Literature studies confirm that family-owned enterprises do pay attention to their stakeholders. This chapter explores the phenomenon of project risk culture in micro- and small businesses, which are owned by families. Special attention has been directed to the relationship between project risk...

Objectives: Business transfers are posing a particular problem for several European countries as the age distribution of business owners rises and as the number of firms transferred within families' declines. This paper explores firm, market, and regional differences in firms which are expected...

Knowledge transfer has been widely recognized as a key element of innovation that drives competitive advantage and regional development in knowledge-driven economies. In this respect the role of institutes of higher education is essential, as they generate knowledge. The vast majority of...

By an example of the Linux system, I introduce a concept of the Virtual Production Line (VPL) as an extension of an assembly line, brought in by Henry Ford in motor industry a hundred years ago, and demonstrate its usefulness in an analysis of open source software development. The line is...

Empirical evidence shows that research is being carried out more in cooperation or in collaboration with others, and the networks described by these collaborative research activities are becoming more and more complex. This phenomenon brings about new strands of research questions and opens up a...