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innovations. While past typologies of innovation networking were defined at the level of firms or industries, the purpose of this … 594 innovations in Dutch small firms, cluster analysis is applied to develop a typology of networking patterns for … innovation in small firms. Findings – In total, six patterns of innovation networking were identified: supplier‐based, customer …
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adjoining rural county of Peonia, sets out to explore the processes of subcontracting and production networking. Aims to …
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benchmarking. The cycle of success, which includes the strategies of networking, benchmarking, mentoring and continuous improvement …
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The issue of quality remains an integral feature of the discourse on small firm development. Unfortunately, two potentially conflicting approaches to this issue are evident. There is the essentially prescriptive “consultancy” school which often provides technical solutions uninformed by...
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Adopting an entrepreneurial orientation is accepted as strategy through which to improve the performance of small firms. The management of innovation literature indicates that firms seeking to survive in rapidly changing and/or highly competitive markets are being advised to consider...
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theories of networking, creativity, opportunity recognition and word of mouth marketing are much more valid in terms of their …
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The entrepreneurial marketing paradigm is open to several interpretations. One such is that we should consider, in particular, the behaviour of small firms, and in particular, small entrepreneurial firms; another interpretation is to argue for the building of a completely new, and substantive,...
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organisational networking and cultural organising in the workplace. A network perspective is presented in order to evaluate the ways … networking is proposed which emphasises how individuals attribute value and meaning to the interactions they have with co …
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There has been little research on the processes of providing support to new firm entrepreneurs, and little evaluation of the provision of support to existing small firm entrepreneurs through advice, counselling or consultancy. Despite this lack of research, support for new firm entrepreneurs has...
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