Teresa Torres-Coronas

Teresa Torres-Coronas has a bachelor's degree in economics (Barcelona University) and a PhD in management (Rovira i Virgili University). She won first prize in the 2000 edition of EADA related management research. She is the author of the book Valuing Brands (Ediciones Gestión 2000, Spain), co-author of the book Retrieve Your Creativity (Septem Ediciones, Spain), and co-editor of the books Changing the way you teach: Creative tools for management education (Septem Ediciones, Spain), e-HRM: Managing knowledge people (Idea Group, USA), Higher creativity for virtual teams: Developing platforms for co-creation (Information Science Reference) and, The Encyclopedia of HRIS: Challenges in e-HRM (Information Science Reference). She is author of many articles and conference papers about intangible management, management education, and applied creativity and IT. She is management professor at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili. She is one of the researchers of the ELIS group: E-government for Local Integration with Sustainability (Hull University). She is an active member of the Management Education and Development Division (Academy of Management) and the Information Resources Management Association (IRMA).

Publications

International Journal of Adult Education and Technology (IJAET)
Viktor Wang. Est. 2020.
The International Journal of Adult Education and Technology (IJAET) provides a global look at educational technologies for adult learners in higher education with content drawing...
MOOC and Blended Learning Models: Analysis From a Stakeholders' Perspective
Teresa Torres-Coronas, María-Arántzazu Vidal-Blasco. © 2018. 13 pages.
Interest is growing in educational designs that blend MOOCs with on-campus teaching and researchers are seeking to incorporate the spirit of a MOOC into a hybrid model. This...
Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur through Emotional Intelligence Development
Teresa Torres-Coronas, María-Arántzazu Vidal-Blasco. © 2016. 23 pages.
Networking is a must-do activity for entrepreneurs as professional contacts link entrepreneurs with critical opportunities, support and resources. In consequence, it is essential...
Employability, E-Entrepreneurship, and Economic Recovery
Teresa Torres-Coronas, Maria-Arántzazu Vidal-Blasco, Mario Arias-Oliva, Ricard Monclús-Guitart. © 2015. 17 pages.
This chapter focuses upon the digital competences and the entrepreneurial self-efficacy of undergraduate students at Universitat Rovira i Virgili, a public university located in...
Aligning Educational Outcomes to Boost Employment and Workforce Employability
Teresa Torres-Coronas, María-Arántzazu Vidal-Blasco, María-José Simón-Olmos. © 2014. 11 pages.
Since the beginning of the recent economic crisis, the unemployment rate, especially among youngsters, has reached painfully high levels in Spain. As education plays a central...
Adapting a Face-To-Face Competence Framework for Digital Competence Assessment
Teresa Torres-Coronas, M. Arántzazu Vidal-Blasco. © 2013. 11 pages.
In the present landscape of technological change there is increasing awareness of the need to support the acquisition of digital competences. In this paper, the authors address...
Social E-Enterprise: Value Creation through ICT
Teresa Torres-Coronas, María Arántzazu Vidal-Blasco. © 2013. 359 pages.
As the importance of the social sector has increased in recent years, utilizing social enterprise aids in the development of knowledge, research, and practices in order to...
Employability, E-Entrepreneurship, and Economic Recovery
Teresa Torres-Coronas, Maria-Arántzazu Vidal-Blasco, Mario Arias-Oliva, Ricard Monclús-Guitart. © 2013. 18 pages.
This chapter focuses upon the digital competences and the entrepreneurial self-efficacy of undergraduate students at Universitat Rovira i Virgili, a public university located in...
Promoting Digital Competences through Social Software: A Case Study at the Rovira i Virgili University
Teresa Torres-Coronas, María Arántzazu Vidal-Blasco. © 2012. 22 pages.
In the present landscape of technological change there is increasing awareness of the need to support the acquisition of digital competences. In this chapter, we address how...
Promoting Digital Competences through Social Software: A Case Study at the Rovira i Virgili University
Teresa Torres-Coronas, María Arántzazu Vidal-Blasco. © 2011. 22 pages.
In the present landscape of technological change there is increasing awareness of the need to support the acquisition of digital competences. In this chapter, we address how...
Adapting a Face-To-Face Competence Framework for Digital Competence Assessment
Teresa Torres-Coronas, M. Arántzazu Vidal-Blasco. © 2011. 10 pages.
In the present landscape of technological change there is increasing awareness of the need to support the acquisition of digital competences. In this paper, the authors address...
International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology (IJAVET)
Viktor Wang, Judith E. Parker, Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. Est. 2010.
The International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology (IJAVET) provides a global look at educational technologies for adult learners in higher education with...
Web 2.0 Technologies: Social Software Applied to Higher Education and Adult Learning
Teresa Torres-Coronas, Ricard Monclús-Guitart, Araceli Rodríguez-Merayo, M. Arántzazu Vidal-Blasco, M. José Simón-Olmos. © 2010. 11 pages.
Web 2.0 technologies are playing an important role in building social capital through increasing flows of information, and building on knowledge and human capacity of learning....
Web 2.0 Technologies: Social Software Applied to Higher Education and Adult Learning
Teresa Torres-Coronas, Ricard Monclús-Guitart, Araceli Rodríguez-Merayo, M. Arántzazu Vidal-Blasco, M. José Simón-Olmos. © 2010. 11 pages.
Web 2.0 technologies are playing an important role in building social capital through increasing flows of information, and building on knowledge and human capacity of learning....
Information Technology and the Learning Society: Supporting Lifelong Learning and Flexicurity Policies
Teresa Torres-Coronas, Mario Arias-Oliva, M. Arántzazu Vidal-Blasco. © 2010. 16 pages.
This chapter provides a conceptual discussion about the interaction between information and communication technologies (ICT) and the learning society. It focuses on the...
Encyclopedia of Human Resources Information Systems: Challenges in e-HRM
Teresa Torres-Coronas, Mario Arias-Oliva. © 2009. 918 pages.
Driven by significant internal and external forces, human resource management (HRM) has evolved from largely a maintenance function, to what many scholars and practitioners...
Information Communication Technologies and City Marketing: Digital Opportunities for Cities Around the World
Mila Gascó-Hernandez, Teresa Torres-Coronas. © 2009. 438 pages.
Important investments of the past several years have greatly contributed to the study of city marketing. Nevertheless, there is still an important tool brought about by the new...
International Journal of Information Communication Technologies and Human Development (IJICTHD)
Hakikur Rahman. Est. 2009.
Information and communication technologies are directly influencing the way human beings are engaging themselves in their routine activities. The governance including...
Improving Virtual Teams through Creativity
Teresa Torres-Coronas, Mila Gascó-Hernández. © 2009. 6 pages.
Many studies have already shown how a team can become more creative, and therefore more efficient, but only a few researchers have focused on how a virtual team can use...
A Wiki on the Teaching of Business Administration
Ricard Monclús-Guitart, Teresa Torres-Coronas, Araceli Rodríguez-Merayo, M. Arántzazu Vidal-Blasco, Mario Arias-Oliva. © 2009. 10 pages.
The European Credit Transfer System establishes a calculation based on the work students do, rather than direct teaching hours as is the case with the current credit system....
Web 2.0 Technologies: Social Software Applied to Higher Education and Adult Learning
Teresa Torres-Coronas, Ricard Monclús-Guitart, Araceli Rodríguez-Merayo, M. Arántzazu Vidal-Blasco, M. José Simón-Olmos. © 2009. 12 pages.
Web 2.0 technologies are playing an important role in building social capital through increasing flows of information, and building on knowledge and human capacity of learning....
Exploring Environmental Factors in Virtual Teams
Teresa Torres-Coronas. © 2008. 6 pages.
In today’s competitive business world, global competition forces companies to continually seek ways of improving their products/services. The hypercompetitive business...
Improving Virtual Teams through Creativity
Teresa Torres-Coronas, Mila Gasco-Hernandez. © 2008. 8 pages.
Many studies have already shown how a team can become more creative, and therefore more efficient, but only a few researchers have focused on how a virtual team can use...
Higher Creativity for Virtual Teams: Developing Platforms for Co-Creation
Steven P. MacGregor, Teresa Torres-Coronas. © 2007. 376 pages.
Advances in information communication technology tools are set against a backdrop of globalizing industries and markets, and international mergers, takeovers, and alliances...
e-Human Resources Management: Managing Knowledge People
Teresa Torres-Coronas, Mario Arias-Oliva. © 2005. 279 pages.
Interactive systems are growing in the last decade because of the amount of fields in which this kind of application can be used as a test bed to experiment in medicine...
International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education (IJICTE)
David D. Carbonara. Est. 2005.
Ask any teacher at any level of education – technology engages learners and animates their imagination. Technology stimulates minds in ways that make a profound and lasting...
Exploring the Virtual Learning Environment
Teresa Torres-Coronas. © 2005. 6 pages.
Education has traditionally been conducted face-to-face, with professors performing outstanding magisterial classes in front of the learners. During the centuries, students and...
Improving Virtual Teams through Creativity
Teresa Torres-Coronas, Mila Gasco-Hernandez. © 2005. 6 pages.
Many studies have already shown how a team can become more creative, and therefore more efficient, but only a few researchers have focused on how a virtual team can use...
Virtual Teams and their Search for Creativity
Mila Gasco-Hernandez, Teresa Torres-Coronas. © 2004. 19 pages.
In this chapter, we examine the differences in processes and results when creativity techniques are used in the management of traditional and virtual teams. To do this, we...