How did Japanese companies, technology-supporting organizations, and governments reformulate organizational strategies, industrial structures, and institutions to revive Japanese high-tech industries in the 1990s? This book takes a comprehensive look at this question by integrating the fields of...

Gorazd Ocvirk creates a comprehensive model for the strategic management of market niches, and provides a framework for the construction of a strategic management theory of market niches. Based on the current state of research on the niche topic within, strategic management has many niche...

Reason Why: Wie Lebensstile das Verhalten von Konsumenten beeinflussen -- Cocooning: Unser Zuhause als digitales Lifestyle-Drehkreuz -- Neo-Nomadismus: Digital – multilingual – global -- Minimalismus: Wenn weniger mehr wird -- Slow Living: Schluss mit High-Speed -- Freecycling: Geschenke...

Angaben zu Umschlag (U4) Dieses essential beschreibt Strategien und Voraussetzungen für eine gründliche Vorbereitung und zielgerichtete Umsetzung von Internationalisierungsvorhaben von Start-ups. Es gibt jungen und wachstumsorientierten Unternehmen Tipps für die Entwicklung einer...

Over the last decades, mass-tourism and the emergence of the holiday package have transformed recreational travel from a ‘luxury for the few’ to a ‘commodity for the many’. The ever-increasing demand for individuality, enabled by information technologies and the internet, has given rise...

This collection of expert articles explores the development drivers of new technology-based firms and projects. It provides perspectives for an in-depth understanding of how technological inventions lead to the creation of new and sustainable companies or business units. The authors address...

This monograph provides theoretical and practical perspectives on competency management as a key resource for producing competitive products. The authors develop and substantiate a law of dependence between competencies and emergence of new markets, and describe the practical aspects of...

This book explores startups that have thrived against the odds in places where startup success was deemed to be unlikely. Discussing a number of technology startups from around the world that have succeeded without state backing nor local venture and seed capital, Black Swan Start Ups provides...

This book focuses on the theory and practice involved in the management of innovative activities that enhance the competitiveness of enterprises, industries and economies. It presents a multi-criteria approach to the problem of selecting effective innovative projects and innovative technologies...

This book is published under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license. The editors present essential methods and tools to support a holistic approach to the challenge of system upgrades and innovation in the context of high-value products and services. The approach presented here is based on three main pillars:...