Though the burgeoning literature on platform ecosystems has sought to understand different aspects of this emerging phenomenon, the different types of ecosystems are treated in a somewhat homogenous manner. In this paper, we fill this gap and provide an organizing framework to examine the...

Though the burgeoning literature on platform ecosystem has sought to understand different aspects of this emerging phenomenon, the topic of ecosystem emergence has not received enough attention. In this paper, we identify the conditions under which ecosystems emerge and explain why they emerge...

This study is framed against the increasingly stringent environmental demands on the pulp and paper industry since the late-1980s to reduce water and air pollution, and the global economic slowdown of the early-1990s. The primary focus of this paper is an observation-based analysis conducted by...

Self-leadership is theoretically assumed to be the key management approach in modern knowledge work because it strengthens the employees’ commitment. This study examines the relationship between self-leadership and affective organizational commitment empirically. An underlying assumption in...

The present article discusses the development of the science of commerce in the 90 - year - long history of University of Economics – Varna, which is the first higher school of economics in Bulgaria and the second higher school after Sofia University. Since th e establishment of the University...

On the basis of the recent concepts of epistemic communities and communities of practice, we show that the firm can be defined according to a form of double duality: cognitive and organisational. The interest of this approach is to put ahead the differentiated behavior from the manager and the...

Les PME de l’industrie manufacturière en France disposent d’un bon niveau de fonds propres, et sont faiblement endettées. Les délais de paiement pèsent davantage que dans les PMI allemandes et leur rentabilité est en retrait.

Small-scale business co-operation across borders is considered as major driving force of economic integration between Western and Central Eastern Europe. In this context, it is argued that business co-operation and networks support the creation of competitive advantage. This paper sheds new...

La discusión acerca de la problemática empresarial y particularmente la delestudio de la innovación estratégica está vigente alrededor de la incapacidadde muchas de las aproximaciones tradicionales para abordar de una maneracientífi ca y concreta la comprensión del problema en un contexto...

Innumerables son los beneficios que el uso de las tecnologías de lainformación y las comunicaciones (TIC) deriva en los procesos empresarialessiendo de mayor relevancia el incremento en ventas, la disminución decostos totales, mejora en satisfacción de clientes y proveedores,...