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What is the Performance of Incubators? The Point of View of Coached Entrepreneurs
Arlotto, Jacques; Sahut, Jean-Michel; Teulon, Frédéric - HAL - 2011
This article examines the performance of incubators because their economic model implies constantly finding external … sources of financing. In order to evaluate the performance of incubators in France, we questioned 404 entrepreneurs in 80 … its director. This fact can explain important variations of performance between incubators. …
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Think Global, invest responsible: why the private equity industry goes green
Crifo, Patricia; Forget, Vanina - HAL - 2012
The growth of socially responsible investment on public financial markets has drawn considerable academic attention over the last decade. Discarding from previous literature, this paper sets up to analyze the Private Equity channel, which is shown to have the potentiality to foster sustainable...
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Hybrid vehicles: a temporary step
Chanaron, Jean-Jacques; Teske, Julius - HAL - 2007
The presented paper discusses the diffusion of hybrid electric technology in vehicles. It is put into question whether the current strong acceptance of the technology especially by US consumers is of sustainable nature. Therefore, different variables influencing the diffusion of the technology...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010549102
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The World upside down, China's R&D and innovation strategy
Fabre, Guilhem; Grumbach, Stephane - HAL - 2012
societal upgrade. The Chinese authorities have designed an innovation strategy to face new economic and social challenges. The … perspective explaining the legacy of the past in today's choices. In the second part, we illustrate China's catching up strategy …
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Logistics Performance of Actors in the Wine Supply Chain
Chandes, Jerôme; Estampe, Dominique - HAL - 2003
In an environment marked by ever-greater international competition, wine sector companies have been seriously questioning the structure of their entire logistics chain. This is due to the emergence of new actors (i.e., large retailers); the diversification of service providers' product offers;...
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Russia's external debt and ways of repayment/ Внешняя задолженность России и пути ее погашения
Mayorova, Natalia - HAL - 2010
The author raises the problem of Russia's government debt and provides solutions for repayment. The situation requires constant monitoring. There is a need to change government debt management policy, to stricken procedures of public financial management, to use loans for manufacture and social...
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Aligning Strategies for Growth and Talent Management in Creative Professional Service Firms
Canavan, Deirdre; Scott, Pamela Sharkey; Mangematin, Vincent - HAL - 2012
are critical to firm performance. This reliance on individual talent and motivation renders creative firms highly … talents are aligned with a firm's strategy, our review of the literature suggests that theory fails firstly to identify how … human resource management that are meaningful for business performance is required (Harris, Craig, and Light, 2011) to help …
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Underpinning Strategic Behaviours and Posture of Principal Investigators in Transition/Uncertain Environments
O'kane, Conor; Cunningham, James; Mangematin, Vincent - HAL - 2012
Although principal investigators (PIs) are becoming key strategic actors in shaping new scientific trajectories, little is known about how they strategise in an evolving publicly funded research environment. Drawing on thirty interviews and extensive documentation from Ireland's science,...
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Are There Myths on Road Impact and Transport in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Beuran, Monica; Gachassin, Marie Castaing; Raballand, Gaël - HAL - 2013
few of these countries have actually ammended their investments strategy. In many cases, there seems to be a preference …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011025548
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University Technology Transfer offices : the search for identity to build legimacy
O'kane, Conor; Mangematin, Vincent; Geoghegan, Will; … - HAL - 2014
Technology transfer offices (TTOs) are of strategic importance to universities committed to the commercialization of academic knowledge. Within the university, TTOs' relationship with academics and management is single agent-multiple principal. When two principals exist in an agency...
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