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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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The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship seeks to explain the fundamentals and consequences of entrepreneurship with respect to economic performance. This paper uses the knowledge spillover theory to explain different innovation outcomes. We hypothesize that a high rate of...
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The aim of the present short paper is to show that since the 1970s the world has changed considerably, and that this change has had consequences for the current policy debate on the determinants of economic growth. Our paper deals with some aspects of the recent scientific literature on the...
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Recent empirical studies in regional science and urban economics show that agglomeration economies may be one source of the uneven distribution of economic activities and economic growth across cities and regions. At the same time, the body of research into the importance of agglomeration...
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trust can be viable in markets. The emergence and breakdown of trust is modeled in a context of multiple buyers and … suppliers. Agents adapt their trust in a partner, the weight they attach to trust relative to profitability, and their own … trustworthiness, modeled as a threshold of defection. Adaptation occurs on the basis of realized profit. Trust turns out to be viable …
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incorporates learning and trust. The paper identifies two kinds of relational risk: hold-up and spillover. For the governance of … relations, i.e. the control of relational risk, it develops a box of instruments which includes trust, next to instruments …
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designs do not suffice in attenuating opportunism and have to be complemented by trust building. Drawing on insights from … by a principle of enlightened self-interest, trust is built via mutual relational signalling. Partners voluntarily and … design embedded in an institutional environment and atmosphere is a necessary flank for a trust building process to work …
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the development of intra-organisational 'trust'. The potential for mutually complementary linkages between the two are … clear, in theory at least: partnership, as defined here, should produce, nurture and enhance levels of interpersonal trust … inside organisations, while in turn trust, as defined here, legitimates and helps reinforce an organisation's 'partnership …
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In this article, we discuss the evolution of trust, distrust, and formal coordination and control in … interorganizational relationships. We suggest that the degrees to which managers trust and distrust their partners during initial stages … derives from the impact of trust and distrust on: (1) formal coordination and control; (2) interorganizational performance …
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, the article presents a set of instruments that includes trust, next to instruments adopted and adapted from TCE. It also …
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