In the United States, as in most industrialized nations, aggregate technological advancement declined during the 1970s and early 1980s. The U.S. Congress was quick to respond to this down turn by passing a number of technology- and innovation-related initiatives, one of which was the National...

In the absence of correlation between net wealth and entrepreneurial talent or risk aversion, net wealth should have an explanatory power in the decision of becoming entrepreneurs only for households that are financially constrained. Further, the importance of net wealth should be higher for the...

Mittels einer empirischen Untersuchung (n=208) bei Lüneburger Studierenden wird Ajzens 'Theory of Planned Behavior' - eine einschlägige Theorie zur Erklärung spezifischen Verhaltens- auf die Erklärung der individuellen Gründungsabsicht angewendet. Im Anschluss an die Darlegung des...

Growing supermarket dominance and the expansion of own-label market share in Australia has put considerable pressure on agri-food manufacturers, and the recent movement of a number of manufacturing operations off-shore has attracted widespread attention. This paper examines the pursuit of an...

The article reveals the essence of the studied problems of economic security of a strategic alliance. It proves expediency of its study in the context of interaction theories (micro-level theory of G. C. Homans, macro-level theory of P. M. Blau, interdependence theory of J. Thibaut and H....

This chapter attempts a step forward in seeking a richer understanding of the dynamics of strategic alliances, specifically when viewed from a cross-cultural perspective. We report selected materials from a study designed to build a theory of culture and learning in organizations based on...

Numerous cases of unsuccessful cause marketing partnerships are caused by nonprofits’ proclivity to modify their motive when pursuing optimal decisions. This study’s main goal is to determine if there exists a significant difference between nonprofit strategic decisions and motive under...

This study aims to investigate the critical debate in corporate governance research concerning the boundary of the efficacy of the corporate governance mechanism. With particular focus on a specific set of firms' primary stakeholders, strategic alliance partners, our research design facilitates...