Organisation des Einkaufs -- Interkulturelle Kommunikation -- Nachhaltigkeit -- Preisgestaltung -- Liefer- und Zahlungsbedingungen -- Dokumente -- Qualitäts- und Lieferüberwachung -- Verzollung -- Sonderregelungen -- Spezielle Abkommen.

Die Markt- und Branchenlandschaft hat sich in den letzten Jahren stark verändert: Ein Megatrend jagt den nächsten, die Wettbewerbsdichte erhöht sich stetig. Die Unternehmensvernetzung wird zunehmend relevant und es ist zu vermuten, dass Kooperationen mit Start-up-Unternehmen einen...

Nadine Scholz shows that crowdfunding potentially shortens the development cycle of new products, thus enabling an earlier market entry. Hence, crowdfunding serves as a multifaceted early-stage support instrument for innovation implementation facilitated by the crowd's resources. It not only...

A History of Entreprenership and Small Business Research -- The Roots of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research -- The Emergence of an Academic Field -- The International Picture -- Pioneers—the Individuals who Created the Field -- Pioneers — Micro-level Analysis -- David Birch --...

1 Taiwan's Economic Development: The Role of Entrepreneurship and its Incubating Factors (with Ho-Don Yan and Shan-Yu Chen) -- 2 A Model of a Small Family Business in Taiwan -- 3 Uncertainty, Learning and Error Elimination: Taiwanese Entrepreneurs in Mainland China -- 4 Taiwan's Entrepreneurs...

On April 5, 2012, President Barack Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, better known as the JOBS Act. The act is designed to “reopen American capital markets to small companies,” defined in the act as Emerging Growth Companies. This is one of the most significant legislative...

Introductory Note.- Business and Entrepreneurship. Chapter 1: Factors Affecting the Performance of Small Business Start-ups under Tunas Mekar Programme.- Chapter 2: A Study on the Relationship between Fun at Work and Work Engagement.- Chapter 3: The Mediating Effect of Family Support in...

Relevante Unterschiede zwischen Wachstumsunternehmen und etablierten Unternehmen -- Wesentliche Grundlagen und Elemente von Lean Startup -- Ausgewählte Ergebnisse einer Expertenbefragung -- Handlungsempfehlungen für die Anwendung von Lean Startup in Konzernen und Mittelstandsunternehmen.

This volume discusses the challenge of dealing with complexity in entrepreneurship, innovation and technology research. Businesses as well as entire economies are increasingly being confronted by widespread complex systems. Fields such as entrepreneurship and innovation cannot ignore this...