Young firm diversification is examined investigating whether diversifying firms have higher survival chances. We use extensive longitudinal data containing information on firms’ characteristics and environmental conditions, and their evolution over time. Firms that are born diversified are...

Basing on the results of a face-to-face survey and secondary data from General Statistics Office of Vietnam, we found that the administration reform of Vietnam has had a positive impact on entrepreneurial orientation (EO) on all of its three dimensions, namely managerial perception, firm...

Since 1986, when Vietnam started to implement its open-door policies, the barriers that traditionally segmented local business opportunities and local firms from their international counterparts have been being dismantled. Thus, the degree of internationalization of the Vietnamese economy has...

According to the open innovation model an effective strategy for increasing innovation and competitiveness of the region should be based on active and multilevel cooperation among actors of the local tourism business environment. It is commonly assumed that an exceptionally important role in...

The purpose of this chapter is to describe and analyze how patents are commercialized and how the choice of commercialization mode affects performance. The emphasis is on patents that are commercialized in new start-up firms. However, throughout the chapter the new firm alternative will be...

Strategic networking represents firm's strategic posture to develop long-term and sustainable business relationships with the aim of focusing on core business activities and gaining additional benefits from profound coopetitional relations with various market players. The purpose of this paper...

Young firm diversification is examined investigating the determinants of the timing of diversification (i.e. how long it takes from start-up to diversification). We use extensive longitudinal data containing information on firms' characteristics and environmental conditions, and their evolution...

Aim/purpose - The aim of the paper is to identify the features of ‘green’ small and medium-sized enterprises operating in Poland. Design/methodology/approach - The paper is based on a quantitative approach and a group of 200 small and medium-sized enterprises operating in Poland were...

Since April 2020, the U.S. Census Bureau has run the Small Business Pulse Survey to measure COVID-19 impact on small employer businesses: firms with at least 1 but no more than 500 paid employees with receipts above $1,000. The most recent public data were collected in October 2021 and...