"This book examines the best practices for increasing a company's competitiveness through the study of three strategic factors in business success: entrepreneurship, innovation, and internationalization"--

"This book contributes to the understanding, improving and strengthening of entrepreneurial development, and innovation's role in family businesses and SMEs by providing both theoretical and applied knowledge in order to find how and why entrepreneurship and innovation can produce inefficient...

"This book examines the best practices for increasing a company's competitiveness through the study of three strategic factors in business success: entrepreneurship, innovation, and internationalization"--

"This book contributes to the understanding, improving and strengthening of entrepreneurial development, and innovation's role in family businesses and SMEs by providing both theoretical and applied knowledge in order to find how and why entrepreneurship and innovation can produce inefficient...

Christoph Rose provides a broader differentiation of the perspective on family-owned companies. In contrast to several studies that merely discuss family-owned companies and non-family companies, his analysis is based on family influence, so the dominating heterogeneity of family-owned companies...

Identification of three key topics and research gaps in the literature on VBM in Mittelstand -- Framework for the evaluation of the role of VBM in Mittelstand -- Use of management tools in strategic decision-making -- Specific objectives and nuances in the overall target course -- Understanding...

Small and medium-sized firms are a prevalent organizational form in Germany. Their importance for the German economy is indisputable. Most of them are global market leaders in their niches and are considered to be a force for innovation in the German economy. The ability to be innovative in...

Using an incentivized measure of test for competition, this paper investigates whether this taste explains subsequent gender differences in earnings and industry choice in a sample of high-ability MBA graduates. We find that “competitive” individuals earn 9% more than their less competitive...