Much recent work has focused on the influence of social capital on innovative outcomes. Little research has been done on disadvantaged groups who were often restricted from participation in social networks that provide information necessary for invention and innovation. Unique new data on...

In international entrepreneurship literature, entrepreneurs moving across borders have received less attention than other entrepreneurs. Also, only scant attention has been paid to immigrant entrepreneurs’ contributions to their organizations. This paper aims to contribute to the emerging...

Lean Transformation and Innovation have both been touted as strategies that are essential to the long-term survival of organizations. The question of whether the two approaches can be used simultaneously remains unanswered. This paper is the first step at deriving a theory of lean systems of...

In diesem Beitrag wird das Betriebliche Vorschlagswesen aus einer politikorientierten Perspektive analysiert. Kern dieser Perspektive ist die Auffassung von Organisationen als interessenpluralistische Gebilde und als Herrschaftsgebilde. Vor diesem Hintergrund werden die Rahmenbedingungen des...

Innovation is an important source of growth for many companies. It is also challenging, as it may require that the companies build a new position in the supply chain. The literature is devoid of analysis of different ways to build such positions in the construction industry. The purpose here is...

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Our study examines the empirical link between the naturalization of immigrants and their subsequent employment status in France from 1968 to 1999. For that purpose, we use longitudinal data coming from a panel dataset which follows almost 1% of the French population from 1968 to 1999 through...