Essay Prize

The DMR Consulting Foundation promotes reflection and research through its annual Essay Prize and the launching of an innovative scheme known as “Seed Capital” aimed at interdisciplinary centres of study and thought.

The Foundation also foments the creation and diffusion of knowledge by sponsoring University Chairs and Master’s Degrees, as well as a series of publications.

Academic Entrepreneurs Prize

The DMR Consulting Foundation is organising the 2004 Academic Entrepreneurs Prize competition, worth € 60,000.

The purpose of the prize is to promote the spirit of entrepreneurship in university and scientific spheres in Spain and to provide funding for business projects which are clearly innovative, viable and beneficial for society.

The aim of the projects presented will be the creation and operation of a new company with separate legal status, which consists in the application of innovations in Information Technologies in any of the different disciplines of the Information Society.

Sponsorship of University Chairs

These chairs will include the name of DMR Consulting and holders will undertake research work in areas of interest to DMR. The Foundation will provide advice regarding the design of new degree courses or subjects related to its fields of research.

The Foundation is a forum where DMR Consulting employees can fully develop their potential and skills, providing not only opportunities for self-fulfilment, but also offering them the chance to put their desire to serve the community into practice.
The Foundation is a community of ideals that facilitates individual involvement, and which values and appreciates participation and whose goal is a job well done at the service of the community.

Sponsorship of University Schools / Faculties

These Faculties/ Schools include the DMR Consulting trading name and will undertake research work in areas of interest to DMR.

The Foundation will advise the School/ Faculty in the design of new degree programmes or subjects related to their fields of research.

The UCM-DMR Consulting School in INTERNET Business @dministration / Declaration of intention to apply for sponsorship.
Research Activities
Lectures and Papers
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Other activities
The UCM-DMR Consulting School in INTERNET Business @dministration / Declaration of intention to apply for sponsorship.

UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID
Department of Business Organisation
Faculty of Economics and Business Science
Campus de Somosaguas
28223 – MADRID (Spain)
Tel: + 34 91 394 24 61- 25 05
Fax: + 34 91 394 23 71
E-mail: catedraucmdmr@ccee.ucm.es

1. CONSTITUTION AND OBJECTIVES
The School (www.ucm.es/business) has been set up principally for purposes of the analysis, research and teaching of the current situation and future perspectives for Internet Business Administration from all relevant aspects. The School is part of the Faculty of Economics and Business Science (http://www.ucm.es/info/cee) at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM).

The Universidad Complutense de Madrid (www.ucm.es) and the DMR Consulting Foundation (www.fundaciondmr.org) agree on the particular importance and strategic relevance of Internet Business Administration, a field which has already been included in teaching and research work undertaken by a number of university institutions in other countries. For this reason both the UCM and the DMR Consulting Foundation consider that the creation of this School offers a firm guarantee for the inclusion of these studies in Spain, ensuring fluent two-way communication between academic work and business, and with social and economic implications.

Consequently, on 11 February 2001, an agreement was signed by Rafael Puyol Antolín, Vice-chancellor of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Fernando Francés Pons, Chairman of DMR Consulting for the creation of this School. The agreement was ratified on 19 April of the same year.

2. ORGANISATION. JOINT COMMITTEE
The Joint Committee is made up of two representatives appointed by UCM’s Vice-chancellor: Juan Luis Paniagua Soto (Head of Institutional Relations at the UCM) and Álvaro Cuervo García (Head of the Department of Business Organisation at the UCM), plus a further two representatives from DMR Consulting: Pelayo Villanueva García, Managing Director, and Ricardo Penalva López, Assistant Managing Director.

The Joint Committee will be responsible for approving, monitoring and controlling the School’s programme of activities. It will also approve the budget and will put forward the names of candidates for the post of Chair Director and Co-ordinator, to be appointed by the Vice-chancellor.

On 6 March, and at the proposal of the Joint Committee, the Vice-chancellor appointed Professor Dr. José Ignacio López Sánchez and Professor Francesco D. Sandulli to the respective posts of School Director and Co-ordinator.

ORGANISATION. TEACHING AND RESEARCH TEAM

The following research and teaching staff are currently associated with the School:

Director:
José Ignacio López Sánchez (jilopez@ccee.ucm.es)

Co-ordinator:
Francesco D. Sandulli (sandulli@ccee.ucm.es)

Research and Teaching Staff:
Beatriz Minguela Rata (minguela@ccee.ucm.es)
Antonio Rodríguez Duarte (duarte@ccee.ucm.es)

3. SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Teaching activities are centred around the promotion of the acknowledgement and recognition of a course dealing with fundamental aspects of Internet Business Administration, for which students at the Complutense University of Madrid will be awarded credits valid for ancillary subjects. To this end, prior to the commencement of each academic year, the “School” will send the Head of Studies a list of those courses for which it requests recognition of credits, which must then be approved by the Studies Commission.

A generic subject entitled “Internet Business Administration (4.5 credits, to be taught during the second semester of the 2001-2002 academic year). This subject is aimed at students reading any of the following degree courses: Business Administration, Economics, Actuarial and Financial Science, Computer Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Political and Administrative Science, Sociology and Labour Science. It is also open to students undertaking any of the following diploma courses: Business Science, Management Computing, Systems Management, Public Administration and Management and Labour Relations.

http://www.ucm.es/info/cee/programas/docs/452.doc

Lecturer: Francesco D. Sandulli

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The organisation of a doctorate course, in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down in the regulations governing doctorate studies, designed to deal in-depth with the problems associated with Internet Business Administration.

“Company Management on Electronic Markets (e business)” (4 credits)

The UCM Business Management Doctorate Programme
Department of Business Organisation
Faculty of Economics and Business Science
Lecturer: Dr. José Ignacio López Sánchez. Academic year 2002-03

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Organisation of an Annual Internet Business Administration Forum aimed at undergraduates

Collaboration in the organisation of the Summer Course on E-Business at the Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, held from 15-21 July 2001. Director: Professor Dr. Álvaro Cuervo García. Participating lecturers: Erik Brynjolfsson, Associate Professor, Sloan School, MIT; John de Figueiredo Associate Professor, Sloan School, MIT; Mauro F. Guillen, Associate Professor, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; Anita McGahan, Professor, Harvard Business School and Boston University; Leslie Perlow; Associate Professor, Harvard Business School, Mary Tripsas, Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School; Wanda Orlikowski, Associate Professor, Sloan School, MIT; Thomas Eisenmann, Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School; Henry Chesborough, Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School.

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Organisation and Management of the Course entitled “Company e-administration (100 hours), with the participation of Professors López Sánchez, Minguela Rato, Rodríguez Duarte and Sandulli.

Director: Professor Dr. José Ignacio López Sánchez.
Co-ordination: Professor Beatriz Minguela Rata.

Held at the Faculty of Economics and Business Science of the Complutense University of Madrid between 15 October and 16 November 2001.

Sponsored by the EU’s European Social Fund and the Autonomous Government of Madrid’s Training Institute.

http://www.ucm.es/info/fgu/formacion/mformacion.htm

Organisation of an International Forum held in June 2002, with the participation of Thomas Malone, Professor and the MIT Sloan School and Director of the Centre for Co-ordination Science and Mauro F. Guillén, Associate Professor of Management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Doctoral theses, dissertations or experimental research work on Internet Business Administration, in accordance with the regulations governing studies leading to a doctor’s degree.
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Doctoral Theses
“The Importance of Digital Markets on Company Efficiency on the Internet”
Doctoral Student: Juan Gil Rabadán
Director: José Ignacio López Sánchez (jilopez@ccee.ucm.es)

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Doctoral Research Projects

“The Creation of Value on Electronic Markets amongst Companies on the Internet” (12 credits)
Author: Francesco D. Sandulli (sandulli@ccee.ucm.es)
Director: José Ignacio López Sánchez (jilopez@ccee.ucm.es)

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Support and back-up for research projects to be undertaken by the School’s team.

Universidad Complutense de Madrid Research Project (Ref. No: PR52/00-8885) “PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT IN SERVICE COMPANIES. THE INFLUENCE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF OPERATIONS. CURRENT TRENDS”. Director: José Ignacio López Sánchez. Research Team Members: Beatriz Minguela Rata, Antonio Rodríguez Duarte and Francesco D. Sandulli. Completion date: December 2001.

Autonomous Government of Madrid Research Project in Humanities and Social Sciences (Ref. No.: 06/0140/2000) “OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. FACTORS FOR SUCCESS IN SERVICE COMPANIES APPLIED TO THE DISTRIBUTION SECTOR”. Director: José Ignacio López Sánchez. Research Team Members: Beatriz Minguela Rata, Antonio Rodríguez Duarte and Francesco D. Sandulli. Completion date: December 2001.

http://www.comadrid.es/cmadrid/investigacion/conv2000/c6_2000res.htm#a3

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The presentation of a Research Project designed for the National Strategic Action Programme “Socio-economics, including strategic action for the Knowledge Society. Basic and Applied Fundamental Research Projects within the framework of the National Programmes of the IV National Plan. 2000- 2003. Presentation dates: 21 February 2002.
http://www.mcyt.es/proyectosID/default.htm
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Academic supervision of the report entitled “Information Society Technologies in Spanish Businesses 2001”, drawn up by DMR Consulting and Sedisi. Presentation date: February 2002.
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Analysis of the potential of research into Internet Business Administration by the various Departments and Faculties at the UCM, in order to avoid the unnecessary dispersion and duplication of efforts and resource allocation amongst the University’s departments.
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Mutual exchange of information and advice regarding the planning, organisation and undertaking of research projects involving issues of shared interest between the UCM and its sponsor(s), following approval by the Joint Committee.

4. CONFERENCES AND LECTURES
Presentation of Study B2B in Mundo Internet 2001: “Discerniendo los Futuros Factores de Éxito de los Mercados Electrónicos entre Empresas (B2B)” (Defining Future Factors for the Success of Electronic Markets amongst Businesses B2B). Francesco D. Sandulli. February 2001
(http://www.aui.es/biblio/libros/ilibros.htm)

Participation in the 2001 Edition of the Internet Global Conference: “Servicios ofrecidos por Mercados Eletrónicos entre Empresas”. (The Services Offered by Electronic Markets amongst Businesses). Francesco D. Sandulli. April 2001.

(http://www.igconference.net/app_igc/ponentes_sp/trk_session.jsp)
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Lecture given by the Chair Director entitled “Dirección de Producción y las Tecnologías de la Información y de las Telecomunicaciones (TIC): Los Retos de la Economía Digital” (Production Management of Information and Telecommunication Technologies: The Challenges of the Digital Economy), at the Colegio Universitario Escorial- María Cristina on 18 May 2001.
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Collaboration with Ictnet: “Visión de la España internauta desde la Universidad de Harvard” (Harvard’s Vision of On-line Spain), July 2001.
(http://www.ictnet.es/esp/servicios/noticias/novedades/articulos119.htm)
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Presentation of the paper “Líneas de Investigación en la Administración de Negocios en Internet: Una aproximación al Estado de la Cuestión” (Lines of research in Internet Business Administration: An approach to the State of the Issue) at the XI Edition of the Congress of the Spanish Scientific Association of Economics and Business Management (ACEDE), in Saragossa on 18 September 2001.

(http://empresa.unizar.es/acede2002/trabajos/Investigacion-3-LopezSanchez.PDF)
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Presentation of two papers at the 2002 Edition of the Production and Operations Management Society Conference, held from 5-8 April in San Francisco (USA), with the participation of Professors López Sánchez, Minguela Rata, Rodríguez Duarte and Sandulli

(http://www.poms.org/pom_2002html)
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Professor José Ignacio López Sánchez chaired the debate on “Business on the Internet”, held at the 2002 edition of Mundo Internet,

http://www.aui.es/i2002/i2002.htm
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Presentation of the paper entitled “Dinámica de Creación de Mercados Electrónicos B2B” (The Dynamics of Creating B2B Electronic Markets), at the 2002 Edition of Mundo Internet by Professor Francesco D. Sandulli in Madrid on 15 February 2002.

http://www.aui.es/i2002/i2002.htm

5. PUBLICATIONS
López Sánchez, J.I.; Carretero Díaz, L. (1999). - Las Empresas de Suministro de Información (ESI): Una nueva forma de Coordinación de las Transacciones Comerciales, Revista de Economía Industrial, no. 326, January - February 1999, pp.33-50.

• López Sánchez, J.I.; Rodríguez Duarte, A (2001). Innovación en la Dirección de Operaciones en las Empresas de Servicios: La Importancia del Bien Información en la Nueva Economía, Revista Madrid, Monografía 1 Formas y Reformas de la Nueva Economía, 2001, pp. 27-38.
• López Sánchez, J.I.; Sandulli, F.D. (2001). Administración de Negocios en los Mercados Virtuales: Las Empresas de Suministro de Información, Alta Dirección, no. 219, September-October 2001.

6. OTHER ACTIVITIES
Collaboration with the Master’s Course on Net-Economy organised by the Centro de Enseñanza Superior Villanueva (Associate Centre of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid). Academic Year 2001-2002.
http://www.villanueva.edu/gbneteco.htm

Academic supervision of Campusred’s E-Business Channel (as of March 2001)
http://www.campusred.net/straining/INDEX.ASP

Participation of the Chair on the Complutense University stand at the Salón Emprende de la Creación de Empresas (Business Entrepreneurs’ Fair), organised by IFEMA and the Spanish Council of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, held in Madrid from 10-12 May 2001.
(http://www.emprende.ifema.es)

Sponsorship of master’s degrees or private specialisation courses

This sponsorship takes the form of specific financing for grants for the study of Information Technologies, as well as the voluntary participation of DMR Consulting staff in planning, developing and teaching these courses. 

This voluntary line of action also extends to subjects and seminars designed by the DMR Chairs.

Publications

The Foundation will develop a line of publications in collaboration with leading scientific publishing houses, which will include the winner and runners-up of the Essay Prize, lectures sponsored by the Foundation and any works of editorial interest arising from the scientific activity of the DMR Consulting L@bs or Chairs.

This area of activity will seek to combine scientific originality and accuracy with the educational facet of the works presented for publication.