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entrepreneurship with respect to economic performance. This paper uses the knowledge spillover theory to explain different innovation … entrepreneurship in the process of the commercialization of knowledge. We discuss the implications for entrepreneurship and innovation …The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship seeks to explain the fundamentals and consequences of …
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The study provides theoretical insights and empirical evidence on the emergence of different types and degrees of entrepreneurial innovativeness. The results suggest that entrepreneurial innovativeness depends both on individual factors and on the environment in which the individual lives. In...
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Social networks matter in the innovation processes of young and small firms, since ‘innovation does not exist in a … vacuum (Van De Ven, 1986: 601).’ The contacts a firm has could both generate advantages for further innovation and growth … to either the internal sources or the external contacts to trigger innovation. And when a conclusive study has been …
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In an attempt at a systematic theory of entrepreneurship, this paper connects various literatures, from economics and … business. In economics, there are many notions of entrepreneurship, some of which seem to contradict each other. For example …, there are notions of entrepreneurship as an equilibrating and as a disequilibrating force. In this paper, these differences …
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African nations opportunities to diminish their international isolation as tourism destinations. The present analysis examines … a sample of almost 450 tourism websites representing Rwanda, Uganda and Mozambique. Two aspects are studied in ….e. the projected destination image and opportunities to bridge the main supplier-consumer gaps in the global tourism value …
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This study contributes to the retail adoption literature by explicitly focusing on the role of both profit-related and relationship variables in explaining new product adoption decisions by retailers, instead of considering either one of these groups of variables in isolation as has been done by...
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Distributors, across sectors and countries, are faced by the threat of disintermediation. In many industries, horizontal consolidation and advances in information technology have made it easier for manufacturers to bypass distributors and do business directly with consumers. Distributors have...
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We examine the effect of relational constructs, such as satisfaction, trust and commitment on relationship performance (that is, positive word-of-mouth communication and the margin provided by each customer) of customers of an insurance company. A central issue concerns the effect of duration on...
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Innovation offers many opportunities for corporations. That is beyond dispute. The only question is how to make the … most of them. In this lecture, I show what the process of innovation entails; I give examples of successful and failed … management of the innovation process and the organisation of system innovation. Research findings show how companies can improve …
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entrepreneurship with its potential to set the economy on a higher growth path by supplying the products which consumers need and want …
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