Existenzgründung, Unternehmensgründung, Entrepreneurship - die aus diesem Themenspektrum erwachsenden Fragen werden für Theorie und Praxis immer bedeutsamer. Namhafte Experten aus Wissenschaft und Praxis beleuchten in diesem Buch das Phänomen Existenzgründung aus unterschiedlichen...

Corporate innovation management geared to long-term success calls for a strategy to grow innovations into a substantial competitive advantage. This, however, coincides with an enormous failure-rate at the market, especially in the field of breakthrough innovations. Hence, in recent times,...

Research and practice have proved the importance of creativity in innovation management. Thereby, individual creativity can be influenced by many determinants. Affective states seem to be a decisive aspect in this context, influencing individual behaviour and thinking. The aim of the present...

In recent years, companies have increasingly focused on innovative workspaces to enhance employee creativity. These new workspace concepts break with conventional office designs. Google, Apple, and Facebook are typical examples of companies that have received considerable media attention for...

Social media offers huge potential for corporate communication and branding activities. However, due to the novelty of the research field, many mechanisms regarding communication effectivity are still not fully understood. The aim of this study is therefore to investigate the influence of...

Social media represents a substantially new way of communicating with customers. Whereas marketers used to spread their messages without receiving any direct feedback or reactions, customers now have the possibility to instantly reply to companies' communication efforts. Adapting to altered...

Creativity techniques are procedures and heuristics for enhancing creativity in the idea generation process. So far, empirical studies on creativity techniques in business practice are scarce. The present study is one of the first to interview innovation experts, 68 in number, concerning their...