On 23 October 2026, the Department of Business Management “Juan José Renau Piqueras” at the Universitat de València held the seminar “La investigació en l’organització d’empreses. Projectes 2025-26” at the Faculty of Economics.

During the event, nine research projects led by faculty members of the Department were presented, covering a range of topics related to business management, innovation, sustainability, and business competitiveness.

Representing the STEER Research Group (Strategy, Top Executives, ESG and Resilience), Professors María Iborra Juan and Vicente Safón Cano presented the research project “The Challenge of Sustainable Competitiveness: The Role of Ownership, Governance, and Top Management in the EESG Regeneration of Business Models in SMEs” (PID 2022–2027).

This project examines the role of ownership, governance bodies, and top management teams in transforming the business models of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with particular attention to the integration of economic, environmental, social, and governance (EESG) criteria and their relationship with business competitiveness and resilience.

The event also featured Dr. Xosé H. Vázquez, Head of the Business and Finance Subarea within the Economics Area of the Spanish State Research Agency (AEI), who delivered a workshop entitled “R&D&I Projects in the Business Area of the AEI: How Does the Evaluation Process Work and What Makes a Proposal Competitive?”

The seminar provided an opportunity to share the research lines developed within the Department, encourage knowledge exchange, and promote collaboration among researchers.