The paper critically reviews various definitions, parameters, and models of measuring the degree of internationalisation of companies. It suggests some new elements to be included in such studies in the future.

This study analyzes the use of design and the position of the design function in Finnish manufacturing firms. We also study the impact of design on companies business performance. The paper is based on a survey directed to the member companies of the Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK) in...

Patents form a central pathway for capturing the value of intangible assets in a knowledge-intensive business. Patents can potentially generate and support earnings in two ways : they can be traded or licensed out, and they can provide critical protection for core production technologies or...

This paper explores and explains the emergence and growth of new firms in the knowledge economy. The resource-based view, capabilities approach, and evolutionary economics are used as a foundation for a developmental approach. The development of the firm is conceptualized in terms of processes...

Mergers and acquisitions have become essential strengths of the firm strategy. The process perspective aims for best value creation during the integration process. Applied to symbiotic case studies,the proposed research is to study the contribution of management accounting to the process...

Unternehmensgruendungen allgemein und innovative Unternehmensgruendungen im Besonderen werden oft als Hoffnungstraeger der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung angesehen. Damit innovative Neugruendungen jedoch erfolgreich am Markt agieren können, muessen sie typische Probleme ueberwinden, die sich aus...

Economic sociologists lack coherent theories concerning how ethical disputes arise within economic life, and what effects their management has on organizational performance. Using formal codes of ethics within firms as its disciplined focus, we can develop a preliminary conceptualization of...

El actual y creciente inter‚s por el capital intelectual, la diversidad conceptual existente en la parametrizaci¢n del mismo, la constataci¢n de su relevancia a la hora de valorar adecuadamente un negocio, as¡ como el incipiente y parcial estado de la investigaci¢n emp¡rica en nuestro...

The managerial structures need a powerful instrument for measuring, monitoring and tracking down the key business processes. Under harsh competitive conditions, managers are now forced to solve complex problems, often not sufficiently clearly- defined, which have multiple-planned implications....