Purpose- To explore how information communication technologies (ICT) and the internet offer new opportunities for women to develop as entrepreneurs and innovators. To add to the literature and provide updated research to raise awareness about female-run ICT small businesses....

In the past, articles about research and development(R&D) have focused on such issues as R&D methodology, R&D'sassociation with marketing and sales, and new product creation.However,very little research has focused on the role of independent inventors in theR&D and market expansion of businesses...

Purpose – Much of the literature on consumer empowerment focuses on consumers' efforts to regain control of their consumption processes from suppliers. The purpose is to argue that many suppliers achieve success by trying hard to empower consumers. The mechanism by which this takes place...

This paper reports on research in China to investigate the exporting of industrial cranes and the building of long‐term relationships between foreign suppliers and their Chinese customers. The qualitative research findings showed the importance which the Chinese placed on the building of the...