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Embeddedness of entrepreneurs in rural areas : a comparative rough set data analysis
Akgün, Aliye Ahu; Nijkamp, Peter; Baycan Levent, Tüzin; … - 2009
This study aims to identify the critical factor(s) that determine the embeddedness level (EL) of rural entrepreneurs …. In order to achieve this aim, existing applied studies on the embeddedness of entrepreneurs undertaken in different rural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011378338
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Rural entrepreneurship and Innovation : some successful women's initiatives
Pato, Lúcia - 2015
Although rural entrepreneurship is an emergent field of study and has emerged as one of the most noticeable ways to promote rural development, the few studies concerning the theme are still incipient. Moreover, a lot of studies focus on farmers and rural entrepreneurs as a whole and little...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011477029
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Corruption perceptions and entrepreneurial intentions in a transitional context : the case of rural Bulgaria
Traikova, Diana; Manolova, Tatiana S.; Möllers, Judith; … - 2017
In this study, we augment Ajzen’s Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) with an institutional embeddedness logic to develop …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011815309
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How to identify social ties in innovation partnerships? : the case of French science-industry collaborations
Ferru, Marie; Grossetti, Michel; Bès, Marie-Pierre - 2011
Social embeddedness appears to be a promising way to analyze knowledge collaborations, notably to better understand … notion exist. When studying the formation of these partnerships, authors have underlined the embeddedness of innovators in … (Ponomariov, Boardman, 2010 ; Eom, Lee, 2010), but few have integrated both relational and institutional forms of embeddedness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011539302
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Soziale Innovationen : wer beteiligt sich an der Bewältigung gesellschaftlicher Herausforderungen?
Terstriep, Judith - 2016
Die Zivilgesellschaft in Form von NGOs/NPOs, öffentliche Einrichtungen und private Unternehmen sind die am häufigsten beteiligten Akteure in sozialen Innovationen und bilden den inneren Kern, der diese initiiert und realisiert. Forschungs- und Bildungseinrichtungen (z.B. Hochschulen)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011528461
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Territorial context in the research on the EU cohesion : one-speed or multi-speed Europe?
Sokołowicz, Mariusz E. - 2011
Every European Union enlargement has deepened economical divergence between member states and their regions. However, the economic aspect of this issue is only a part of a broad scope of reasons of its internal diversity, including also social, cultural or cognitive dimensions. The history of so...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011530566
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Brokers and the earnings of female sex workers in India
Brady, David; Biradavolu, Monica R.; Blankenship, Kim M. - 2015
female sex workers. Building on research on the informal economy and sex work, we formulate a positive embeddedness …, the results support the exploitation hypothesis. We conclude by encouraging the refinement of theories of embeddedness and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012035077
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Collapse of an online social network : the blame on social capital
Lőrincz, László; Koltai, Júlia; Győr, Anna Fruzsina; … - 2017
The rise and popularity of online social networks is a recent phenomenon. In this study, we analyze the reasons and mechanisms behind the collapse of an online social network (OSN), iWiW. Significant cascading mechanisms have been identified in the pattern of abandoning the site at its peak of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011628083
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Agglomeration and embeddedness of Belgian biotech firms : the role of venture capital
Bringmann, Katja; Verhetsel, Ann; Vanoutrive, Thomas; … - 2013
The existing literature on cluster embeddedness largely neglects the impact of finance on the development of firms … portfolio firms' territorial and network embeddedness and whether the geographical location of the venture capitalist has an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011575774