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Whilst internationally, the Mittelstand in Germany is admired and many countries try to emulate it, the current debate in Germany praises the Silicon Valley model of entrepreneurship, contrasting the Mittelstand as low-growth, low-tech and non-innovative - in short: as a hindrance to Germany's...
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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are known to contribute significantly to aggregate economic growth. However, little is known about the role played by management practices in SME growth since recession. We contribute to the literature on SME growth by analysing longitudinal...
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We examine the impact of management practices on firm performance among SMEs in Britain over the period 2011-2014, using a unique dataset which links survey data on management practices with firm performance data from the UK's official business register. We find that SMEs are less likely to use...
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treatment) and the context of the experimental setting (Context treatment, based on hygiene ratings). We find that complete … across the Consultation and Context treatments relative to the Baseline implying that naivety about hidden information is a …
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This paper argues that it is crucial to take account of both home and host country contexts in order adequately to understand their implications for Chinese enterprises investing into foreign countries. This calls for an analysis that is sensitive to both home and host country contexts, and that...
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, but consumers do not seem to perceive them as such, because they see apps through the "lens" of context. Thus, the context … derive val-ue from them. Therefore, this article sheds light on consumers' perception of apps and the role of context in … shaping this perception. Based on Yoo's (2010) framework of experiential computing, we develop a framework in which context is …
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Purpose: The paper aims to illustrate the main contributions of the context-gender discussion in entrepreneurship …/Methodology/Approach: The paper builds on the author’s extensive knowledge of the context-gender debate and on several recent overviews and … selective review of research on gendered contexts and women's entrepreneurship. Findings: The context-gender discussion has …
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Der Beitrag reagiert auf die Forderung von Welter (2011), der Vielfalt des Unternehmertums in theoretischen Zusammenhängen mehr Aufmerksamkeit zu schenken, indem er den Zusammenhang zwischen Orten und Unternehmertum beschreibt. Die Autoren untersuchen dabei mit Hilfe verschiedener Disziplinen...
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