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Entrepreneurial Orientation In Management Buy-Outs And The Contribution Of Venture Capital

Bruining, J.; Wright, D.M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2002

This paper focuses on the development of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) after a management buy-out (MBO) and on the role played by venture capital firms in enhancing EO. It presents results of two exploratory case studies of divisional buy-outs with regard to their EO and the areas where the...

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Problems and Solutions in Knowledge Transfer

Nooteboom, B. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2001

A central feature of innovation systems is that innovation arises from interaction between organizational units. This requires 'cognitive distance' that is sufficiently large to yield novelty of combinations, but not too large for mutual understanding. Two problems and solutions in the transfer...

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Rethinking the Dutch Innovation Agenda: Management and Organization Matter Most

Volberda, H.W.; Bosch, F.A.J. van den - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2004

context to foster entrepreneurship and innovation (internal selection environment). Governmental agencies have to focus on …

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On and off the beaten path: How individuals broker knowledge through formal and informal networks

Aalbers, R.; Dolfsma, W.A.; Koppius, O.R. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2004

Although informal networks are often emphasized as facilitating knowledge transfer, we use network data obtained from a multi-unit high-tech firm to show that the formal network also significantly contributes to inter-unit knowledge transfer. Individuals centrally placed in a network are, in...

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Science and Technology-based Regional Entrepreneurship in the Netherlands: Building Support Structures for Business Creation and Growth Entrepreneurship

Hulsink, W.; Suddle, K.; Hessels, S.J.A. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2008

the intermediate subnational and sectoral levels to analysing science- and technology-based regional entrepreneurship in … countryâ€™s general entrepreneurship policy, and the most important policy and support initiatives are subsequently discussed … that the Netherlands lags behind other countries when it comes to innovative entrepreneurship, various changes and …

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Moving in Social Circles â€“ Social Circle Membership and Performance Implications

Verbeke, W.J.M.I.; Wuyts, S.H.K. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2006

We investigate social circles in intra-firm settings. First, we argue that social circles are inhabited by individuals whose attitudes display fit with the objectives of the social circle rather than more self-centered instrumentalism or calculation. For a test of this hypothesis, we distinguish...

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Logistics Information and Knowledge Management Issues in Humanitarian Aid Organizations

Laan, E.A. van der; Brito, M.P. de; Vermaesen, S.C. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2007

In this paper, we assess the need for logistics information and knowledge management in humanitarian aid organizations. To do so, we combine literature sources with an extensive case study that we conducted at MÃ©decins sans FrontiÃ¨resâ€“Holland, which is following a trajectory to...

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Measures of Pleasures

Magala, S.J. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2002

Measuring culture originated in cultural anthropology, but all social sciences contributed to comparative cultural studies. Tracing critical approaches towards a measurement of cultural values one is bound to strip the biases and stereotypes bare and to invade numerous academic fiefs. Hofstede...

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Project Selection Directed By Intellectual Capital Scorecards

Daniels, H.A.M.; Jonge, B. de - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2003

Management of intellectual capital is an important issue in knowledge intensive organizations. Part of this is the composition of the optimal project portfolio the organization will carry out in the future. Standard methods that guide this process mostly focus on project selection on the basis...

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Knowledge Management in the SME and its Relationship to Strategy, Family Orientation and Organization Learning

Zhou, H.; Uhlaner, L.M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2009

In this study, we examine the prevalence of different KM practices and the organizational determinants of KM among SMEs by conducting a quantitative study of empirical data from nearly 500 Dutch SMEs. Our empirical results show that knowledge is managed in a people-based approach in SMEs. SMEs...

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