This study explores the relations between the different parts of headquarters (HQ) to which subsidiaries report and the knowledge-sharing patterns of subsidiaries in multinational corporations (MNCs). Despite the growing interest in the disaggregation of HQ, little is known about how...

This paper postulates a life cycle model of university entrepreneurialism at the national level. Based on the analysis, this paper identifies two fundamental sources of such entrepreneurialism: 1) the institutional anchoring of the university of a public-private hybrid form in organization and...

Detailed case study material illustrates why the performance of two British national champions (British Airways and British Telecom respectively) was superior to that of their German counterparts (Lufthansa and Deutsche Telekom): beyond just the effects of privatisation, both the airline and...

Wenngleich es heutzutage im Zeitalter der technologischen Konvergenz und Digitalisierung schwer ist, die Grenzen der Softwareindustrie genau festzulegen, soll im vorliegenden Beitrag versucht werden, das Profil des deutschen Softwaresektors unter drei verschiedenen Gesichtspunkten zu bestimmen:...