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Open Innovation Clusters: The Case of Cova da Beira Region (Portugal)
Leitão, João - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
. Furthermore, it aims to present a normative model for networking knowledge clusters, that is, traditional clusters that are … emergent clusters that include Bioscience, Biotechnology, Multimedia, Tourism, Health, and Knowledge. In this paper, the basic … framework about clusters was expanded, taking as reference the studies of Porter (1985, 1990, 1998, 2005), Feldman (1994 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616717
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Determinants of Enterprise Development Among Women Entrepreneurs
Ahuja, Anita - 2020
Entrepreneurship in the recent times has gained utmost importance while emerging as the major ingredient for economic development. An entrepreneur has been an important factor in the studies related to growth, production or distribution throughout the globe. Women entrepreneurship offers the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012825661
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Entrepreneurial Orientation and Small Business Performance : The Role of Emergent Strategy
Kelly, Louise - 2014
The research on entrepreneurial orientation (EO) is undecided as to whether a specific EO improves firm performance. We considered EO in a different light by examining the role of emergent strategy. By considering entrepreneurial orientation as it is effected by emergent strategy, we found a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013048574
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The Influence of Vietnam’s Administrative Reform on Entrepreneurial Orientation in Micro-Enterprises
Thai, Mai Thi Thanh - 2013
Basing on the results of a face-to-face survey and secondary data from General Statistics Office of Vietnam, we found that the administration reform of Vietnam has had a positive impact on entrepreneurial orientation (EO) on all of its three dimensions, namely managerial perception, firm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014177171
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New Start-Up Firms among Swedish Patent Holders
Svensson, Roger - 2020
The purpose of this chapter is to describe and analyze how patents are commercialized and how the choice of commercialization mode affects performance. The emphasis is on patents that are commercialized in new start-up firms. However, throughout the chapter the new firm alternative will be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014095689
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Small-medium enterprise formation and Nigerian economic growth
Adeosun, Oluyemi Theophilus; Shittu, Ayodele Ibrahim - In: Review of economics and political science : REPS 7 (2022) 4, pp. 286-301
Purpose This study examines the nexus between entrepreneurship through small-medium enterprise (SME) business formation and the growth of the Nigerian economy. Furthermore, this paper seeks to explore the link between small enterprise development and econo. Design/methodology/approach The paper...
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Small Business Creation and Entrepreneurship during Crisis : Insights from the Experiences of New Start-Ups in the Philippines during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Francisco, Jamil Paolo; Romero, Regina Yvette; … - 2023
Using data from in-depth interviews with owner-managers of small firms in the Philippines, we studied the entrepreneurial process experienced by nascent entrepreneurs in starting new businesses during the pandemic. We examined the effects of the developing pandemic crisis on both the nascent...
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Entrepreneurial orientation, strategic networking, and Croatian SMEs performance : a configurational approach
Milovanović, Bojan Morić; Bubaš, Zoran; Mikić, Mihaela - In: Business systems research : a system view accross … 12 (2021) 2, pp. 236-252
Background: Many studies on entrepreneurship indicate an affirmative entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and small firm performance interrelationship. However, the empirical results are inconclusive, especially when firms face certain contingencies. Objectives: Strategic networking and...
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Linking intangible resources and entrepreneurial orientation to export performance : the mediating effect of dynamic capabilities
Monteiro, Albertina Paula; Soares, Ana Maria; Rua, … - In: Journal of innovation & knowledge : JIK 4 (2019) 3, pp. 179-187
This study investigates the effect of intangible resources and entrepreneurial orientation in export performance, by examining the mediating effect of dynamic capabilities. A framework of export antecedents is developed and empirically tested. A survey of 265 Portuguese exporting companies shows...
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Doing business and inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2018
Purpose - This study examines how doing business affects inclusive human development in 48 sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2000-2012. Design/methodology/approach - The measurement of inclusive human development encompasses both absolute pro-poor and relative pro-poor concepts of inclusive...
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