In 1998, the Council of Logistics Management modified its definition of logistics to indicate that logistics is a subset of supply chain management and that the two terms are not synonymous. Now that this difference has been recognized by the premier logistics professional organization, the...

Supply Chain Management (SCM) has recently become a popular theme at management conferences and in international journals. However, the concept is not well defined and only implemented in relatively few companies in Europe, typically large, multinational companies. Also, research and educational...

Purpose – This paper aims to focus on the role of team and entrepreneurial experience for firm performance of serial entrepreneurs in the multi‐media industry. Design/methodology/approach – The research assumes that serial entrepreneurs have certain advantages over novice entrepreneurs,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature and impact of higher education institution (HEI) in a distributed, open innovation system using a survey of some 600 firms in the UK. Design/methodology/approach – Primary data are used from a postal questionnaire survey of 600...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the key characteristics of the post‐investment relationship between the venture capital firm and its investee companies. Design/methodology/approach – The research is a case study of a major UK venture capital firm using qualitative...