networks (HSS PSINs). These criteria are important because they may result in the much-needed empirical foundation of …
Competitiveness
The notion of competitiveness is attracting more and more attention in the new globalized economic geography. Recent interest is rooted from the beginning of the 2000s when radical changes emerged, such as the new wave of offshoring and delocalization, the economic emergence of China and other developing economies, and the digital technological revolution generating deep economic transformations. Citizens, companies, and urban, regional, and nati…
Social innovation and public service: A literature review of multi-actor collaborative approaches in five European countries
Value processes and lifecycles in networks for public service innovation
Public administrations, to innovate public services, seek strategies beyond market-like mechanisms and claim for clear paths such as lifecycles. This research bridges service management theory and theory of public management to further how networks for public service innovation mediate public value creation; the study, by integrating both theories and the public service logic approach, discusses the dynamic interactions throughout networks evolut…
Public service logic and the creation of value propositions through framing
This paper aims to contribute to the scholarly debate on public service logic (PSL) by deepening the understanding of how value propositions are created and altered. The PSL literature has so far suggested that value propositions are central to the value creation process, but there is scant understanding of how value propositions are created and adapted to citizens’ needs. The paper contributes by showing how the creation and alteration of value …
The ideational bases of public value co-creation and the philosophy of personalism: Why a relational conception of person matters for solving public problems
Public value co-creation has become one of the most relevant topics in the economic and social sciences in recent years. However, literature on the theme seems quite fragmented; we deem part of the explanation for why there seems not to be consensus on the definition of the nature of the processes of co-creation of value could and should be sought by querying what underlying ontology of the human being, philosophical anthropology and political ph…
Cocreating service innovations in European public libraries
This study uses survey data for 543 European libraries to investigate the effect of co-creation and other factors on the usefulness of knowledge for innovation obtained from four groups: library users, non-management staff, non-profits and businesses. The study finds that 24.3% of libraries develop a 'high priority' innovation through co-creation with library users. Co-creation has a substantial positive effect on the usefulness of knowledge obta…
Women managing public services innovation: European cross-country evidence on drivers and barriers
Purpose This study aims to investigate the drivers and barriers that influence women’s capacity to innovate in public services. A theoretical framework and related hypotheses are proposed by drawing on new public management theory, self-determination theory and gender theory. Design/methodology/approach The hypotheses are tested on survey data gathered in six European countries (N = 736). Findings The results show that women managing public servi…
Business (11 works) · Economics (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Economic geography (7 works) · Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Marketing (6 works) · Service and Product Innovation (6 works)