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What Turns Knowledge into Innovative Products? The Role of Entrepreneurship and Knowledge Spillovers
Block, Joern H.; Thurik, Roy; Zhou, Zhou, H. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2009
entrepreneurship with respect to economic performance. This paper uses the knowledge spillover theory to explain different innovation …-to-the-market innovation but has no effect on the relationship between knowledge and new-to-the-firm innovation. Our results using European … chances that knowledge will become new-to-the-market innovation. The findings highlight the importance of Schumpeterian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010730854
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The Locus of Innovation in Small and Medium-sized Firms: The Importance of Social Capital and Networking in Innovative Entrepreneurship
Hulsink, Hulsink, W.; Elfring, Elfring, T.; Stam, Stam, W. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731467
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Exploring retailers' sensitivity to local sustainability policies
Quak, Quak, H.J.; de Koster, de Koster, M.B.M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2005
Local governments in Western Europe increasingly use city time-access regulations to improve social sustainibility. These regulations significantly influence the distribution process of retail chain organizations. This paper studies the impact of governmental timewindow pressure on retailers’...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731008
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Commitment or Control? Human Resource Management Practices in Female and Male-Led Businesses
Verheul, Ingrid - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007
This paper investigates the commitment-orientation of HRM practices in female- and male-led firms. A distinction is made between emphasizing commitment or control in the design of HRM practices. To test for gender differences use is made of a sample of 555 Dutch firms. Contrary to what is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731345
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Stages Of Discovery And Entrepreneurship
Nooteboom, Bart - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2003
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010837547
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The Environmental Gains of Remanufacturing: Evidence from the Computer and Mobile Industry
Bloemhof-Ruwaard, Jacqueline Bloemhof; Quariguasi Frota … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2009
Remanufacturing has long been perceived as an environmentally-friendly initiative. The question of how remanufacturing moderates the relation between environmental impact and economic returns is still unanswered, however. In this paper, we focus our attention on the electronics industry. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731232
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Sustainable Passenger Transportation: Dynamic Ride-Sharing
Agatz, Agatz, N.A.H.; Erera, Erera, A.; Savelsbergh, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2010
Ride-share systems, which aim to bring together travelers with similar itineraries and time schedules, may provide significant societal and environmental benefits by reducing the number of cars used for personal travel and improving the utilization of available seat capacity. Effective and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731418
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Eco-innovations in the business practice of the companies traded on the Warsaw Stock Exchange - an overview of selected results
Janik, Bogna; Kolodziejczyk, Krzysztof - 2015
expenditure on eco-innovative activities as well as the instruments measuring the influence of eco-innovation. The analysis of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012232339
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The Conceptualization of an Innovative Business Model - the Case of a Technology Enterprise
Badzinska, Ewa - 2017
The complexity and dynamic changes of external conditions necessary for enterprises to function and increased competition in the local and global markets impose constant search for the most effective business model for the development of organizations. Its accurate identification and measurement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012232496
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Unemployment Benefits Crowd Out Nascent Entrepreneurial Activity
Koellinger, Philipp; Minniti, Minniti, M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008
Analyzing a cross-country panel of 16 OECD countries from 2002 to 2005, we find that higher unemployment benefits crowd out nascent entrepreneurial activity. Our results hold regardless of entrepreneurial motivation (necessity or opportunity) and entrepreneurial type (imitative or innovative).
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010837508