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Creating strategic advantage through entrepreneurial governance in new ventures
Audretsch, David B.; Lehmann, Erik E.; Plummer, Lawrence A. - 2007
An important literature has made a fundamental link between corporate governance and corporate strategy. According to agency theory, assigning managers stock options aligns their interests with the interests of the owners of the firm. This paper suggests that this may not apply in the context of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263845
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Knowledge hubs and knowledge clusters : designing a knowledge architecture for development
Evers, Hans-Dieter - 2008
decrease the relevance of location by creating knowledge clusters and knowledge hubs. A knowledge cluster is a local innovation …With globalisation and knowledge-based production, firms may cooperate on a global scale, outsource parts of their … knowledge seem to invalidate the theory of agglomeration and the spatial clustering of firms, going back to the classical work …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010206387
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Penetrating the "Knowledge Filter" in Regional Economies
Plummer, Lawrence A.; Ács, Zoltán J. - 2004
New knowledge in the form of products, processes and organizations leads to opportunities that can be exploited … commercially. However, converting new ideas into economic growth requires turning new knowledge into economic knowledge that … "knowledge filter" between new knowledge and economic knowledge and identifies both new ventures and incumbent firms as the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271747
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Creating Strategic Advantage through Entrepreneurial Governance in New Ventures
Audretsch, David B.; Lehmann, Erik E.; Plummer, Lawrence A. - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
An important literature has made a fundamental link between corporate governance and corporate strategy. According to agency theory, assigning managers stock options aligns their interests with the interests of the owners of the firm. This paper suggests that this may not apply in the context of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005090583
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The symbolic universe of Cyberjaya, Malaysia
Evers, Hans-Dieter; Nordin, Ramli - 2012
Malay identity in the construction of the recently founded knowledge city of Cyberjaya, part of the flagship Multimedia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327419
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What is an Entrepreneurial Opportunity?
McMullen, Jeffery S.; Plummer, Lawrence A.; Ács, Zoltán J. - 2007
What an entrepreneurial opportunity is and from whence it comes are important issues for understanding how markets function and come into being. In addition to describing the forum held on the topic and summarizing the contributions of the articles that appear in the special issue, this article...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271766
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Where would you turn for help? Older adults' knowledge and awareness of community support services
Denton, Margaret; Ploeg, Jenny; Tindale, Joseph; … - 2009
Community support services (CSSs) enable persons coping with health or social problems to maintain the highest possible level of social functioning and quality of life. Access to these services is challenging because of the multiplicity of small agencies providing these services and the lack of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289653
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Where would you turn for help? Older adults' awareness of community health and support services for dementia care
Denton, Margaret; Ploeg, Jenny; Tindale, Joseph; … - 2010
Previous findings on older adults' awareness of community support services (CSSs) have been inconsistent and marred by acquiescence or over-claiming bias. To address this issue, this study used a series of 12 vignettes to describe common situations faced by older adults for which CSSs might be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289658
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Governing knowledge for development : knowledge clusters in Brunei Darussalam and Malaysia
Ariff, Syamimi; Evers, Hans-Dieter; Banyouko Ndah, Anthony - 2014
Malaysia have to re-adjust their development strategies. Governing knowledge for development (K4D) is seen as a way out of the … dilemma of reduced revenues from natural resources. This paper analyses the attempts to create knowledge clusters as a … strategy to move Brunei and Malaysia towards knowledge-based economies. Our study shows that several knowledge clusters have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260377
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The symbolic universe of Cyberjaya, Malaysia
Evers, Hans-Dieter; Nordin, Ramli - 2012
Malay identity in the construction of the recently founded knowledge city of Cyberjaya, part of the flagship Multimedia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010209962