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Empirical analysis of growth factors using Swedish data
Davidsson, Per; Kirchhoff, Bruce; Hatemi-J, Abdulnasser; … - 2002
Empirical research conducted on economic sectors in the U.S., Germany, Australia and Scotland has shown that factors such as age, size, location, legal form, and industry are related to business growth rates. Much of this research has focused on manufacturing firms thus providing little...
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Philo : PharmaInnovationsLotse ; ihr Weg zum erfolgreichen Open Innovation Management
Adelhelm, Silvia; Braun, Andreas; Müller, Elisabeth; … - 2011
Innovationsmanager in kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU) der Pharmaindustrie bei der Einführung des Open Innovation Managements zu … Berücksichtigung der Anforderungen von Pharma-KMU zu analysieren und (2) daraus abgeleitet ein Konzept zur Implementierung von Open … Innovation bei Pharma-KMU zu entwickeln.Der Ausgangspunkt des Projektes war die Erkenntnis, dass die Life Sciences-Branche im …
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Barriers to Innovation in SMEs: Can the Internationalization of R&D Mitigate their Effects?
Tiwari, Rajnish; Buse, Stephan - 2007
Technological advancements, especially in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have enhanced greatly the competition spurred by the globalization of the world economies. Even small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are no more immune to the challenges that the globalization brings...
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Wirkung föderaler Strukturen in der staatlichen Innovationsförderung ; Effects of federal structures on public innovation support
Becker, Lasse - 2015
Ländern erreicht dabei KMU als Unternehmen mit Problemen bei der Innovationstätigkeit signifikant besser als andere Ebenen …
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The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence: Rewarding World-Class Practices
Chakravorty, Satya S.; Atwater, J. Bryan; Herbert, James I. - 2008
Established in 1988, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence recognises organisations in the USA, Mexico and Canada …
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Determinants of the Relations between Transitory Earnings and CEO Cash Compensation in the USA
Asthana, Sharad; Ye, Zhongxia Shelly - 2007
effect). This study has practical implications for regulators, corporations and investors, both in the USA and abroad. …
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A study of outsourcing of premedia services to India by US companies
Nayak, Rahul P. - 2009
Offshore outsourcing continues to gain prominence as the printing industrystrides into the future. With different segments of the industry looking at reducingcosts and, in exchange providing value-added services, more companies turntowards outsourcing services offshore as a solution. Although it...
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Interpreting Performance in Research on Independent Entrepreneurship
Davidsson, Per - 2007
The performance of the often young and independent businesses studies in entrepreneurship research is not only difficult to assess (Brush & Vanderwerf, 1992) and hard to predict (Cooper, 1995), but also a challenge to interpret. Is discontinuation a sign of failure, and always a worse outcome...
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Intrapreneurship in Australian Firms
Fitsimmons, Jason R.; Douglas, Evan J.; Antoncic, Bostjan; … - 2004
This paper reports on the nature and extent of intrapreneurship (or corporate entrepreneurship) practiced by Australian businesses. We examined the relationship between measures of corporate entrepreneurship and firm growth and profitability, and utilized measures devised by earlier 3...
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Firm Size Expectations of Nascent Entrepreneurs
Delmar, Frederic; Davidsson, Per; Aronsson, Magnus - 1999
The purpose of this paper was to examine the factors affecting the future firm size expectations of nascent entrepreneurs. This was done by testing a decision model on a unique data set composed of a random sample of nascent entrepreneurs. The proposed model is based on four different components...
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