Dieses Buch geht der Frage nach, welche Bedeutung dem Dialog und der Zusammenarbeit von Wirtschaftsunternehmen und Sozialinstitutionen im 21. Jahrhundert zukommt. Die Arbeit basiert auf dem Projekt Brückenschlag, einem Versuch, das gesellschaftliche Engagement von Unternehmen zu fördern, indem...

Female entrepreneurship, and, in particular, the contribution of their ventures to aggregate economic activity has gained increasing attention over recent years in terms of theory, practice and policy. This concise book explores how women fit into the contemporary entrepreneurial discourse by...

Purpose: Entrepreneurial orientation (EO) is an exploratory orientation because its dimensions such as innovativeness, proactiveness and risk-taking are the essence of exploration that entails uncertain returns. While literature suggests firms might need to counterbalance and complement EO with...

Purpose: Integrating network attributes from studies of social networks, business relationships and small- to medium-sized enterprise (SME) internationalization, this study adopts a perceptual view of a firm’s focal “net” of relationships to examine foreign market entry mode choice. This...

The literature suggests that improving the management knowledge and skills of owner-managers of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) contributes to their survival and growth (Fuller-Love 2006; Thomson et al 2001). New Zealand commentators contend that there is considerable scope for further...