This article presents an advanced method for managing knowledge using a modular design approach and applied the approach through an example with computer manufacturing. The benefits of modularity are discussed both within and between companies. We find that through modular design, knowledge...

Purpose – The study aims to clarify the issue of whether measurement has a positive effect on different aspects of innovation capability. The study contributes to the current understanding in two ways; first by presenting the important aspects of organisational innovation capability, and...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the conditions underpinning the cooperative relationships between family businesses. The role of trust is also explored, given the focus on informal conditions nested within the cooperation between firms. Design/methodology/approach – A...

Abstract Vor dem Hintergrund der veränderten Anforderungen an die Beratungsbranche wird das Verhältnis von Netzwerken und Beratung diskutiert. Dabei geht es sowohl um ein erwachendes Interesse an „Netzwerkberatung” als möglichem neu zu entdeckendem Geschäftsfeld als auch um die Bildung...

Abstract Der Beitrag stellt die Ergebnisse der zweiten Phase eines Forschungsprojektes dar, das den Zusammenhang zwischen Innovationserfolg und direkten sowie repräsentativen Partizipationsmöglichkeiten von Beschäftigten in Unternehmen untersucht. In der Basiserhebung (n=529) wurde der...

Purpose This study aims to focus on living labs as a means of achieving radical innovation by discussing the differences in their network structure and its effect on the type of innovation outcome. Design/methodology/approach This research analyses 24 living labs in four countries using...