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Another failed M&A: misaligned business models as culprit
Le Floc’h, Gaël; Scaringella, Laurent - In: Journal of Business Strategy 38 (2017) 5, pp. 18-26
case of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). An important source of a BM’s failure is the misalignment between MNE and SME … study is to examine the case of the acquisition Domestic Heating (an SME) by Ventilair (an MNE). Findings Although both …
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Strategic agility-driven business model renewal: the case of an SME
Arbussa, Anna; Bikfalvi, Andrea; Marquès, Pilar - In: Management Decision 55 (2017) 2, pp. 271-293
explore how capabilities underlying strategic agility fit the SME context. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative in approach … sensitivity) is less natural and therefore more critical for an SME. An additional meta-capability (resourcefulness) arises as … looks at the SME context in an industry with intensive change and dynamism, which is ideal for illustrating the objective …
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Innovation capability for SME success: perspectives of financial and operational performance
Saunila, Minna - In: Journal of Advances in Management Research 11 (2014) 2, pp. 163-175
Purpose – The relationship between overall innovation and innovation capability, and performance has been a topic of several earlier studies. However, the effects of the aspects of innovation capability on performance of a firm have stayed unfamiliar. The purpose of this paper is to study the...
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Managing continuous innovation through performance measurement
Saunila, Minna - In: Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal 27 (2017) 2, pp. 179-190
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to define measures that small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can use for evaluating continuous innovation and to analyze types of SMEs, according to the innovation measures they use and their characteristics in terms of size and operational and...
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Employment and Investment of the West German Industry 1968-1998. A Descriptive Analysis / Beschäftigung und Investitionen in der westdeutschen Industrie 1968-1998. Eine deskriptive...
Kirchesch, Kai - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 221 (2001) 5-6, pp. 473-490
Summary Small and medium-sized enterprises are considered to be the principal generator of new jobs in the industrialised countries at least since the Birch (1979) study. According to this image, they are also stabilising the economy during the business cycles because of the lower volatility of...
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An Empirical Investigation of German Firms’ Financial Structure and Ensuing Risks / Finanzierungsstruktur und Risiken im Unternehmenssektor der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Eine emp...
Größl, Ingrid; Stahlecker, Peter; Wohlers, Eckhardt - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 221 (2001) 5-6, pp. 491-529
Summary This paper focuses on the question whether West German firms have experienced an increase in their financial risk position with due implications for the macroeconomy. The investigation is based on a special evaluation of the balance sheet statistics by the Deutsche Bundesbank broken down...
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Is There a Size Gap in Corporate Leverage?. A European Comparison / Gibt es eine Kluft im Leverage europäischer Unternehmen?. Ein europäischer Vergleich
Coeurderoy, Régis - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 221 (2001) 5-6, pp. 672-688
Summary The main purpose of this paper is to evaluate corporate debt ratios by size classes in Continental Europe. Evidence is given on a sample of firms in manufacturing industry for ten European countries, all of them being in Euroland apart from Denmark (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,...
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Motive für CSR bei klein- und mittelständischen Reiseveranstaltern in Deutschland
Harms, Geeske; Neumann, Michael; Clemens, Olav - In: Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft 11 (2019) 3, pp. 429-436
Zusammenfassung Die CSR-Forschung hat unterschiedliche Arten von Motiven für die Übernahme sozialer Verantwortung in den Unternehmen herausgearbeitet. Allerdings wurde dabei bisher kaum Aufmerksamkeit auf das CSR in klein- und mittelständischen touristischen Unternehmen gelegt. Der...
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Succeeding with freemium: strategies for implementation
Holm, Anna B.; Günzel-Jensen, Franziska - In: Journal of Business Strategy 38 (2017) 2, pp. 16-24
Purpose The purpose of this article is to highlight the key points for succeeding with the freemium business model in online digital business from a strategic point of view. The freemium business model has recently become one of the most dominant business models in online markets. However,...
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Redesigning the business model: from one-sided to multi-sided
Parmentier, Guy; Gandia, Romain - In: Journal of Business Strategy 38 (2017) 2, pp. 52-61
Purpose This study aims to examine the way to develop a multi-sided logic for existing business models. More precisely, the objective is to find rules for designing a multi-sided business model from a one-sided business model. Design/methodology/approach Given that business model (BM) literature...
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