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Michelin is discussed. The influence of prior training with systematic problem solving method TRIZ, on the innovation team, is … assessed using a questionnaire. The questionnaire is based on a company innovation audit model proposed by Mann and influenced … by the creativity model of Baille. Results are discussed which show significant innovation development when using TRIZ …
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Human Resource Management (HRM) research, theory and practice overwhelming views the staffing of firms as a series of discrete functional activities, such as recruitment, selection and training. In this study, we investigate how organisation theory, specifically transaction cost economics (TCE),...
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The aim of this paper is to provide a better understanding of the evolution of small firm performance. We do so by studying performance changes on a two dimensional "growth– profitability performance space". It is well established that both growth and profitability are important dimensions of...
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Bruin, Brush & Welter 2006), particularly to highly successful "gazelle" entrepreneurs. Extant female entrepreneurship … entrepreneurship that take into account the role of culture (Hayton, George & Zahra, 2002) and are of a qualitative nature (Gartner … entrepreneurship in Thailand. Next, we describe relational theory in the context of female entrepreneurship, paying particular …
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include: missing arenas for entrepreneurship in the care sectors and for household-related services, taxation of …
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Although scholars have long recognized the increased mortality risk that new ventures face in terms of a "liability of newness," most of the discussion around this risk has been in terms of the contextual constraints that new ventures face and the difficulties that managers have in overcoming...
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understanding of disruptive innovation and guidance for practitioners. It was found that funding decisions are mainly constrained by …
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Real options valuation (ROV) has recently been proposed as a promising solution to the deficiencies of traditional valuation methods when facing risky technology investments or ventures. Indeed ?real option thinking? - the managerial flexibility to capitalise on opportunities when they arise...
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innovation. Simultaneously, economic development policy itself is increasingly focused on small and medium-sized enterprises … innovation creation and dissemination. This paper examines issues arising from these developments and relating to the key …
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Principal topic: Is habitual entrepreneurship different? Answering this is important to the field, however there is … entrepreneurship may be motivated by a desire for growth. While idea driven motivations might not delineate a distinction during … finding informs practitioners considering entrepreneurship for the first time. …
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